"Fish ON..Fish ON !!!!" Musky in the boat

Yesterday was pretty exciting for one client from St. Louis that decided to try his hand at Musky fishing. Mel ( 67 years young and I mean young!) was in front of the Lund all day throwing his heart out when all of the sudden I heard Mel yell " Holy S*#T" and the boat jerked from side to side.

I'll start from the beginning. We started the windy day off by throwing Bulldawgs and Inhaler Bucktails off the cabbage edges with little to no luck. The wind prevented us from seeing any follows that may have occurred and boat control was tough. We threw and trolled for 4 hours before deciding to take a break and go in for lunch. After lunch we were both ready for a nap but figured we would give it another shot. It literally came down to the last few cast. Our day would end at 4:00 pm and at 4:07 is when all the excitement began.

Ok, back to the first paragraph. I looked at Mel and saw him brace his legs, dig the pole into his side and set the hook. I immediately looked to Mels lure and saw an amazing site. His fish hit the Inhaler Big Daddy and took off....... straight up. It cleared the water by almost two feet. AWESOME SIGHT!! This was Mels first Musky and was "quickly" measured at 41 ". I think if we took our time and did it right we may have ended up a little larger. This musky was so think and fat that I think it would have tipped the scales at over 20 lbs. easily if not closer to 23-24.

Great job Mel and Congratulations to a good man and now friend.

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Be safe and keep a tight line!

Little Slow today

Today started off fast and furious with 4 fish on the first 6 casts. Then the fishing came to a stand still. My clients are from Illinois and have been great customers of mine for the past few years. So they know that I wouldn't stop working...and boy did we have to work. I had three people in my boat and had a tag boat with three more. This is hard enough to keep 6 people on fish especially when the bite is hot, but they understood and didn't complain one bit. What awesome clients turned friends.

We started with Berkley Power Worms and it produced about 6 - 8 fish right away. As we moved down the weed line  few more were picked up but NOT how it should be. The wind started to pick up so I decided to change over to Dixie Dancer spinnerbaits. As we moved to the south I had something hit my lure and found about a 3 pound northern pike attached to it. I thought " ok, atleast we can have some action". well that kinda happened. I think we put about 5 pike in the Lund. This day was not one of our best outings but the boys were happy. Two 13 year olds that love to fish...one of them being his first trip to Minnesota fishing. We also had two 15 year old girls in the other boat that were catching a couple. Great people to spend a morning fishing. They are welcome in my boat any day! Actually we are heading to Big Winnie on Friday so wish us luck.

Hope to have a few more post up before then as I have two Muskie trips Wednesday and Thursday. Maybe get some picture to show.Be sure to visit my website and see all the new pics that have updated. www.northstarguideservice.com.

I realize that putting up a post like this isn't exciting or great for business but its real life. Not everyday can be phenominal or the trip of their lives so I will continue to post the good and the bad. Gotta keep it real.

Till next time ! Be safe and keep a tight line.

Muskies, Muskies and more Muskies!

Yesterday was pretty exciting for two of my clients. We ventured out about 7:30 am and hit the first spot on the south end of the lake. The bait fish were plentiful and right where I wanted them. That was until another boat pushed us off our spot. This isn't a big deal due to the fact that North Star has numerous spots that produce enough to make anyone happy.

About 20 minutes later we moved to our second spot and boy was that the right move. I showed them a new spot on the lake that they didn't even know about. After about 15 casts....BOOM!!! I heard " FISH ON, FISH ON". I turned and saw his St.Croix thumping downward. The fish had a black and orange Bulldawg deep in the weeds. I put the Minnkota in high gear and tried to head the fish off. After about a minute, all we saw was the weeds being split and the trail of bubbles was quite impressive. So close!

We moved again to spot number 3 and started to see more fish. This area is a quick drop off into deep cabbage that holds a ton of big fish. The first fish to follow was on the smaller side ( approx. 40 inches). Just when ya least expect it, the inevitable happens.......the giant! This fish followed up and we had a really close look at her. We all agreed that this fish would go a little over 50 inches. He was interested but not gonna take it. So we decided after seeing 4 different fish on this spot that we would move. The last area produced a strike by another monster. This gator struck his lure not too far from the Lund just missing the rear trebles. I actually think this fish was a tad bigger that the previous one.

Although we didn't boat a fish this trip we did end up seeing around 5 fish and hooking one. Not a bad day when you are talking Muskies. The only thing that matters is that the guys had a blast. These clients have turned into friends that we look forward to seeing every year. Next time Mike.......next time.

Be safe and keep your lines tight!!!!
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North Star is producing some big fish!

Good morning everyone!

Last night my son and I went out after some Pike and wow did it happen. We started throwing our trusty Inhaler buck tails with some pretty good success! After about 10 casts I landed a 33 incher that my son hooked. I didnt believe him at first but that custom St. Croix rod was bent right over. Pretty exciting for my none year old. We had some pretty big muskies follow up but no hits.

This Wednesday I have a muskie trip on North Star Lake and hopefully we can put one in the new Lund. If the weather stays stable we should be able to have some success with the big gators. The fish have been so active lately that it seems so easy to stick one of these elusive thing but if you have ever tried they can turn you red in the face pretty quick.

Just looked outside and its getting a little dark in the west so fishing may be good today. Need cloud cover on these crystal clear lakes. We might try a night bite this evening with some top water if the temps stay up . Now that gets the heart pumping if you have never tried it.

I'm out for now but in the mean time be safe and keep a tight line !!!

North Star Guide Service: Bass Action is heating up

North Star Guide Service: Bass Action is heating up: "Those of you that have been chasing walleyes around and need a break, try the bass action. We went out this morning and slaughtered them. Th..."

Bass Action is heating up

Those of you that have been chasing walleyes around and need a break, try the bass action. We went out this morning and slaughtered them. The weather didn't cooperate right away but after a half hour of rain,thunder and lightning we start to pile them into the Lund! My son hauled in a beauty that weighed about 4 1/2 lbs on a Northland Tackle Jaw Breaker.

We worked the deeper weed edges with Berkley Power Worms and Dixie Dancer spinner baits as the sun started getting higher. The bass seem to be locating around mid lake structure being in their post spawn phase. We had to slow down a bit and get a little deeper but the fish kept biting. Don't give up too early on the deeper pads in the morning before that sun drive you crazy. You can have an absolute blast throwing plastic making them slowly fall off the edge of a pad and then HANG ON!!! Looks like today will be a scorcher.

I will try to add some pics of this morning. I think I might be inside this afternoon since it about 90 F. I think we may go try another small lake tomorrow. I have a few trips this week to Big Winnie for some walleyes, so I'm enjoying these smaller lakes while I can. Sometimes work gets in the way.

My family owns and operated North Star Lake Resort which is a family resort located 25 miles north of Grand Rapids.

Check back for more reports on bass walleyes and hopefully some Muskies this week. Take care, good luck and be safe.

Eric