muskylund1 Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I spent last week on Lower Buckhorn with my brother and nephew. My brother and I have been doing this trip for about 33 years now. Our dad started taking us years ago, but now he is too old and frail to come along. We had one of our best years ever. We boated 21 Muskies for the week, including 6 over 40". The two biggest were both 44". Muskies were caught on a variety of baits, but bucktails seemed to get the most action. All of our fish were caught casting. We only had one strike trolling and didn't hook the fish. My 44" fish hit a Double Cowgirl in the Whitefish color pattern. Bass fishing was good with lots of fish up to 2lbs. We did catch a few in the 3-4 lb. range and my brother even landed Largemouths of 20" and 21". We did not catch as many Smallmouth as usual, but that may have been because the Largemouth were more numerous in our usual Smallmouth spots this year. A few were caught on topwater, but most were caught on tube jigs. I don't usually target Walleye on this trip, but this year I made an exception. I caught 5 Walleyes, including 19", 20", 21.5", 24" and 26". All but one were caught on a Berkley Flatback Shad swimbait rigged with a 1/2 oz bullet head jig and a short wire leader.The technique I used was to swim it fairly fast with frequent momentary pauses. I would cast this in the same places that we fished for muskies and even had 3 Muskies strike it including a 36" that I landed. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Sounds like a good trip. 44 " ski is a decent size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) Good to hear your trip north was so productive, you boys boated some really nice fish !! I'm only about 5 miles from Lower Buck but haven't fished it in years, perhaps it's time to give it another go Edited July 8, 2014 by lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Nice. Don't think anyone could ask for a better week's fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Nice, great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mukluk Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Thanks for the report Tom. Congrats. are in order. Good to see that quantity and quality of fish still being caught out of Lower Buckhorn Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaf4 Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 What a wicked week! I'll have to talk to my boss about getting up to his resort as he has a place in buckhorn maybe I'll sneak up for a weekend haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherpete Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Wow, nice week you had - 21 muskies is great! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 that's as good as it gets. Thanks for sharing the details peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 A great week of fishing for sure, with some good size muskies, most reports ive heard of L Lakes muskies with consistency have been smallish fish, with the odd single big fish in the mix. 20 to 21 inch buckets are pushin at least 4 or over, and some very quality walleyes to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 That is a fantastic week. I also fished lower buckhorn a couple times and did well for both walleye and musky as well. That swimbait tactic is a killer way to hook big walleyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i2cool2fool Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Awesome. I fished there back in May. It's a nice body of water and productive fishery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 What kind of a hook do you use in the swimbait? Texas rig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can_38 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Great post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broker Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Looks like an awesome trip. Thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muskylund1 Posted July 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 What kind of a hook do you use in the swimbait? Texas rig? The swimbait was rigged on an Owner Bullet Head Jig. This is designed for Saltwater. The jig was either 1/2 oz or 3/4 oz. I'm not entirely sure. The technique can be found online if you search for "Doug Stange Swimbait Walleye". You should be able to find both articles and videos detailing this technique. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Sounds and looks like a fantastic week! Thanks for the report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshS Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Successful trip, well done! Nice way to target a mixed bag of fish. I like swimbaits for eyes too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 The swimbait was rigged on an Owner Bullet Head Jig. This is designed for Saltwater. The jig was either 1/2 oz or 3/4 oz. I'm not entirely sure. The technique can be found online if you search for "Doug Stange Swimbait Walleye". You should be able to find both articles and videos detailing this technique. Tom Thanks Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnote Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Sweet report! Some fine fishin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mills Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nicely done. Thanks for the report. I will give that swim bait a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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