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Old 01-31-2009, 09:46 PM
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Default Pigeon and wizard today

Went to pigeon today and saw one white and one walley in almost 3 hours. Got stuck a couple times in the drifts with all the wind. Got ****ed off and went to Wizard. Never been there but I now have a new lake to take the kids. Within and hour and a half had tons of action on the tipups. All very small pike. Mabey 20" fish and lots smaller but it was a blast chasing tip ups. Action was every 10 min or less with flags and fish on. It is close enough to town I can take the kids and do a half day easy.
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Old 01-31-2009, 11:44 PM
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you may be the guy who stopped and talked to my brother on wizard!
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Old 02-01-2009, 01:14 PM
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Nope not me. I didn't talk to anyone on Wizard. There were a few guys out there and even a car but we fished quite away from everyone.
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Old 02-01-2009, 02:34 PM
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planning on taking the kids out next weekend. Where is a good spot to get on wizard? How deep should I fish?
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:15 PM
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I got on the lake from the north west corner. I think it is called Jubillee landing or something. The lake is very packed down there and cars can drive on. I went around the whole lake and found this was the only spot to get on. It was very frustrating and took me about an hour of driving just to find the access in the last spot. The lake is very deep. I turned right when I got on the ice and drove about 500 yards to the west and the bank on the edge of the lake looks steeper. I drilled holes 15 yards out to about 35 yards from shore and it dropped deep fast. I fished from 10ft of water to 35 feet and caught fish every depth. The best seemed to work with a jig head (black) with a minnow. I had quick strike rigs with trebles and had 5-6 inch anchovies but the pike are small and had a lot of hits without any hooking because the bait was bigger. I would just set up some tip ups and have the kids chase them around. It seems like this lake is overrun with pike like some of the perch lakes around and the fish don't grow to any decent size from what I saw. I know of one guy that did catch an 18 pounder a year or 2 ago and another friend of mine has fished there lots and says it is hard to catch alegal sized fish but it is perfect for the kids or if you just want a lot of action. Hope that helps guys and have fun.
Anybody catch any legal fish there much before or are they mostly small like I have found?
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Old 02-02-2009, 02:57 PM
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You used to be able to catch a few bigger pike here (as well as perch)before they implemented the minimum size limit for pike.In the two or three years after, the perch pretty much went away and the pike size dwindled down to where it is today.While it is possible (like any lake)to catch a decent pike there, you will probably have to catch 100 eighteen to twenty-two inch long fish to do it.I don't fish here to much anymore(AND I live at Wizard...maybe two or three times over the summer) but I bet it has been three or four years since I last caught a "keeper".But, like someone said, it is great for kids.And if you catch the right weekend in spring a guy can catch 100 or more pike over the weekend.They just won't be big.

And you can get on the ice at the far West end of the lake as well,both on the North shore and on the south shore.The south access(where I live)can get REALLY icy and the first little bit up is a bit steeper than the rest. One time I even had to drive across the lake and go around the end of the lake on the gravel roads because I could'nt climb back up the bank into my subdivision in my 1 Ton Chevy 4x4.And another time I had to tow my ford escort up the hill with the Chevy.
.................................CAUTION.......... .........................
To anyone driving on this lake........There are lots of gas pockets under this lake, and they perculate all winter long,meaning that there are lots of open holes in the ice.Some of them are in the same spot year after year,some are not.They range from 3 or 4 inches in diameter to one that usually is about 80 feet long and 8 feet wide.Most of them(but not all) are West of the power lines and within about 125 feet of the South shore. BUT THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE!Lots of people drive all over this lake and if any body here does,drive slow and PLEASE be carefull.
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