Muskie Fishing Indiana

WEBSTER WAS “HOT” ON A COLD MARCH DAY.  (reprint of an article by Mike Ice on www.hoosierangler.com)

"I can remember a certain phone call from a good friend of mine like it was yesterday. That particular friend was one of my favorite fishing partners and a Muskie guru. I could tell right away that he wanted to involve me in something that had to do with fishing because he was excited and asked what I had planned for the upcoming Saturday. My first thought was that the Steelhead trout were running in the Grand River and he wanted me to come up there for the action. Then he proceeded to tell me that he was talking to an employee at Ye Old Tackle Shop earlier that day who informed him that Webster Lake had been free of ice for about a week. Once he said the words “Webster Lake was free of ice” I knew the game plan. Despite the weather forecasts for the upcoming Saturday we decided to meet up there that weekend anyway."  These guys are up for a Muskie Fishing Indiana Adventure!

"That Saturday finally came and we met at the backwater ramp on Webster Lake. Once we got my boat loaded with all of his gear, we slipped her in the water, parked the truck and headed out to the main lake basin. The weather started out mild for an early March day with air temperatures in the upper 50’s. That would soon change because the forecast called for the weather to get drastically worse as the day progressed with accumulating snow by evening. We started fishing on a spot that had produced for my friend and I in the past, but it was unproductive with only one lazy follow from a mid 30 inch fish. After pounding that entire shoreline we decided to take cover from the increasing wind and decreasing temperature behind an island that had a decent flat that was close to deep water."  This is probably near Kline Island just off the Epworth Forest shore.

"As we started moving out of the deep water an up over the flat, my friend changed up from a small crank bait to a jig. I could not believe what I was seeing and with confusion on my face and a couple of sarcastic remarks to him I continued to throw my trusty crank bait with confidence. It wasn’t six casts into the drift when he yelled out “I got one!"  Those baits are used more for other types of Northern Indiana Fishing like; Bass Fishing Indiana or Crappie Fishing Indiana.

"I looked over and his 8 foot flipping stick was buckled in the middle and shaking fiercely. I could not believe that he had a Muskie on that stupid jig, but sure enough he did and she was a nice one too. The fight was exciting to watch with a few quick runs and some strong head shakes. One more run under the boat and he led the fish my way and I got her in the net. After two quick photos and a measurement she was put back in the water to fight another day. That fish was 43 inches long and I have to guess her girth was around 20 inches. Once the excitement and high five’s ended we gathered our gear and started to continue down that same flat. Five minutes later I asked him about fishing with plastic jigs because I was still in disbelief about how he caught that fish and wanted to pick his brain for info. He said that he has used plastics for several years and especially in the early spring when the fish are lazy and want something dangling in front of their nose to get them aggravated enough to bite. That seemed like an intelligent enough answer to me so I went back to controlling the boat and throwing my buck tail."  What a great Indiana Weekend Getaway.  And with the weather like it was that day they would have been glad to end up by the fire in a Log Cabin Indiana Vacation Rentals Indiana.