Checked out some new water today.

I've been hearing some good things about a flowage (reservoir) north of
Rhinelander for quite a while and finally decided to check it out. Gil and
I had a day off together, no one had anything going on so we decided to head
north and see if the reality was as good as the reports.

We got on the water around 11:00 and fished it till 6:00. The weather
really wasn't the greatest, around 40 and threatening rain. It finally
warmed up to 51 degrees, with the water temps in the mid to upper 50's.

This body of water is awesome, 14,326 acres according to my Fishing Hotspots
map. There's tons of submerged timber, stumps, rocky shorelines and
sand/gravel. It looked like it should hold a fish or two.

We ended up boating over a dozen smallmouth, I got cut off by a couple
muskies and had a nice muskie in the mid 40 inch class chase a spinnerbait
to the side of the boat.

We took pictures of some of the fish caught today. I've never seen smallie
as deep in the body as these were. Good Lord, they were solid and strong.
If you'd care to see some of them, you can see them at the following link.

http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com/modu...showgall&gid=2
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

I wish we had lakes like that in Southwestern Ohio. Maybe I need to move
North. :-) Those were some very nice fish. I only have caught one 4"
smallmouth in my life. And that was when I was salmon fishing in Manistee
last year with a 3/4 oz. little cleo spoon. That fish had all three hooks
in the front of its mouth.

Jeff

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...
I've been hearing some good things about a flowage (reservoir) north of
Rhinelander for quite a while and finally decided to check it out. Gil
and
I had a day off together, no one had anything going on so we decided to
head
north and see if the reality was as good as the reports.

We got on the water around 11:00 and fished it till 6:00. The weather
really wasn't the greatest, around 40 and threatening rain. It finally
warmed up to 51 degrees, with the water temps in the mid to upper 50's.

This body of water is awesome, 14,326 acres according to my Fishing
Hotspots
map. There's tons of submerged timber, stumps, rocky shorelines and
sand/gravel. It looked like it should hold a fish or two.

We ended up boating over a dozen smallmouth, I got cut off by a couple
muskies and had a nice muskie in the mid 40 inch class chase a spinnerbait
to the side of the boat.

We took pictures of some of the fish caught today. I've never seen
smallie
as deep in the body as these were. Good Lord, they were solid and strong.
If you'd care to see some of them, you can see them at the following link.


http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com/modu...showgall&gid=2
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:

I've been hearing some good things about a flowage (reservoir) north of
Rhinelander for quite a while and finally decided to check it out. Gil and

snip
Nice fish. Turtle Flambeau?

pat

"pat gustafson" wrote in message
...
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:

I've been hearing some good things about a flowage (reservoir) north of
Rhinelander for quite a while and finally decided to check it out. Gil
and

snip
Nice fish. Turtle Flambeau?

Yep, dandies, weren't they? That's a very interesting body of water. I
think I'm going to have to investigate that some more.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

There is something weird about those fish Steve, I think the bass have been
mating with the pumpkinseeds, just not natural shaped bass, So when can we
go? : )
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...
I've been hearing some good things about a flowage (reservoir) north of
Rhinelander for quite a while and finally decided to check it out. Gil
and
I had a day off together, no one had anything going on so we decided to
head
north and see if the reality was as good as the reports.

We got on the water around 11:00 and fished it till 6:00. The weather
really wasn't the greatest, around 40 and threatening rain. It finally
warmed up to 51 degrees, with the water temps in the mid to upper 50's.

This body of water is awesome, 14,326 acres according to my Fishing
Hotspots
map. There's tons of submerged timber, stumps, rocky shorelines and
sand/gravel. It looked like it should hold a fish or two.

We ended up boating over a dozen smallmouth, I got cut off by a couple
muskies and had a nice muskie in the mid 40 inch class chase a spinnerbait
to the side of the boat.

We took pictures of some of the fish caught today. I've never seen
smallie
as deep in the body as these were. Good Lord, they were solid and strong.
If you'd care to see some of them, you can see them at the following link.


http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com/modu...showgall&gid=2
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...
There is something weird about those fish Steve, I think the bass have
been
mating with the pumpkinseeds, just not natural shaped bass, So when can we
go? : )

How soon can you get here? I'm not doing anything until the 31st of the
month.

I know, it mated with a Pontiac. You know, Wider is Better.... I've caught
a lot of nice smallmouth bass in my time and I've never seen any with as
deep of a body as the fish in this lake. The one pictured is exceptionally
deep, but all of the fish were like that. I can't wait until the fish get
really active, and I know my way around the lake better. We probably
covered less than 1% of the total water in 6 hours, so I can only imagine
that there's other places that are even better!

I know a guy that lives on the lake that is a die-hard walleye angler. He
told me that if I promised to remove some of those $$%*%^@ smallmouth, he'd
show me where to fish the lake. He was complaining that the smallies have
been pushing his walleyes off some of his favorite spots. He told me that
he can't get a bait rig to the bottom on some of his favorite locations
before some blankety-blank smallmouth grabs the bait!

I think I'm going to be fishing this lake more in the future.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

I wanna catch some of THEM smallies! They're fatter than the Erie
variety...

Warren

--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com



"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...
I've been hearing some good things about a flowage (reservoir) north of
Rhinelander for quite a while and finally decided to check it out. Gil
and
I had a day off together, no one had anything going on so we decided to
head
north and see if the reality was as good as the reports.

We got on the water around 11:00 and fished it till 6:00. The weather
really wasn't the greatest, around 40 and threatening rain. It finally
warmed up to 51 degrees, with the water temps in the mid to upper 50's.

This body of water is awesome, 14,326 acres according to my Fishing
Hotspots
map. There's tons of submerged timber, stumps, rocky shorelines and
sand/gravel. It looked like it should hold a fish or two.

We ended up boating over a dozen smallmouth, I got cut off by a couple
muskies and had a nice muskie in the mid 40 inch class chase a spinnerbait
to the side of the boat.

We took pictures of some of the fish caught today. I've never seen
smallie
as deep in the body as these were. Good Lord, they were solid and strong.
If you'd care to see some of them, you can see them at the following link.


http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com/modu..._eGallery&file
=index&do=showgall&gid=2
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
I wanna catch some of THEM smallies! They're fatter than the Erie
variety...

Same offer to you Warren as I made to Randy. Heck, carpool out here
together. There's room in my boat for another.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

You're the man Steve, THANKS. You know I'm coming in the fall, maybe hold
the NWC there?

WW

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...

"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
I wanna catch some of THEM smallies! They're fatter than the Erie
variety...

Same offer to you Warren as I made to Randy. Heck, carpool out here
together. There's room in my boat for another.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
You're the man Steve, THANKS. You know I'm coming in the fall, maybe hold
the NWC there?

You know, I thought about it. But it's got such a bad reputation as a hull
cracker and lower unit eater, I purposely stayed off the lake until I
couldn't stand it any longer.

While I do want people to catch fish, I don't want anyone's boat damaged, or
worse, someone hurt or killed.

While I was on the lake, I never went over 30 mph and I was sweating bullets
the entire time I did that! Plus, this lake is an hour+ from Rhinelander,
that means no Rhinelander Pub & Cafe, No Al-Gen Friday night fish fry.

But I'm willing to discuss it further.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com