How many?

[Esoxmn]

How has everyones muskie season gone? I've got 15, hopeing # 16 will be 50", not much time left, and hard water is here

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Let'em go, Let'em grow
Gary

[andy j]

I have got 10 but a few being dinks, The biggest a 44 incher, would like to get a fish over 46 and fat and I would be happy.

[cliffy]

Holding at number 9...been stuck at 9 since 9/11/04. Starting to lose hope of seeing 10.

[bassman186]

I hate to mess up the order we got going here but I've got 12. Biggest was a 48"

Matt

[cjac]

cliffy,
Tomorrow....fish or football??? Clearly FISH!! I'm going after 'em tomorrow, do the same! Hopefully I'll have a good report! Just a muskie rookie (47 incher in the book my 1st season), but I've learned so much this year, I have to get out and apply and grow my limited knowledge.

Read about football in the paper, not about other's fish caught!

[cliffy]

Cjac:

I couldnt agree more with ya....but I wont be fishing or watching football tomorrow.....I will be working...YUCK! I am going to try and get out next week....I love this time of year.

[AWH]

I've been having a tough year, and not nearly enough time on the water. I have 7 so far, but the best part of the year is just approaching. The last two years I've caught 71% of my muskies for the year in November. So the next 5 weeks should be great!

AWH

[690VS]

I've got 21 so far only 8 of those over 40 with one being a 51 out of minnetonka.I'm making 1 last trip up north this weekend Friday till noon Monday we'll hit it hard and hopefully add to that total.

[half2fish]

69OVS,

Wow your doing great. I have givin up hope of catching one. I am going to focus on hunting untill ice on. Maybe ill get one next year.

[freighttrain50]

hey half2fish,

still looking for your first? me too. just started the sport of musky fishing this year. half to find the first next year. waitin for the ice and hittin the fields for the rest of the year.

[RK]

Hiya,

I never keep count really - saves me disappointment if I don't do as well as last year or something, but I think my numbers are down a little this year. Lots of family obligations kept me off the water, plus I really got on a bass and walleye kick in August there for a while. Had a hoot with the smallies, but not as many muskies in the boat as a result. Catchin' up this fall though.

Here's the one that matters most to me though - my wife with her first 50, on Sunday... Was sort of leaning over to get shots of her releasing it and caught this shot with the digital. For some reason I think it's a neat photo... Can really see the shoulders on the fish. It was a dandy.

Rest of the year's gravy after seeing her lead that fish into the net. She earned it too - out all day Saturday in that dump weather, plus a year full of woulda-coulda-shoulda near misses. About as excited as I've ever been about a fish...

Cheers,

RK

[mudman]

RK

was out on LCO this weekend and Had to troll. Man was it windy. couldn't control the boat for nothing!

anyway, trolled with big swim whiz and jakes 2 of each. one in a hot color and one natural. first hour nothing. Pick up the speed to just under 4mph and WHAM! 39"er! sweet we thought. Nothing for another hour. then brought in the hot colors and dropped suckers and went slow one more 41"er.

water temp was still 55.9

Does that mean the lake has not yet turned over?

[RK]

Hey mudman -

Yeah - cripes was it windy on Saturday. Thank God for dual consoles...

Interesting about speeding up. I was really thinking about that on Sunday. I was working jerkbaits really pretty fast (fast to us anyhow) even though the water was 49 degrees. Fish were hot after it even in the cold water. When I troll on the fall, even late, I'm still going 3-4 mph most of the time, which is a decent clip. Sometimes I think when you're seeing slow, lazy fish, it's because you're fishing slow, lazy lures. They can't follow it any faster than it's going...

Don't know what to say as far as turnover. Lakes turn over at different temps depending on what the lake stratifies like, wind conditions, how fast it cooled down, and who knows what else. HIgh 50s is usually the rule of thumb, but with a weak thermocline and cold water in general, it can turn over in the low 60s. Plus it was such a screwy weather year besides. Some lakes never stratified at all, or had a very very weak thermocline. On the lake my cabin is on, you could barely mark a thermocline on my x-15 - it's usually a very distinct layer. I know a couple lakes that turned over in August during the cold snap we had then...

For some fish, particularly open water fish I think, I dont think turnover's as big a deal anyhow. At least it seems like they recover quicker...

Cheers,

RK

[Scoot]

RK, I bet that was a blast watching her give that fish the business! My wife got her first sklunge this summer and it was a ton of fun. The one your gal caught woulda eaten the one my gal caught, but I enjoyed it more than any fish I've ever caught. Way to go!!!

[Guest]

I've only caught a skinny 39" incher

[LEECH21]

Me also! Caught my first one in August. It went 39", but was a pretty thick fish. Still stuck at 1.

[greggles]

This is my first year of musky fishing and I have 6, biggest being 50 inches. I even cought 4 in one day.

[CALVINIST]

That depends on how you describe as "caught". I have tangled with a total of 5 muskies this year, but ony have gotten 3 in the boat. However, IF I had a bigger net, I would have boated the other 2 for sure. So should I tell people I have caught 3 muskies, or 5? Anyway, this is only my second year fishing for those muskies, and caught only 1 last year, so I guess I cannot complain. The boated ones were 38", 42", and 43" respectively. That can only mean that "the BIG one" is next !

[kjgmh]

So far, boated 9 with a biggest of 48.5". Still a couple good weeks of prime fishing left though, hopefully will hit double digits. Five have been caught on topwater and four on my favorite Reef Hawg.

[Lost]

I've got a perfect record! Haven't lost any! Then again, I haven't hooked any either.

[BMAT43]

hey lost I am tied with you....

[gundy89]

Stuck on nine since mid-sept. Haven't really fished since then though. Hopefully get out one more time this fall.