Message from Wayne and Lydia at NCL

[deetch]

bobc
last year rigged up a tractor light to a 2x4 and bolted it to a rod holder works awsome. wondering if you had any luck with topwater seemed to be most productive for me. and by jerkbaits do you mean the jake.

thaks deetch

[BobC]

Deetch,

Jake or a Suick are a good choice. Also top water works fine, any thing thats make a lot of noise. A large bucktail like a cowgirl works the best got us.

Bob

[shmcbroom]

How is the fishing on Canyon lately? The countdown is on. We are heading up on July 5th.

[Russ]

What color of cowgirls did you use? I have great luck with topwater for musky, I love to see the water explode!!!!!!

[BobC]

Russ,

We used a silver and blue one last year. But I bought a new orange and black one that we are going to try this year. I agree I like the topwater the best. We will save some of the big ones for you late comers!

Bob

[Russ]

Put a red X on the water where you see the big one or where you are catching the walleyes!!!!!!

[kipwinkleman]

This name is for you deetch. lol. If someone could please tell me what a cowgirl is that would be greatly appreciated. I need to outfish deetch, he has had big muskie for the past four years and im tired of listening to that big trap rattle on. Also and good walleye hotspots or rigs would be helpfull for the evening.

[Russ]

A cowgirl is a big bucktail (flashabou tail) made by Musky Mayhem Tackle. It's a big bait and it's been really "HOT" the last couple of years up in Canada. The one that has been the best from everything I've seen and heard is the double cowgirl, it has double #10 blades on it. You can get them from Rollie & Helen's Musky Shop or order on-line. They are rather exspensive, but cheaper in the States than in Canada.

[shmcbroom]

Does anyone have a report from this last week? Is there any particular jigs/lures to bring for fishing walleyes.
Only a couple weeks before my trip.

[pfessor]

shmcbroom,
Just got back from Canyon lake.
The Walleyes were hitting anything that looked like a minnow.
Jigs with live minnows, leeches, mister twisters, etc. Walleyes were most active after 5:00 PM. The Bass weren't doing much until about Thursday and a couple of groups started getting them along the rocky shorelines.
The water temperture had finally gotten slightly above 60 degrees (F) by Thursday. This next week should be great for bass.
The muskeys were showing up chasing the walleyes and a few were caught
(and released immediately) by various groups.
Hope this helps,
pfessor

[shmcbroom]

Thank you for the update. Has anything happened with the Mayflies yet? How much does this affect the fishing on Canyon?

[Russ]

My wife and I were up at Canyon for approx. 26 days and the fishing was a lot better this year than last. We caught quite a few walleyes, biggest was 21" and many nice bass, biggest was 18". Our best fishing wasn't until the first week of Aug. but then again the first week we didn't fish a lot, just kicked back and relaxed. We caught our walleyes in anywhere from 11' of water to 21' and all on leeches or night crawlers and a lot of the time using a slip bobber. We caught very few fish around the beaver houses and other years they are good for both walleyes and bass. I did notice that when I cleaned some walleyes this year they were full of crayfish and I haven't seen that before and I don't know why with so many minnows in the lake. The best morning I had on walleyes I was in 21' of water and I caught 34 with out moving, I was anchored and I had a ball. That's 34 walleyes that I got in the boat not counting the ones I lost and I missed many. I also noticed that a lot of the old spots weren't paying off this year and I also caught fish were I have never fished before so if one spot doesnt' produce, keep tryin different ones, different depths until you find them.

[BarbaraTIX]

I was hoping Siegel Gallagher which runs Reef Point in Racine was going to take over Northpoint. Its tough to envision positives coming from anything in bed with the city of Chicago

[BethanyNeido]

Sounds like fun indeed

Im not sure we can come up with more than two maps since we dont have more than three "mappers" and one of them is inactive at the moment.
Ive got no problem with driving more maps during the scrim though.

That "No speccing"-rule is going to be hard to monitor.
I think it should be ok as long ask you ask first.

I spoke to Hecker about it and we agreed that it would be a good idea to start the scrim on a Friday and end it on Sunday the week after. That way its not too long and you still get two weekends of driving.
Some of us has a job you know...

[BarbaraTIX]

To add to Mark, yes it should be a block. Assuming from your boat number you got new, the block is supplied loose and needs fitting.

Paul