Turtle Flambeau Flowage

sf3403 white ford. your about to have a bad end to your camping trip. left your lights on... your door was locked I checked.  Springfield landing.  Water temps back up to 66 was 62 last week.  fish report.... lost an upper 40s tonght.   might have been my longest, was for sure my heaviest.  stupid wide girth.... no proof... my aunt was taping with ipad... forgot to press record  

Just got back from our yearly fishing/camping adventure at the TFF. While the fishing was mediocre to good, not a lot to brag about. We did manage to catch fish the weather conditions were less than ideal. At least that's my excuse. Pretty much all the fish we caught was in the 13 ft range, plus or minus a ft. We used half crawlers and some plastics . We fished hard for 6 to 8 hrs a day. Our best day was 5 eyes and 2 perch that we kept. We also caught a few smalleyes and a bunch of bluegill that were just short of wanting to clean but had we had to for our fish fry we would have had a bluegill dinner instead of walleye and perch. The catch of the week was by my brother who managed to land a 3 1/2 lb am/ fm weather radio just short of 14 inches, I just want to send a shout out to the people who maintain the campsites, you do an awesome job and I for one really appreciate your efforts. Thank You. 

Nice Job on the Musky WHR and great fishing report, nice job

Caught today around noon. Used musky net, never touched fish with my hand nor took out of water. Very low stress for the musky. Approximately 42" - 44" estimated,  very healthy fish. Caught on purple Mepps Giant Musky Killer near Fishermen's Landing. The fish is the star so no reason for me to be in the photo.

Thanks Tom, this helps.

The MW chain usually starts their winter drawdown in early October.  The gradual drawdown runs 4-6 weeks in length.   

Under normal circumstances, it takes a week or more to see any impact on the TFF but this year, as dry as it is, I expect quite a lot of the water will "soak-in" to the wetlands along the MW River, and not have very much of an impact on TFF water levels. 

Pray for good fall rains ! 

Tom502

When does the manitowish chain usually start dumping into the TFF?

Thanks for the update 

Down 33 inches from full pool

How is the water level