Muskies on Wapogasset?

[Scarecrow22]

I will be joining a friend on Wapo in Mid-October and would love to put him on a muskie. I know nothing about the lake other than a map and a class C (Present) rating.

Anyone care to share some thoughts? Looking for General locations, techniques, or the ever popular fish stories. Any guidance is appreciated.

[Cooter]

I haven't fished the lake in a couple years but would try both the Wapo and Bear Trap side of the channel - especially just to the north once you enter BT from Wapo. The weed edges on the west side of the lake on both sides of the (Contact Us Please) outlet. Finally the set of humps about half way across the lake straight east of the (Contact Us Please) outlet. Hope I got my directions correct . The area out from the Bible Camp would be another option. Wish I could be of better help. Later.

[Scarecrow22]

Thanks Cooter -

That is a great help. I will be sure to post some results (and hopefully pictures) once we have wet a line.

[upnorthtmh]

There are not a lot of muskies in Wapo but there are some. Over the last few years I have caught 6 of them while fishing spinner baits for bass. The biggest was 45 inches. Try the very north shore of Wapo where there is a big satellite dish - very weedy but they are in there. Caught a couple in that spot. There is another spot but I don't want to get to specific other than to say try the bays on both sides of the YMCA camp. Good luck!

[Scarecrow22]

Upnorthtmh -

Thanks for the suggestions. With the time of year, I think they key will be to search out some green vegetation in the area you guys are pointing out. I just hope we are not there as the lake is turning.

As I said before, all of the help is greatly appreciated. I'll share the results.

[rascalP]

I got my first big muskie on Wapo. Main basin there is a couple of bars (humps). Hard to describe without a map in front of me, but you can't miss em when you are out there. Very weedy. I got mine where it drops very sharply into deep water, off the edge on a topwater.

That said, I don't target Wapo for muskies -- too many better options in my opinion. We were there for the bass and I switched over to muskies for the last light and got lucky !

rascal

[Scarecrow22]

Well, I am sorry to report that in spite of 11 hours on the water, we failed to connect with the elusive muskie.

It was a beautiful Fall day on the water however and we certainly had a good time trying. Water temps ranged from 46 - 48 and the wind varied all day. Air temp was 22 as we launched but warmed into the 50's later in the afternoon.

We connected with a few smaller pike and several good size LM bass. We were catching them on larger bucktails and believers, so they were very aggressive (and ambitious). I have the feeling that if we had been targeting the bass, it would have been a banner day.

Thanks again to everyone who responded to this thread. It was a great help. If anyone wants more specific information on where we fished or conditions, Drop me a line.