The Spoonpluggers Forum

I have one of these articles, about fishing deep in the Winnipeg River System when the fish were staying deep and finding spots close to the sanctuary depth. I used to have several years of back issues, but tossed them during a move so I don't have the others. Does anyone have the others or would it...

Fran, Water color is light brown, but semi-clear to clear. You can see rocks on bottom in 5 ft without shading your eyes. The secchi disk reading was 10 ft, not sure where that comes out. Bottom is lots of rounded rocks , curly cabbage weeds are about 5-9 ft but only patches here and there I guess w...

Looking forward to what John Bales has to say.

to reiterate, I am not looking for someone to crack this for me, I live 2000 miles away and won't be fishing it anytime soon.

Bink, thanks for commenting.
I meant that the good structures are pretty few, I guess, and the average fisherman would never stumble upon them. The west end of the lake , the second map seems to have a lot more possibilities, most of the fish I caught were in the obvious areas there.

Steve, thanks for the thoughts. I believe it's considered a difficult lake because of course most people fish shallow or shorelines. This lake has a light brown color but is semi-clear to clear, (see the secchi disk 10' ! on the map info) added the file today. That 5 ft hump is locally known as the ...

The lake map information.

And the east end. Outflow at top.

I've just posted this as a discussion of how to crack a difficult lake, I haven't fished it in years and won't again for a while. The big sunken island seems to be dominated by muskie, even online forums don't mention catching anything else there. Ontario fishing contest listed 50 pound muskie caugh...

Here is a lake in Ontario noted for large muskie, as well as walleye, pike and smallmouth. The minimum keepable size muskie is 48 inches! It has a reputation as a difficult lake. When I looked at the map again I recalled what Buck wrote about looking for deep structure when a lake is drawn down, and...

Hi, I'm Bill from Ontario, Canada, now in S. Texas. I got a gift subscription to Fishing Facts when I was 17 ( about 1977) and then bought Buck's book and the study course. I have been rereading it all lately since discovering this site and having some time off. Back then and still as far as I know,...