Fishing on Crow (Kakagi) Lake & Lake of the Woods
Muskie Bay Resort was ranked by In-fishermen Magazine as one of the top five spots to fish in there January issue. www.infisherman.com
Crow (Kakagi) Lake along with Steven's Bay on Lake of the Woods (just two miles from camp) and four other portage lakes are available for our guest's use.
Imagine waters loaded with world-class trophy muskie, huge northern pike, fantastic walleye, large lake trout, battling smallmouth bass and slab-size crappies. Fishing is at its finest at Muskie Bay Resort.
We feel guests that are sucessful fishing and hunting will be repeat guests for us. We don't have the attitude "here is your boat, and there is the lake. We have a comment box located at the entrance to the lodge. We encourage our guests to let us know how we are doing. We like good comments as well as creative constructive criticism.
Muskie Bay Resort's staff policy is to help our guests enjoy their stay. We will help our guests find fish, types of lures to use and best type of bait. We will mark the best fishing spots on your map.
Check these sites for additional information on Muskie Bay Resort
www.thornebros.com www.muskyhunter.com www.myspace.com/muskiebayresort
www.anglersproshop.ca http://www.rainylakesports.com/
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World Class Muskie
We're home of the World Record 55" Muskie caught at Muskie Bay Camp on June 16, 1995 / 14 lb. Test Class as recognized by National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame.
Our Equipment
17 foot boats, three swivel seats, trolling motor, bait well, live well, 40- 0r 50 hp motors, net, and Lowrance 520 color monitor, with GPS and mapping chip built in.
FISHING GEAR
You may bring nite crawlers into Canada (pack in bedding only), no live leeches or minnows (frozen or salted are legal). We have gas (both mixed and regular), some tackle ,and live bait available at the resort. You can purchase your fishing license on line at www.anglersproshop.ca you have a trolling motor and portable locator you may want to consider bringing them, they are nice for remote lakes and fly-ins (we have a limited supply for rent, call ahead to reserve) they are included on upgrade boat packages. Guests bringing their own boats and or reeling motors are encouraged to bring the own chargers (electrical hook-ups are provided at N/C).
WALLEYE - 6’ to 7’ spinning gear with 6-10# test line, optional bait casting gear with 10-12# test line for trolling and bottom bouncing, lindy rigs, spinner rigs and crawler harnesses (gold, silver, chartreuse, orange), jigs 1/16 to 3/8 for live bait, assortment of shallow and deep diver cranks (rainbow trout, silver, gold, perch or firetiger).
BASS - 6’7’ spinning gear with 4-8# test line, tube jigs, twisters, #1-#3 french or vibrex spinners, topwaters, chuggers, cranks, small spinnerbaits, 4" worms, craws, and slugos.
TROUT - 7’- 9’ trolling rod with level wind reel and 10-14# test line, (1/4-3/4 oz.) and flutter spoons or suttons (bl/slvr, wh, chart), cow bells and flies, husky jerks and other cranks in blue/silver. 6’ jigging rod with spinning or level wind and 10# test line, 1/2 - 2 oz. jigs (white, chartreuse, pink, blue, and gold ) swedish pimples, sonars, buzz bombs, zingers and cleos.
PIKE - 6’ - 7 1/2’ spinning or casting rod with 12-17# test, 1/2 to 1 1/2 oz, wire lindy rigs and 1/4 - 3/4 oz jigs for live bait, spinner baits, spoons, large cranks and jerks (fire tiger always good all around color for pike).
MUSKIE - 6 1/2’ - 7 1/2’ rod with high quality casting reel and 27-36# mono or dacron or 60-80# super line, 7’ - 9’ trolling rod with level wind reel and 20-40# test dacron or 60-80# super line, 7’ - 9’ trolling rod with level wind reel and 20-40# test mono, 12" - 20" - 100# mono or wire leaders for casting and 36" - 40" for trolling, large net or cradle, file for sharpening hooks, a long tape measure spinnerbaits, bucktails, topwater, cranks, jerks, and rubberbaits (some bright gaudy colors for sunny and natural and darker colors for overcast or windy days).
Canoe Trips
Our canoe trips will take you on a fully equipped and guided experience that you will not forget. The lakes we take you back to are lakes that most people fly to.
These waters are not heavily fished, they are beautiful remote lakes, with a lot of natural beauty. If you are into canoeing then you will want to experience this adventure!
Thorne Bros Moonlight Muskie Outing
Muskie Bay Resort, Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada July 19-26th, 2008
Join Thorne Bros staff at this mid-summer Outing
at Muskie Bay Resort where Paul and Chris Trinkner will be our hosts.
On the gin clear lake trout water of Canada, we have identified two “windows” where the muskies are more predictable. The mid-summer full moon is one of these and the full moon falls at the end of July this year. Casting and trolling can both be effective, but, if conditions allow, night trolling can be awesome. The Canadian Shield comes alive after dark during the middle of the summer. Warm breezes, loons calling, spectacular sunsets, the occasional Northern Lights show and your drag screaming with an angry muskie on the other end!
This is an American Plan trip and to accommodate this “second shift” approach, we will have a late breakfast (around 9am) and an early dinner (around 5pm). Lunch, or bag lunch, is also available. The nice thing with Muskie Bay’s location is that you can fish around the conditions. The resort is on Crow Lake, which is extremely clear with few weeds, but just across the road is Sabaskong Bay of Lake of the Woods, which is brown water with an algae bloom in August and full of weeds. If you can’t find water you like between these two systems—they don’t exist!!!
Here are our most productive baits while staying at Muskie Bay: Casting: Showgirls, Double Cowgirls, Eagletails, Bull Dawgs, 10” Jakes, 7.5” A-P-Lures, Jackpots, LOWRiders, M&G Spinnerbaits, CJ’s Spinnerbaits and Husky Hawg Wobblers Trolling: 14” Jakes, 13” Believers, 10” and 12” Slammer Deep Minnows and 10” Deep Shad. Crow is a VERY vertical lake, so make sure your leaders are at least 48” long or longer for trolling. The price for the Moonlight Muskie Outing is $455.00 USD. Rental boats and guides are also available.
To book your trip, contact Paul or Chris Trinkner at Muskie Bay Resort at 1-800-363-3379. A $100 deposit is required. For all other information, contact Brett Erickson at Thorne Bros at 763-572-3782 or HYPERLINK "mailto:brett@thornebros.com" brett@thornebros.com or check out our message board at HYPERLINK "http://www.thornebros.com" www.thornebros.com Are you afraid of the dark?
