With the recent cold snap, and unseasonably low water temps, finding active Muskies in the Metro Area has become a bit more challenging as of late. Regardless of the conditions, Bob Bowman (MUSKIES) and Dan Larson (Stradic10) of Hawg Hunters Guide Service continue knockin’em down when it comes to the mighty Ski. Sunday morning found us on a body of water we call home here in the Twin Cities, Forest Lake.
Forest is a 2,200 acre Musky factory, with 3 weed-rich fertile basins, some scattered rock piles, and on most days more JetSkis and Pontoons than the Boat Show. Just about every spot we have on Forest involves weed edges or weed flats adjacent to deeper water. The fish pictured above, a 36″, came on 1st lake, clobbering a Tiger Tube in about 13′ of water. We had 6 other follows that morning, not including one fish that blew up the surface chasing the excess water coming off the bait during a cast. Which leads me to one piece of advice: When Musky fishing every cast counts! On long days when you are not seeing fish, it is so easy to lose concentration and stop doing your 8’s. In the long run it will cost you fish, I know it has cost me a few.
Bob will be in the Cass Lake area this weekend chasing Skis, and I will be in Aitkin for some Largemouth Bass fishing, and on Mille Lacs for the IDA Smallmouth fish-together. If either of these trips sound interesting to you give us a call, we’d love to take you fishing.
Dan Larson
Hawg Hunters Guide Service 612-247-9398
In-Depth Angling Field Staff
Dan,
I know the muskies were very active for us on Tonka last weekend. The problem is that we were bass fishing. We saw numerous fish on almost every deep milfoil spot we fished.