Names of the past

I have seen them, Muskies, on south rocks, weedbeds, and it just figures they arein the basin also. Tulibees, to me, would be the premier basin forage. Down south it seems there are less suckers and bullheads than I remember as a kid.

There is a lot of basin for them to roam, eat, & them find warm water in those sand troughs to digest in.

If I was a north end guy I’d work bug hatches that are relatively close yo the break and woek my way out. Side imaging is our friend. My problem is I have it on my boat but not on my pontoon

Dutchboy wrote:

So Bladepuller do I understand you don’t think the bigger and Muskie head to the deeper basin in the summer or that not many people spend the time looking out there?

Since you asked Bladepuller specifically here, I figured I’d let him reply first.

I’ll add to his answer next…

The_Bladepuller wrote:

There is a lot of basin for them to roam, eat, & them then find warm water in those sand troughs to digest in.

If I was a north end guy I’d work bug hatches that are relatively close yo the break and woek my way out. Side imaging is our friend. My problem is I have it on my boat but not on my pontoon

Some years back when we went out with Gene Miller, his milk run began right out of Castaway’s all along the north sand. He followed the primary drop off zig zagging out near the second break and back closer to the scattered inshore weed beds.

That was for the first 3 hours of a 4 hour trip. We caught a couple northerns so for the last hour travelling back we went out over the basin.

I kind of got the sense that he’d run his higher percentage spots and already figured “why not” make the trip back over the deeper water.

I’m certainly no expert here, but I think the strategy is to work the higher percentage areas. I believe we’ve discussed this on previous threads that the basin is possible but more like the needle in the haystack. Sure there are some out there, but your odds of connecting will be better if you fish the structure related areas.

Even in fall, prime time when the tullibees stage for spawn, the successful anglers are following those schools as they concentrate near the rock points and reefs.

I don’t know, I guess I’m thinking that you’ll have better odds of contacting fish if you fish structure related. That goes for pike too.

Thanks Bladepuller.

Thanks Andy.

No doubt the odds are better in tight but on occasion I like to play on a different field so to speak. I’m not fishing for money or notoriety just out burning gas and enjoying the day.

Time will tell how much effort I put in out there.