Northwest Fishing Reports

so i got into muskie fishing last year and been fishing quite a bit and getting stumped every time at newman lake so help on what parts of the lake to fish and what lures to use any advice would work guys thanks hope to get some good feed back

Hey nice catch and thanks for the input also around what time did you catch your muskie and does time really matter also were did you pick up the lures

Hey nice catch and thanks for the input also around what time did you catch your muskie and does time really matter also were did you pick up the lures

Go to outletbaits.com. Pick up the Swimmin..' Joe 10" swimbait in perch color. They have smaller too.....

Overstockbait.com has the Swimmin' Joe at 20% off of the already low $7.99 right now as well.... here's a link

http://www.overstockbait.com/category_s ... =30&page=4

That was it. I had the name wrong..... I have bough a bunch of these, and can attest they do great.

natef wrote:so i got into muskie fishing last year and been fishing quite a bit and getting stumped every time at newman lake so help on what parts of the lake to fish and what lures to use any advice would work guys thanks hope to get some good feed back

Heyah Nate,
Welcome to the musky world dude. What took you so long? lol.. Newman and Silver have some big muskies in them. Newman is good all over..fishing the lillys and the bays are a good place to start. But nothing teaches you more than just being on the water and learning the lake on your own sometimes is the best. The guys from Chapter 60 are very smart fishermen and women. And will help as much as they can..Mark K is a heck of a net man..i have heard..but again just get out there is the best advice I can tell you. See ya, Todd

thanks guys def gona try out some of them lures and no kidding muskyhunter thinking thats the biggest prob so far just learning the lake and trying not to get discouraged but thanks for all the help and cant wait to get back out there

muskyhunter wrote:Mark K is a heck of a net man..i have heard..

Unfortunately that is true. Been on the netting side of things much more than the catching. Nate, just stick with it. You'll get one!

nate and Mark, stick with it. You will get a fish eventually. Hopefully it is a memorable one, that will keep you hooked, so to speak. I talked with a guy at Walmart last night that caught his first out at Silver yesterday. In fact, he AND his wife caught tigers out there yesterday. He is so pumped, he will likely be at our meeting next Tuesday. You might try Silver. For whatever reason, it seems to still be hot. Newman will get there when the water warms a bit. Not sure why the difference in the two lakes, but Silver produces earlier, and cooler.

Nate, check your pm inbox later today.

Water temp on Newman Yesterday was 73.0 degrees. Should be game on if it was like last year. Unfortunetly we didnt even see a fish all day. Did hear of a guy catching a 14" Tiger from under their dock on a hook and worm LOL...Newman you can pretty much catch a fish anywhere in that lake and seems like on just about anything you use for bass...

73 degrees!!! WOO HOO!!! Game on man! Time to start burning the buck-tails.

yeah def not gona give up on musky fishing and any chance any of you guys will be out at newman this weekend and give me a quick scope of things i went out again today well to say getting tired of catching weeds lol

Nate,
I will be on Silver from about 11:30 till 4 tomorrow, if you wanted to head that way. Might hit Newman on Saturday, not sure.

Unfortunately I can't tomorrow gone be working in priest lake but sat imgonna try to be at Newman 6 am- not sure yet lol

I fished Silver most of the day on Friday without any sign of a toothy critter, I did pick up a 2 lb. bass on a S-Waver and a 3" perch on a 4" crankbait lol. Here it is I thought it was funny so I took it's Pix



I didn't much like this lake. I think its a bait stealing, stump infested place if I ever saw one. I didn't have a lure retriever and lost about $50 in baits to all the submerged stumps. I saw Doug W. out there and he had no fish either. So I bagged it on Silver and went to Newman about 6PM. I didn't get any Muskies there either, but at least I had a nice fish fallow (+-38") on a S-Waver and got a nice bass on my floating mouse bait. I also got a hit on a old favorite crankbait that broke it in half!!!!!!! Not sure just what it was, I think it was a Tiger but only got back half a bait? Here is what I got back. I didn't know it was a balsa wood bait or I wouldn't have been throwing it.



Not so sure I want to fish Silver again. I wasn't impressed by it so much, even though most guys say it is a better
Muskie lake then Newman.

Picked up one fish after I saw you last F-N-F. Didn't boat her, but had her on for a bit. Saw 3 tigers on Newman today, and took 2 of the three. All that in a slow boat.

dougw wrote:Picked up one fish after I saw you last F-N-F. Didn't boat her, but had her on for a bit. Saw 3 tigers on Newman today, and took 2 of the three. All that in a slow boat.

Was that a slow boat to China? You must be catchin Asian Carp. [lol]

My Muskie fishing is over for a while, as I'm saddled with kids for the next 2 weeks. :pale: But I do get to bass fish so it's not all bad