Weekend Muskie Fishing Update

After a long week of work and crazy traffic I finally hit the lake.  It was a very foggy morning so instead of rushing out there I decided to have another cup of coffee and wait for it to blow off. I know I could follow a track line to where I wanted to go but it doesn't show the other boats that may be out there. Better to be safe than sorry, the muskies will wait.



Bob Goldsmith 56.75" St Clair
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You couldn't ask for better conditions on the lake. The wind was out of the Southwest, 5-10mph and warm.  Water temperature was 66 degrees and we were finding some really nice green weeds.  After hours of casting multiple colors of bucktails and a few choice surface baits we didn't see anything.
Took a short break for lunch and went back out for the evening. After another 4 hours of casting multiple baits my partner and I only had one small northern hit.

Sunday morning didn't bring us much action either. We changed our tactics and went to deeper water and fished deeper breaklines and stumps. Needless to say we caught nothing but did find some new stumps as our baits seamed to find them. The good part of that is we have some new icons.



So the questions is-why did we not see anything?

My only deduction is that the muskies are in transition from a summer pattern to their fall feeding pattern. Usually at this time the fish lay somewhat dormant as they are looking for their food source and are getting ready to stock up for the winter. Their food source being crappies, are now starting to group and go into deeper water for their fall migration. This will make the muskies start to follow them and be more accessible on deeper shorelines and breaks.

Time to take your summer baits out of the box and get your fall ones ready! Which ones you ask? Tune in next week and I will give you some hot tips. (Hint- Get your Jerkbaits Ready!)

Baits used this weekend were the following:
Single and double blade bucktails- Green, orange, brass, and yellow
Bulldogs- walleye colored and black/green
Suicks- bumblebee, orange, walleye color
Surface baits- Globe, Stillwater, Roughrunner