lake minnetonka muskies

[Peterleech69]

Has anybody ever caught muskies on lake minnentonka? f tried this lake many times and never have luck. I hear its a great lake for musky. Where is a good spot to fish them.?

[Esox_Magnum]

Been there twice caught a fish both times, I go wherever the guy driving the boat takes me...

[mrklean]

there are skies in there its a tough lake and the traffic it gets doesn't help but dont forget its the fish of 10,000 casts for a reason

[RUNnGUN]

You're gonna have to put your time in on Tonka. It's a great muskie lake but heavily pressured. Not too much info/spots to be found on a message board. If what you have done in the past hasn't produced fish start doing something different.

[nocturnalmotors]

15" suckers in the fall

[JBMasterAngler]

I know there's at least 1 in there...I was reeling in my jig and minnow and one about 40 inches or so followed it all the way back to the boat. Then he just sank back into the depths.

[Peterleech69]

Any certain part of the lake where they like so stay

[50inchpig]

if you're a beginner and you want to catch muskies in tonka or anywhere else in the metro you have to get good at running your boat just off the outside weededge. so the deep edge is around 13' or so, run your boat in 15' and cast over that outside edge. visualize your bait landing over the weeds and coming back toward your boat over that deep weededge. if you can get comfortable with boat control it won't really matter what you cast, you'll start seeing fish.

don't worry about how deep your bait is running, cast, retreive, cast, retrieve and cover as much of that deep edge as you can. if you let your bait sink you'll just get frustrated with the milfoil.

sonar is obviously crucial, gps will also help you follow the weededge and mark fish you see or catch. start fishing anywhere the edge doesn't run perfectly straight like points, humps, bays, etc. once you start seeing fish, check your map and find other similar areas. take note of what kinds of stuff other boats are fishing and don't get too hung up on specific spots, fish are everywhere around the lake.

[EBass]

Saw a thick 40"er out on Tonka yesterday going for bass. Spooked it with the trolling motor and got a good look at her. Inside weedline. Also saw one surfacing out over the deep weededge. Large red fins. I don't think it was a carp.

They are all over the lake.

[Jameson]

Saw another big muskie today (and a huge dogfish.) Think that makes 6 for the spring. About 1 out of every 3 docks that I am on I spot a big muskie. Not sure about when muskie season opens, but right now plenty of them are running shallow.

Also had a guy stop and chat a couple weeks ago. He said the way he caught a dozen legal size muskie last year was to troll around the lake, but they would only bite lures that were 18 inches or bigger.

[DaveZman14q]

Pick a couple nice looking spots on the east side, fish them in the evening when the sun is still out and you can see where all the weedlines, etc are (mark a trail on your depth finder/gps so you know where you've been), then go back and fish that same path until 3am. Fish for follows during the day, fish for fish during the night on Tonka...