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Metro Water Temps

jolstadt

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This is getting gross. I've actually spent a bunch of money updating my bass arsenal this year. We'll need some sustained cold nights to get it back down. I guess it's back after green carp again this weekend. Still fun and the fish will still be there when it cools down.

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muskiemanAD Proficient

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I have been on Tonka fishing other species this month and it is ridiclious the amount of people that are and have been fishing Muskies. I took the family to Eagle last week and there was a floater I measured at 49 inches.... Some people!

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cheddar 86 Enthusiast

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It certainly could be a floater due to a Musky fisherman, but also could have been caused by someone not fishing for Muskies, or it also could have been due to natural causes. Unless one has skills in Mortuary Science w/ specialization in Fish, or a Biology degree w/ hands on experience its tough to say.

I guess I'd be curious to count the number of days since opener to when water hit 80. It seems to me that was about 3 weeks in the Metro. I think that is why people aren't letting up on Muskies. Perhaps people would like to see the DNR introduce a water temp requirement for APEX predators. Granted another law, another thing to enforce but may bring light to a pretty much "unwritten rule" in the Musky world.

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It's funny how time and attitudes change over time..used to be back in the day people didn't even think about fishing Muskies until August..now it's totally reversed..funny, who's right and who's wrong? the people making the rules I guess..

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Was bass fishing on Indy last night and had temps at around 81. Way better than 88-89 I was marking a couple weeks ago. Water is starting to clear up a little bit too in some spots.

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Can anyone comment on water temps in the Park Rapids area. Heading up next weekend with two friends who have never fished muskies before. Couple weeks ago I told them we would probably be fishing panfish and bass but looking at the next weeks forecast with lows in the lower 60's I'm hopeful that maybe we can give it a try. One way or another a good outing will be had with whatever we're trying to catch.

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Maybe you are quite shameful... Muskies would do nothing but promote a healthy fish population among all species... Aka mil lacs, miltona, lake of the woods, leech...

Name a muskie lake in mn that sucks for other species.. wait there is none

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ahhhhhhhh 64 degrees air temps on tonka tonight. put a 43 in the boat around 7.30. lots of lightning near by. pulled of lake lake at 10.45, unfortunatally. wish i could stayed, tonka really picks up around 11pm-1.30a. also in the early am

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Tonka was 67 early yesterday then warmed to 71 by mid morning.....

I saw the same thing Sunday morning. As low as 65 in one area and most others in the 68-75 range. Looks like both of us need a new temp gauge. crazy

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I think you need a new temp gauge. Tonka's mid 70's right now.

Well, both of my graphs were reading the same temperature. I also rep Fluke IR cameras so I have wanted to get a Muskie pic in infrared real bad and looked at water temp with that a few times too and that was reading the same. So I guess all of my gauges need to be calibrated... cry

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