The Morson area on Lake of the Woods has plenty of good muskie water. If you have a decent boat and motor, you have so many awesome areas to fish. There are tons of bays, islands, good shorelines and plenty of offshore structure as well. If you’re looking to catch a muskie and also have the potential at a trophy fish, this area is a good place to visit.
Catch Lots of Muskie
This is a great destination if you are looking for more opportunities to have hookups with multiple fish in a day. You can always fish here and get skunked, but with so much good muskie water, if you put in the time, you have a good chance to run into multiple fish in a day. It isn’t uncommon to hear of anglers hooking up with 4 or 5 muskie in a single day. It won’t happen every day, but it is not uncommon.
Catch Big Muskie
This part of Lake of the Woods is home to plenty of big muskie. There are plenty of smaller fish here, but good numbers of big muskie roam these waters all season long. In the Morson area, it is such a large area on the main lake, so there is just a greater potential for big fish here. Muskie over 50 inches are not uncommon.
Sabaskong Bay
Sabaskong Bay is a large bay that really fishes more like a large lake. In this bay, you have everything you could want for targeting smallmouth bass. There are tons of smaller bays that are great for the spring and early summer. You have points, islands, rocky shorelines, open water reefs and you can get out of the wind and find somewhere to fish on windy days. You can find somewhere to fish for smallmouth bass all season long.
Fishing the Bays
Sabaskong Bay is a huge bay with excellent fishing for muskie. Within this bay, there are several smaller bays and you have big bays, little bays and everything in between along the main lake shoreline and along the islands here. The bays will hold muskie, especially early and late in the year.
Fishing the Drop-offs
Muskie love holding in deeper water near some type of shallow water cover or structure. Whether it’s a point, an island, a reef or just a deep shoreline, targeting muskie along these drop-offs is a good pattern to fish in the summer and fall.
Fishing the Points
All types of fish will be on the points in this area and muskie will be found here too. Target the many points in this area and you’ll find some muskie.
Fishing the Islands
You have so many islands to fish that you may not know where to start if you want to fish this pattern. Most of them can hold muskie, so when in doubt, just start fishing them. The islands with deep water nearby will be good spots to look for muskie in the summer and fall.
Fishing the Reefs
The reefs hold lots of walleye and smallmouth bass, but muskie will roam these reefs too. Muskie usually preferred vegetation to rocks, but at some point in the summer, muskie will move to these offshore rocky structures. The Morson area has plenty of reefs to fish. Get a good map so you can find these spots more easily. Fish the drop-offs near these reefs and you’ll find some muskie.
Fishing the Rocks
The weeds are usually the better pattern, but the rocks will hold muskie too. Like we said above, the reefs are great spots to fish during the summer. You will also find some areas with rocks mixed in with vegetation. These are great spots to target muskie all season long.
Fishing the Weeds
Muskie love vegetation and there is plenty of it to fish in the Morson area. There are huge bays, small bays and just about every size in between to fish here. Fish the weed edges and you’ll find some muskie all summer and fall.