Eagle River Musky Report
A couple days behind but here's what I saw over the weekend. Not much has changed. Water temps in the mid 30's and fish being active in very short concentrated windows. Fished the afternoon on Sunday with the Oates brothers. No action at all until just as we were losing light. Sucker rig went off and Jim got a successful shot at putting a musky in the boat. Once the fish was photographed and released he had two more fish take a shot at his crankbait. First one came out of the water and appeared to be a dandy but threw the hooks. Second fish never showed himself but charged the boat and managed to get enough slack line to come unbuttoned. Too bad but at least Jim got to see what I was talking about in "windows of opportunity". All this action took place in a half hour time period. I suspect this is what we're going to be seeing till the end of the season. Just means you have to keep on your toes and be ready when the fish start going. It may be your only shot of the day. Here's the photo of Jim Oates of Chesterton, Indiana. Fish measured out at 34" dead on. Nice and chunky too. Oh and yes, it was snowing like crazy when that fish was caught.
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