Beausoleil Island musky - tips

[navairum]

Ahoy,
Heading up to GB this Thursday until Sunday and I'm hoping to hook into some skis. I was there last year and we had lots of luck with pike/bass, but not really any skis.
I was wondering if you had any suggestions as far as bait selection - I have lots so I'm not sure which is best for up there (grandma,jake, believer, inlines etc).

Thanks!! :mrgreen:

 

[iamnickevans]

Go out with a guide, Graham Bristow of GEORGIAN BAY MUSKY CHARTERS is one of the best on the bay. I fish Georgian Bay on a regular basis and musky fishing there can be very difficult if your are new to fishing that area. It is worth the money.
http://www.ontariomusky.com/

 

[kickisasssebas]

fish just outside of shallow bays in 20-30ft and troll

 

[iamnickevans]

fish just outside of shallow bays in 20-30ft and troll

and hope to find a needle in the haystack

 

[AaronKrick]

This guy sounds like an employee of this musky outfitters or a bot of this musky outfitters.

 

[iamnickevans]

Not at all, I'm simply trying to help out navarium. I have fished Georgian Bay for years and it is a very difficult body of water to fish. Compared to the kawarthas where there can be upwards of 5 muskies per acre in prime spots, Georgian Bay may at best have .01 musky per acre. I'm simply trying to help navarium. I made a suggestion.

 

[iamnickevans]

Navarium, if you talk to many top muskie anglers, especially anglers who fish Georgian Bay, most will tell you that you can learn more in 8 hours on the water with a seasoned professional than you will in a few years on your own. Georgian Bay is a very complex body of water and can be overwhelming for someone who is new to the area. A guide can help you break down these areas into simplified and productive areas to concentrate on so you don't spend years wondering around looking for a needle in a haystack. All of the lures you have mentioned will all work given the right circumstances. This time of year I would prefer to cast inline spinners on prime locations during peak times. Having said that trolling can be effective if you know exactly what you are doing, otherwise you are basically covering water and hoping to get lucky. Lure speed, lure depth, action, colour and lure style all play a major role in not only contacting but triggering muskies to bite. Hiring a guide simply allows you to fast track and greatly better your chances of landing that trophy you've been fishing for. If I could go back in time, the first thing I would have done is hire a top guide on Georgian Bay, it would have saved me hundreds of hours and probably thousands of dollars in wasted fuel ect.....

Goodluck!

 

[apz245]

Navarium, if you talk to many top muskie anglers, especially anglers who fish Georgian Bay, most will tell you that you can learn more in 8 hours on the water with a seasoned professional than you will in a few years on your own. Georgian Bay is a very complex body of water and can be overwhelming for someone who is new to the area. A guide can help you break down these areas into simplified and productive areas to concentrate on so you don't spend years wondering around looking for a needle in a haystack. All of the lures you have mentioned will all work given the right circumstances. This time of year I would prefer to cast inline spinners on prime locations during peak times. Having said that trolling can be effective if you know exactly what you are doing, otherwise you are basically covering water and hoping to get lucky. Lure speed, lure depth, action, colour and lure style all play a major role in not only contacting but triggering muskies to bite. Hiring a guide simply allows you to fast track and greatly better your chances of landing that trophy you've been fishing for. If I could go back in time, the first thing I would have done is hire a top guide on Georgian Bay, it would have saved me hundreds of hours and probably thousands of dollars in wasted fuel ect.....

Goodluck!

I've always felt the same way about guides, and really it's the best way to learn anything in my opinion, you can always learn more from a professional instructor/guide/tradesperson. Like you said, in 8 hours these people can teach you things that would take years on your own to figure out.

also, i've heard muskie are hard to catch and I've fished my whole life and never got one so can somewhat attest to that fact, but 0.1 per acre.. that really is a needle in a haystack, just out of curiosity.. where do you get numbers like this?

 

[iamnickevans]

I heard about that fact during a presentation from a well known musky guide, the actual official number is a lot less than .01fish/acre. Georgian Bay is near 3.7 million acres in size so if you do the math it's actually insane to think that these fish ever get caught. I will try to find a link, give me some time.

 

[apz245]

I heard about that fact during a presentation from a well known musky guide, the actual official number is a lot less than .01fish/acre. Georgian Bay is near 3.7 million acres in size so if you do the math it's actually insane to think that these fish ever get caught. I will try to find a link, give me some time.

I'm not trying to call you out on your info or anything, I'll take your word on it, just wanted to note it's an interesting number