09-28-2020, 04:48 PM
I was up to Newton a couple of weeks ago, fishing right near where Cookie is in that photo. A guy down the bank from me closer to the dam caught about a 10" bass. As he was bringing it in, a muskie grabbed the bass and held on for a minute before deciding it wasn't going where he wanted it to and he let go.
Last weekend, my son and I were up there and it was non-stop perch action for those same sizes you described. I think we must have caught most of them in the lake, but didn't keep any. At one point after a brief rainstorm on Saturday, the water near shore was a little murky (and the shore was a lot slippery). I had a small jig tipped with a tiny piece of perch meat and 6 feet from shore it got stuck on something. There was nothing that close to hang up on, so I pulled a little harder and something Big swirled and let go. Pretty sure it was another muskie. They are in there and not giant, but still could be fun.
Went back the next day, I had hoped to find crappie as well, but all we landed were perch, their brothers, sisters, parents, cousins, etc. And 2 small LM bass. We threw lures on heavy rods for a while in hopes of seeing a muskie, but it didn't happen for us. I didn't see anyone else catching much of anything. We did get to listen to some pretty explicit rap music for an hour or two, courtesy of the boat fishing the other side of the lake. That was the only downside to an otherwise very nice day.
Last weekend, my son and I were up there and it was non-stop perch action for those same sizes you described. I think we must have caught most of them in the lake, but didn't keep any. At one point after a brief rainstorm on Saturday, the water near shore was a little murky (and the shore was a lot slippery). I had a small jig tipped with a tiny piece of perch meat and 6 feet from shore it got stuck on something. There was nothing that close to hang up on, so I pulled a little harder and something Big swirled and let go. Pretty sure it was another muskie. They are in there and not giant, but still could be fun.
Went back the next day, I had hoped to find crappie as well, but all we landed were perch, their brothers, sisters, parents, cousins, etc. And 2 small LM bass. We threw lures on heavy rods for a while in hopes of seeing a muskie, but it didn't happen for us. I didn't see anyone else catching much of anything. We did get to listen to some pretty explicit rap music for an hour or two, courtesy of the boat fishing the other side of the lake. That was the only downside to an otherwise very nice day.