Lake Rosseau Musky

[camillj]

Ok ... I need help fellas .... putting my meanest 12" baits on ... bangin bottom in 20-30 feet of water near serious drop offs ... and all I can seem to muster up is the odd fat-arss Pike (don't get me wrong these are beauties - but I am chasing MONSTRONIUS MAXIMUS OLDFARTUS .... PM me to stay on the right side of the 'Law' ... ps ... sorry Roy, I assume I can name the Lake since there is actually over 300 miles of shoreline

 

Be nice and I'll share some Pike porn with ya

[irishfield]

Water is still warm Jon.... troll FAST.

[Gregoire]

I would think that if the big pike are deep then the musky are shallower.

[camillj]

SO ... Let me get this right Wayne ... are you saying I need to go to my 20lb balls ?

[camillj]

I would think that if the big pike are deep then the musky are shallower.

 

 

Never really thought of it that way ... I was actually thinking I should try just about 10' below the "top" school of Lakers ... only problem is those hungry morons will just about anything now that the season is closed

[Andrew Grant]

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Edited January 30, 2014 by XxX

[Handlebarz]

Never fished it but know if you are looking at lakers suspended then there must be bait fish above them if so I would be running my baits right through the bait fish or above it. I would guess you are to deep with your lures. Target them suspended fish its hard to stuck to but awesome when you figure it out.

[camillj]

Thanks Mike ... gonna speed-er-up and raise up to 15' ... most of the flat I been nailing the big Pike on are actually ranging between 16 - 30 feet (along the ridges) with drop-offs to 60-80' right next door (was actually thinking I might try a little deeper next)... spent alot of hours dragging hardware in the 10 - 20' range with nothing sighted/marked or hit.

 

Water temps were 58 - 60 on the surface last weekend.

[irishfield]

SO ... Let me get this right Wayne ... are you saying I need to go to my 20lb balls ?

Why you running riggers?? That's still some warm water for fall... 5.5mph or so..

[camillj]

Yessiree Wayne ... I got nowhere to mount my Salty's (the boats only got gimble mounts ... so I run the rigger to keep the line in the water when I am dragging them great big spoons (even if the ball is just a few feet under the surface) ... also kinda like the 'instant' hookset of a fully loaded rod when it releases ... gives me time to light a fresh smoke ... Gonna try dragging one a them thar BIG LIPPED - poo-kinese-or-is-it-a-duckling sticks I got from ya last year ... (you know - the ones that can actually re-dredge the channel for them eco-friendly cottagers ... so I wont even need to put it on the riggers - but I may need to put the safety harness on the rod

 

But up till couple weeks ago it was a tossup between gargantuos-lakerous-hungry-freakus and biggus-esox-holy-motherofgoddess and I wasnt too fussy either way on the biggest Williams ever made

 

Anyhow if ya need a little break I'd be happy to pick ya up in Port Carling