A slow month of june

[raiserlures]

Has it been a slow june for everyone or just me. Boated 9 so far with the biggest only in the upper 30s. i never seen it where only small fish are active. i cant even get a bigger musky (over 40in ) to follow. my thoughts are that the weather is to unstable and the water has been to cold for to long. we need warm weather. i also find the overcast day are not producing like they should and we have had lot of those types of day. please post your thoughts on this problem or please tell us about how good of yer your having and this may give us hope. Thanks

[shamalex72]

Well you have 8 more than I do, thats counting the 20" I caught on walleye opener. So I would have to agree with you that it has been a slow June.

[DHost21]

I agree also. All our luck down in the cities mainly tonka has been suspended fish trolling. We haven't moved much casting at all. Just got back from a weekend on vermilion also and didn't move a fish even on probably 20 hours of fishing. It's really slow up north from what I'm hearing probably due to really cold waters up there especially but also it was mayfly hatch, they were crazy and I know that shuts off walleye so I assume it effects muskie as well. It's suppose to be a warm week hopefully that helps.

[raiserlures]

i was told today by a buddy of mine that they used a pole with a water temp reader on the end and put it two to three feet down. it was still 47 degrees and this was on a northern mn lake.

[RUNnGUN]

Boating 9 fish seems pretty good to me. Youre doing better than most guys. The big fish will start to show up soon. We just need some more of this sun...

[james_walleye]

I'm new to the musky game. This is the first year I've been serious about it. The wifes parents buying a place on a good musky lake will do that. In pretty limited time this weekend I moved a couple large fish. The only scale I have to judge by is they were seriously bigger than the 41.5 pike I caught a couple weeks ago. One was very aggressive on the figure 8 but didn't go. Both fish rose to small bucktails about 1130 am Friday and then again Saturday in bright sun. Needless to say seeing those fish has given me the confidence to go at it harder. I'll be at it again next weekend.

[mainbutter]

I've only gotten out twice, but nary a follow.

It's been as slow as the sun is warm.

[RuKiddingMe]

June isn't usually a great month for me any way, so with the one in the boat that I do have I'll be happy, it's a solid 43", thanks for the net job 50inchpig - BUT I know some very good sticks and it has been hard very hard some are still without a fish in the net yet. Like I heard another angler say I'll take a slow June/July is the rest is the year is off the charts, and it might just be.

[Nick Kuhn]

I raised my first fish yesterday and boated one about 10 casts later (may have been the same fish). Mid 30's, but I'm on the board. Otherwise yes it has been pretty slow. For the rest of the boat before yesterday, we had one follow, one 20" in the boat, and one "maybe it was a muskie, maybe a pike" strike for about 7 outings.

[cbrooks]

Been out only twice for muskies. So far two fish. About a 45 incher on Friday trolling open water. Otherwise I haven't seen many fish casting.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

still shut out here

[nater]

For sure, only a sub 30" fish so far. RU - good thing you one with Marc, he's good guide.

[RuKiddingMe]

For sure, only a sub 30" fish so far. RU - good thing you one with Marc, he's good guide.

Marc should be charging, thank god we're friends. LOL To be honest I think the mojo lies in "TuckerBrinks" - Tucker jumping in after that fish was hilarious, and he got'em back in the boat surprisingly fast.

[FlyPiker]

Slow for me too, the first few follows finally came for me this past Friday, but contrary to everyone else it seems, I only have seen fish during overcast days, absolutely nothing in the sun shine. Best of luck to everyone.

[nater]

Marc should be charging, thank god we're friends. LOL To be honest I think the mojo lies in "TuckerBrinks" - Tucker jumping in after that fish was hilarious, and he got'em back in the boat surprisingly fast.

I just say that because he got me on my first fish back in the day and this year everyone in his boat is getting fish besides him. The one day Brinks decided to chew on my knipex handle but I caught it in time. That would be funny watching them jump in after a fish though!

[OnAFly]

Just one follow on three trips. It was a nice fish though, 40+ tiger.

[PostFrontal]

It's been tough out on Tonka this month so far. If the weathermen are actually right for once this week with stable warm weather, I would expect them to start biting.

[DHost21]

Lets hope! I was out this morning and it was beautiful with the weather. Fish were lazy still. All we have been able to do on tonka is suspended fish everything on the weeds are lazy still. I sure hope the heat fixes things. Water temps were still at 66 this morning at 6 and when i left the lake at noon the surface temp was 69 so if it stays a little warmer that would be good i would think

[50inchpig]

it's been a team game this year so far. that's what we say when fishing sucks, just like "it was a smaller fish but it sure was pretty."

i'm just building up good karma for later on this season. i expected some tough going so i've avoided most of the frustration so far. had some success in the boat doing things i've never tried before and that's been good too. a summer of low 70s water temps and metro fish will be jumping in the net. there is plenty of time.

as far as tuckerbrinks are concerned, they better get some of that mojo back quick or they'll end up at the pound!

[muskiemanAD]

I agree it has been a tough bite. Boated one metro fish so far and have seen a handful on follows. Was up on Vermilion this last weekend for the first time and it was sure tough!!

[james_walleye]

I can't wait for the fishing to turn on......maybe the couple giants I saw on vermilion last weekend will open their mouths.

[HugoBox]

I won't blame the fish or the weather cause its just way too easy. That said, all these cold fronts are killng me!! Honetly though, I've had the worst beginning of a fishing season in many many many yeears, bass and walleye included. Instead of trying to figure out where fish "should be" this time of the year I think for me, time on the water and maybe going the Windell route and just plain covering water would be a good idea. I caught myself checking back on spaots where I saw and caught fish last year rather than trying new spots this year. Clearly this old dog needs a new trick or I'll still be b1tching about the weather all year!!

[50inchpig]

my luck finally turned last night on one of mr. box's favorite spots, thank you, sir. hopefully more to come over the next few days with some decent temps, finally.

[raiserlures]

Good for you 50 inchpig its nice to hear the fish are coming around.

[50inchpig]

DeBo caught one that could have eaten it, won't be feeling sorry for that guy this year!