Quote Originally Posted by Hot Runr Guy View Post
It's down at the south end, where only real men fear to tread,,,,,,
HRG
45-50 years ago, there was a large logjam nestled up to the shoreline you've outlined in yellow. I'd guess it was 50 yards wide from the shore in some places. I used to walk the logs to find a sufficient opening between the logs. (I weighed a tad bit less back then - less chance of falling through.) I'd drop a line with a juicy crawler on the hook and more times than not at least one of the walleyes hiding in the shade of the logjam would latch on.

This was back when Al & Millie Weseman owned Al's Place (now Fort Flambeau) and Earl & Elsie Tomek had The Old Log Inn. Hooked a large snapping turtle in that logjam once. Had to fight it off with an oar all the way back. Earl Tomek shot it with that .22 pistol (no front sight) that he used from time to time to shoot a musky before boating it. (Such things were done back then.) We feasted on delicious turtle the next evening.

Back then there were so many stumps that a good "stump hook" was better than an anchor. Lotsa walleyes in the roots of the stumps, too. "Stump dunking" Gene Netzel style was a good way to pick up a limit, which was 5 walleyes in those days. That was when Musky season and Walleye season used to open on the same day. I bet Bob Fohr remembers those days.

Musky Mauler