ehg Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Hi, went up to Pigeon Lake with buddy Dave to try a some fishing and had a decent day. Nearly stepped on this when we arrived at spot. Nice little green snake. We went up thinking we would troll for muskies and stick with that, but that didn't last long. Seemed that bass were hitting topwaters so we did that mostly. (like always) Ended up catching many largies but nothing big. Even caught alot of similar sized smallmouth. The ever popular rock bass was also hitting topwaters The basses were hitting topwaters even around lilypads in slop but i found it hard to get hookset with the weedless frogs and missed a few nice fish in that stuff. Did end up doing a musky troll for a bit and tried around deep structure in main basin. For some reason i put on a perch shallow raider for a deep water troll, and ended up catching a musky on it while over 55' of water. The musky fought well and jumped numerous times near the boat It measured a bit over 46 inches. Of course the release Forgot to get team entry sign in a picture from too much mayhem and excitement from musky. Turned out to be a better day than usual, i think due to full moon effects, as the fish were on here for us. cheers, ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 According to my guru Mike Lazurus. Thats the way your supposed to troll. You sift the water starting shallow and working deeper with every pass. Its very effective as you now know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy - Curtiss Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Sounds like a great day dude! Nice musky! More inches for the team! Or did you forget your sign?! edit - I guess it pays to read the fine print! Too bad about the sign! Edited July 20, 2008 by Billy - Curtiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Sounds like the action was hot! Did the bass action also shut down for you at noon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Nice stuff Eric, beauty musky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Great report pics and fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpguy29 Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Great stuff. Looks like a fun day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Nice feesh and a beauty musky! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Thanks for the report and pics. Looks like an awesome day on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Wow all those beatiful fish by your lonesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 WOW!! Fantastic day out there!!! Congrats. Oh...get back out there and catch a bigger ski with your sign....LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 You guys sure got into good action..... nothing like catching bass on top water and to top it off with a beast.....Congratulation Thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickGG Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Nice report and pics Ehg, that musky must have got your heart pounding. Edited July 20, 2008 by PatrickG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meely Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 WTG !!! That ski is a beaut !! Congrats. Meely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 great report! That sur eis a nice looking musky! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagmaster Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 nice ski guys, thats crazy how that fish was suspended so high over 55 fow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Nice day of fishing with your bud for sure !!!!...nice ski too...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Thanks for replies! Probably caught a couple of dozen 1-2 lb bass mostly once the angle of sun was lessening. It was so sunny and hot out there yesterday it felt like we were in a microwave. Didn't get to lake till about 10:30 am so we fished mostly in the heat and sun. Caught the musky about 2:00 in the afternoon after the bass shut down a little, went off the lake after that fish to get out of sun for an hour or two. Sounds like the action was hot! Did the bass action also shut down for you at noon? The bass were mostly caught in the late afternoon and evening. It was almost a fish a cast as the sun was setting. Personally i've done this enough to notice a higher feeding activity, probably from full moon phase. cheers, ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckster Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Nice ski......... dont u just love pigeon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 some nice bass and the ski ehg! The weather was quite good on Sat. ... yesterday was a completely different story lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Nice day for sure, great report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 great report ehg!!...man does that Muskie ever look healthy...nice colour to her!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 nice ski guys, thats crazy how that fish was suspended so high over 55 fow Was marking fish in 10-15 ft. of water no matter what the depth. Decided on this lure since i planned on trolling by humps and reefs topping out at 12 ft. and didn't want to mess around with weeds or other snags. Luckily, caught this off structure. It's a nice fish for sure. Nice ski......... dont u just love pigeon! Fished the north part of Pigeon since i was a wee lad, my favorite place in the world! cheers, ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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