ehg Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Was able to get out for my fourth day of fishing this summer Noticed the water was quite murky from algae bloom and the leaves were starting to turn a little. Showing fall is around the corner. Fishing was a little tough with the regular bass and panfish patterns not working at all, not even a rock bass. So just trolled around for muskies. My buddy Dave put on a 12" jointed perch Leo lure and nailed this decent fish. Fish was 36 inches and getting chunky for the fall. Seems like the open deeper water muskies are more silvery and not barred much. Trolled towards more shallow water out of the wind using musky spinnerbaits. Ended up catching this little one. It was 32" and more barred caught in much shallower water. Caught some fish so it was a pretty good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 (edited) Good stuff Eric. Edited September 19, 2010 by lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickNblock Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Nice catch, even nicer considering the amount of time you only managed this season Eric..SO FAR...! That 36" looks much larger, healthy looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Great report.Two nice musky, no skunk and spent on the water with a good friend.Sounds like a good day to me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Yup, that first fish looks bigger than 36" to me. Good job Erik! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Good stuff Erik. Glad you got into a couple. The first one is very nice. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Great report.Two nice musky, no skunk and spent on the water with a good friend.Sounds like a good day to me too. Definitely not a spectacular day but any day fishing is better than none Yup, that first fish looks bigger than 36" to me. Good job Erik! Maybe that fish was a bit bigger didn't measure to accurately in the cradle. Caught it by the dropping springs coming out of fairly deep water; read 22 ft when hooked. Thanks for replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Nice tint to those fish budday! They must be blending in with that bloom. Now that is evolution!! cheers HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familyfisherman Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 We fished a tourney last weekend on Pigeon -- it was a multi-species tournament and muskies were not included...we had 3 on but with 6lb test we didn't land any, but the 2 we had a good view of were high teens/early twenties fish...Muskies are great fun, but on 6lb test the end result is retying your jigs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Great job Eric, I think the 1st one looks bigger than 36" too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 We fished a tourney last weekend on Pigeon -- it was a multi-species tournament and muskies were not included...we had 3 on but with 6lb test we didn't land any, but the 2 we had a good view of were high teens/early twenties fish...Muskies are great fun, but on 6lb test the end result is retying your jigs... Use to jig for walleyes often up there and had muskies hit the jigs. Sometimes they were to big to get in on 6lb test, the biggest muskies i saw were caught fishing for walleyes. Great job Eric, I think the 1st one looks bigger than 36" too. Thanks Simon, your posting of trips keeps me sharing as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Glad to see you got out and get into some beauties Erik Great job you two Thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorlifts Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Ya, I think next time its Muskie trollin for me. Just bring the heavy gear and kill it. I think we can do much better as the months roll into November. Thanks EHG for the good day hitting muskies. I guess that punch in the stomach was really never meant to be. LOL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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