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  • The Muskie Minute: Turn Back the Clock

    Andrew Slette|Aug 23, 2021

    This past week has been one of the best weeks of the season so far, with lots of active muskies moving to the inside weed edge. The fish have been active all day long. Detroit Lake has been one of the best local lakes producing quality fish. It has been giving everyone who goes out opportunities at muskies, some as many as five or six fish a day. We haven't been having many follows throughout the day as most of the fish either eat or don't show themselves. The inside weed edges have been the...

  • The Muskie Minute: Warm Water Muskie Moves

    Andrew Slette|Jul 26, 2021

    Warming midsummer water temperatures have the majority of muskies transitioning from open water basins to weed covered structure in Minnesota's west central lakes country. All our local lakes have water temperatures in the upper 70s or low 80s pushing the open water baitfish deeper and out of the muskies' reach. This puts new, uneducated fish that haven't seen many baits since last fall up on structure. This is great news to anyone who wants to cast. Big Detroit Lake has a good casting bite on...

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