Fishing Update

[Ryan T]

Well since I asked for info I'll give our woeful report. Fished Leech Sat and Sunday Morning {16 hours total} and saw one muskie. It was a nice 46"er or so, fat and healthy and not a mark on her. Last time we were at Leech for the Muskie open was in 2008 when we had the last cold spring and we had done well {10 follows and a nice 44"er boated} so we thought we could go and repeat the pattern from that year but no dice this time. Spent the majority of our time pounding the flats and focusing on any weeds we could find on them, fish were just not moving {for us at least}. Did get some bonus fish, 3 pike in the mid 30" range and a 25" walleye. Decided to go home a day early and try the Metro and didn't have much better luck.

O well, the weather was nice, Charlies was busy at night and we had a good time no matter what. Seems like Leech, especially the Walker bay area where we normally fish due to my boat and the waves is very hit or miss. We've had trips that rivaled LOTW action and we've had trips like this one where just nothing was happening.

[Murph!]

Well Ryan, that's muskie fishing in a nutshell. Tough critter to figure out, just when you think you may be on to a pattern boom, nothing. Leech is a late bloomer for the most part, muskies don't move too well till early July, go figure.