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Musky on the Pike Chain(Iron R area)

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I really like the Pike Chain of lakes and have camped/fished out of the campground on Twin Bear about 4 times. Have had good luck with smallies and eyes, but would like to spend some time up there specifically for muskies. Any input is appreciated. Thanks.

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Cooter, I have fished this chain for skis maybe 7 or 8 times with not a whole lot of luck. I did get two mid 30" tiger muskies one aftennoon along the shore line in Millicent. Both on a giant chug bug. I had 3 really nice follows in Hart on a blk/red bucktail. All three of them looked over 40" in the water. I think these were all different fish.

A buddy of mine seen a upper forty incher caught and released threw the ice 4 years ago by the landing on Buskey. I heard the western side of twin bear and around the campground were good places for skies. Good luck

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Pike Chain is in my neck of the woods Cooter... If you want to chase some fish, give me a shout.. I might have one or two spots marked.. wink.gif

Last year, I raised a lot of fish on these lakes... Not too many found their way into the net though.... What lake you fish, will dictate what kind of structure to look for.. Eagle lake musky are primarily orientated to the weeds, same goes for Busky Bay... Twin Bear, Hart, and Millicent I look to hard bottom underwater points and suspended fish off structure... The inlets and outlets to each lake harbor a few fish as well...

Natural colors seem to work best, browns especially!! Night fishing can be pretty good in the summer, and the fall bite is pretty decent.

I have seen quite a few nice musky in my days out there... Where the big fish are long but do not carry much weight...

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Jim, Eagle must be the second lake to the west of Twin Bear - there's the little, shallow weedy lake after you go under the bridge and then Eagle? Whichever lake that is, its the 'best looking' , although I haven't been up to Buskey.

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Not really a lake.. Just a passage between Eagle and Twin Bear... At times, in the spring, there are a few muskies in this passage.. Really shallow.. has a mucky bottom and gets loaded with pads in the summer...

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