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All my life I have lived in round lake (I am 23) and I have always fished round lake off shore...just until recently I started using my grandfathers fishing boat. Its just a 16" triton. I have been a active fisherman sense I could walk and I consider myself pretty well at it.

well, I have been continuously fishing round lake for the last month or so, almost every single afternoon after I get out of work up until dark and going all day saturday/sunday on the weekends.

Now that I have been using the boat, I have pretty much figured the lake out like the back of my hand. Where the fish are, and what they want. However, I have yet to get the real fish I have been out so hard to get....a 40"+ Tiger muskie.

about 3 weeks ago, I landed a 40" northern (sorry for the bad quality cell phone pictures, also the fish was released and swam away, unharmed)








This was the first northern I have ever landed in the lake..

two weeks ago, I had one on my line that was atleast 42". Sadly, he shot right under my boat and burried himself in the weeds with my fishing line again the back of my motor. I ran back to lift the motor up and get my line away from it but before I could do so, he took off and that was the end of that. I havent had anymore luck with northerns sense then...and havent even hooked a muskie this year (depressing)

however, I have been catching some monster bass. Everyone I talk to that fishes the lake, doesnt have much luck at all, and when they do...they are small. I guess Im just blessed!






 
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and my most recent prized possesion as of last saturday...23", 7.3lb large mouth...








ALL fish were released un harmed. I also have more pics on my cell phone of different fish I havent even uploaded yet. in the last month, I have caught over 20, 20"+ large mouths and dozens of smaller ones that I dont even bother to take pictures of.

however, if anyone has any advice/tips of landing a monster tiger muskie in this lake, I would greatly appreciate it!

The fish are currently hitting HARD and are very aggressive. Water temperatures are between 53-55* depending on your lake location verified by a fish finer on board. These large bass are in the very thick weeds, where its hardest to get your lure. As far are fishing for muskies goes, I have tried as much as trolling the lake with large 10" rapala's, shad raps and spinner baits. No luck. I hear stories about these monsters, and years ago I would catch dozens right after they were stocked.
 
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Looks like you're catching some nice fish out of Round Lake. Congrats. Anytime you can do that consistently you are indeed blessed. Now just stop telling and showing people so we can keep it to ourselves. lol

Not sure this counts as a tip, but I took a 47" tiger out of Round years ago in November on a white double-willow spinnerbait with a 6" Yamamoto Senko threaded on the hook as a "trailer". The fish was in 6' of water in a hole between the pads in full sun feasting on bass. (The taxidermist took two bass out of his stomach.) That suggests to me that they work their way more shallow this time of year in search of some big pre-winter meals or warmth. White has always done well for me up there so worth a shot.

Quick question: is the launch on Route 9 open or closed to trailered boats? I've heard mixed reports and want to get back there if it is open, ad Rip Van Winkle used to have its best tournament bags of the year out of that place, so I know it is full of monster bass.

Good luck.
 
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Bass Jones said:
Looks like you're catching some nice fish out of Round Lake. Congrats. Anytime you can do that consistently you are indeed blessed. Now just stop telling and showing people so we can keep it to ourselves. lol

Not sure this counts as a tip, but I took a 47" tiger out of Round years ago in November on a white double-willow spinnerbait with a 6" Yamamoto Senko threaded on the hook as a "trailer". The fish was in 6' of water in a hole between the pads in full sun feasting on bass. (The taxidermist took two bass out of his stomach.) That suggests to me that they work their way more shallow this time of year in search of some big pre-winter meals or warmth. White has always done well for me up there so worth a shot.

Quick question: is the launch on Route 9 open or closed to trailered boats? I've heard mixed reports and want to get back there if it is open, ad Rip Van Winkle used to have its best tournament bags of the year out of that place, so I know it is full of monster bass.

Good luck.
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47" is HUGE. Thats exactly what I am shooting for...

I am also using spinner baits, however...I have caught some on white but they are mostly small. Every single fish above was caught on a T1 double bladed 3/8 chartreuse Terminator spinner bait including the 40" northern and the monster that snapped my line. I am a strict believer/user in all the Terminator spinner baits as I have dozens of them and this is what has been landing me my monster bass, but no muskies. I have also caught big bass on weedless frogs and rubber worms that are rigged weedless, however the T1 spinner baits seem to land more, bigger ones...and right now, they are hitting them things HARD..I also even caught a Monster perch on this spinner bait haha. It was weird! I have also landed some big crappie on 4 piece rapalas way down in the outlet stream.

now sure if it was a monster bass, northern or perhaps a muskie but saturday in little round lake I hooked onto a fish that was tearing my drag out, as I was reeling in. I use 50lb braided spider wire on a 8 foot rod that my uncle gave me (he is a pro bass fisherman. Has his name signed on it and stuff) So, pretty much any fish I can hook, comes to the boat...but this guys got off real quick.

as far as the boat launch, its open....it has no parking signs but dont worry about it. There hasnt been any reinforcement talk about it. My parents and my grandparents live just outside of the round lake village and there hasnt been much going on about it.

also, a buddy told me last year a guy ice fishing pulled out a 52" muskie near the sand bar....I am not sure how true it is but he said there was a news article and stuff about it???

Who does your taxidermy? Reason I ask is I have a 39" lake trout on the wall and a large mouth (at the time I thought it was big, I was 14)...I forgot his name but he lives in clifton park and does it out of his house basement. He has a big muskie on the wall he personally caught out of round lake on a white spinner bait as well.
 
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Nice going ...

Although it's not a real big body of water it holds some huge Muskies and i have heard of some Huge bass as well. It gets fished pretty hard and the huge ones are hard to find, but they are there.
 
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bassinbrian said:
Nice going ...

Although it's not a real big body of water it holds some huge Muskies and i have heard of some Huge bass as well. It gets fished pretty hard and the huge ones are hard to find, but they are there.
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as far as what I have seen this year from fishing...there hasnt been very much going on. The shore gets hits pretty hard with people fishing, but as far as boats go, On a good day I have seen maybe 3 out there including myself. Most of the lake is just canoes and kayaks and they go down into the outlet to the beaver damns and what not.

However, there is a humongous bald eagle that lives on the lake and he always sits above me in the dead tree's. I call him my buddy.
 
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thanks guys!



anyways, just a update.

I have been taking advantage of this nice weather after work and have been going down to round lake from 4 until dark. I went monday, and I went today. The water was like glass...however, sense saturday, the water warmed up 5*...and both monday and today I didnt have a single hit. Nothing. Have been using the same spinner baits that I was nailing the big ones in the pics above on. It just seems like this warm up really shut the fish off.

I would cast, and spook fish but no interest. I even tried white, yellow and chartreuse spinner baits, my white/red jitter bug and some rubber worm action. Nada.
 
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