6-11-11

6-11-2011 Sat
8:00 AM- 4:30 PM

Weather: N 3 to SE 7, mostly cloudy, with some sun, 54 - 62˚, 30.03 falling to steady

H2O: clear, 69 ˚

Location: St. Louis River, Superior, Wisconsin

Caught: I caught three small pike and Tanner had one small musky follow his bait
Partners: Tanner (guide), myself and Scott

Comments

After a very enjoyable meal of north woods largemouth bass cooked over a charcoal grill, and some needed sleep, we were ready to hit a supposed premier Wisconsin musky water. We were guided today by Tanner Wildes. Tanner is a Hayward area guide who mostly works the Chip, but he also likes to fish and guide on the St. Louis.
The weather conditions were not ideal; several days earlier we had high ninety degrees days and today we were looking at highs in the mid - sixties.
The musky fishing down right sucked! The only action we had was the one follow that Tanner had and the few small pike I caught. I could tell Scott was rather disappointed by Tanner. After we were done fishing Scott told me Tanner spent a lot of the day fishing and talking and texting on the phone. Tanner also had us throw the same baits pretty much all day, and we re-fished water that we had already fished. The last spot we fished he said it was his best spot that he was saving for last. It seems that if it was such a good spot we should have hit it in the morning and the afternoon!
The St. Louis is a big and varied body of water with lots of different structure. I do plan to come back and musky fish here on my without a guide. I hate to say it but I do not think I will be booking Tanner again!

Observations
The city of Superior appears to be about two to three weeks behind La Crosse season wise. I noticed apple trees and lilac bushes were still blooming. One bizarre sight we did see was a red fox carrying something in its mouth right down the sidewalk in the city of Superior.