Sometimes It’s Not Really Fishing By Craig Sandell © 2009 Early June can produce some great Musky action but, in general, it requires a tougher and more thoughtful approach. My good friend and fishing partner, Rob Meusec, and I hit the water in early June to test our Musky skills. The water temperature had been hovering around the mid 60's and other fish species were in a ‘boom and bust’ cycle. The weeds were still sub-surface in depths from 3 to 5 feet and Musky were being caught on all of the Musky lure categories. In these types of conditions, Musky anglers are keen to discover a pattern to Musky movements and feeding preferences hoping that this will give them an edge on the water. Accomplished Musky anglers will re-visit areas where they have had success in the past. Rob and I had decided to engage this type of ‘search and catch’ approach. We visited deep water connections, drop offs next to isolated bars and shoreline connected shelves at different times during the day. We did enjoy some action with this approach but the fish had been hitting short and we did not have any fish in the boat as we pulled up on an area known as ‘The 3 Sisters’ during the late morning on June 12th. Being a regular on the Chippewa Flowage, I was very familiar with this area. This area had a reputation of ‘turning on’ in late summer and early fall but without an established pattern, all areas were in play.
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