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World-Famous or Legendary Muskie “Hotspots” – Part VII
by Larry Ramsell, Muskellunge Historian
Where will the next World Record muskie come from? My good friend and fellow author, Bill Hamblin (Billy and I co-wrote a five-year series of “Musky Hunter’s Almanacs” from 1996 thru 2000), believes it will come from Georgian Bay, where he guided for several years. When I started writing this series on muskie “Hotspots”, I reached out to him for multiple reasons, least of which is his vast knowledge of Georgian Bay and the Legendary “Hotspots” he knows and has fished. These facts were borne out to me once again as I re-read his recently published (2015), GREAT book on fishing the Bay and one man’s story of spending “120 Days” of a single season chasing a record muskie there. The cover of his book is a photograph of a point of land in “Blackstone Harbour” (Canadian spelling),so we will have a look there. According to Bill,
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World-Famous or Legendary Muskie “Hotspots” – Part V
by Larry Ramsell, Muskellunge Historian
Part V and even this old timer is learning a lot! When I reached out to Pro Guide Spencer Berman about Lake St. Clair, he was easily able to handle a complex situation. Following are his response(s) for multiple “Hotspots” in the 275,200 acre “pond”, considered by many the sixth Great Lake, that lies between the U.S. State of Michigan and the Province of Ontario, Canada and is a virtual muskie factory!
Lake St. Clair/(Detroit River)
“Here is something I think will work for you. Obviously, St. Clair is a little different since we don’t have structure, however the general areas I named are pretty well known. The only one I left out that you might question is the Belle Hump and although it is a famous spot historically speaking, ever since the zebra mussels have gotten into the lake the water around there has gotten so clear that the l
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World-Famous or Legendary Muskie “Hotspots” – Part VIII
by Larry Ramsell, Muskellunge Historian
Let us now return to the
Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in Wisconsin, and cover “Hotspot” number three there. I’ll again note that the two largest verified muskies caught from this log-laden Pond, both over 50-pounds, were caught by women! This second one will likely make us anglers wonder again if we are doing the right things.
Just add water! TFF pic taken at low water level. Courtesy Bill Tutt.
Dollar Island is a relatively small island in the big basin on the Flambeau side of the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage near the old river channel.
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