Weeds Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Hi all. Like alot of you I'm chomping at the bit to get out on the opener. I haven't spent much time in the boat yet this season, last time I was out about 3 weeks back (fishing for walleye)I saw very little in the way of weeds/weed beds. I'll probably be fishing on Chemong again, last time out I came across some nice stump fields and shallow bays with a lot of submerged wood. I also located some areas that are now likely to be producing decent weed growth. Anybody have much luck/success fishing the timber for early season musky or would I be better off concentating more on weed beds. Rocky shoals? Any way to keep the bass at bay besides supersizing? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) Well I fished the Ottawa river last year on that opener and the hightest concentration of musky I found was in a shallow bay on the inside line of a weedbed and it was full of stumps... The fish were holding tight to the wood that day... But if you find GOOD weeds... I would concentrate on that... Also depending on whether your water is cold or warm and weather that day... Cold water and sunny= rocks ...and so on... Edited June 3, 2011 by Musky Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) Its a real crap shoot this year??? Cold water high water ? havent seen this since I was a little boy. Edited June 3, 2011 by saltydawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I'm going for the stumps. Can't beat skinny water muskies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeds Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I guess I'll start with the stumps then. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Seen 2 pairs of spawning fish a week ago, early in the year muskies are notorious for having a real liking to reeds, I would fish those, and then fish both wood and weed flats as well, working my way to the weed edge, chemong is also a great lake for inside weed edges, which are often over-looked by anglers, start shallow and work your way out to deeper water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeds Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Nothing doing this morning. Fished for about 3 hours before the lightning chased me off the water just before 10. May get out this evening and hit some local spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 2 musky so far and 10 follows... 2 pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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