bussey??

[Trump]

My buddy and I are heading to lake bussey this Friday I know absolutely nothing about this place he has never fished it either just was told by a coworker its a blast chasing flags on pike and lmbs anyone ever fish it and any idea on ice I know its a piece off the miss but still iffy cause I've never fished river back water kind of stuff any info would be great or if you're looking for something to do tag along thanks

[mjmeyer]

Bussey Lake (a Mississippi backwater north of the dam at Guttenberg, Pool 10). 
For Bait and info Contact:
Murray's Outdoor Store
1402 U.S. 52  Guttenberg, IA 52052
(563) 252-1838
Beth also can provide you with a map of the dredge channels so you can concentrate on productive water.

This is a link of a discussion I had with some gentlemen from Illinois last February. The title says Volga, but it ends up being about Bussey. Includes Maps and an aerial photo:
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=252221.msg2577894#msg2577894

[Trump]

Hey thanks for the info after I posted I searched bussey on here and saw you were pretty much the go to on info glad ya hit this topic I talked to beth before reading this and she said the jamboree last week didn't fair too well due to weather..much like the rest of the state we will be there from sun up to sun down on Friday I have an otter pro 1200 if you happen to be out and about thanks again sir

[mjmeyer]

Good Luck!!! 18"Of ice when I measured two weeks ago. Many trucks on the ice. Follow the tracks from the boat ramp or the corner of the lot.

[Trump]

10-4 thank you again sir I appreciate it

[Zwy]

How has the fishing been at bussy thinking of heading that way.  Been pretty tough everywhere I go maybe its just me this year.

[Trump]

Zwy the report I got from beth at the baitshop is good except last Saturday it kinda shut down but that was everywhere from what I've heard DNR site was positive as well me and another guy are headed there Friday come join if ya want or else I'll just how were doin Friday and Friday night

[mjmeyer]

How has the fishing been at bussy thinking of heading that way.  Been pretty tough everywhere I go maybe its just me this year.

Just as you said, it's been tough everywhere. Bussey is no exception. You may have a good day only to follow up with a bad one. I have yet to be skunked, but sometimes all I can find are dinks. But it's fishing!

[ASATMillerbluegill]

Subscribed ; hope u learn a lot and have great success!

[Zwy]

Trump, I hope to get there on Sunday unless I hear that its a waste of time.  Keep us posted on how you do and any tips would be appreciated.

[Trump]

 I will be sure to let you know...with the weather latley and the forecast for Friday I'd say we will have a pretty good shot at a  decent day

[Trump]

Alright here's the scoop guys.... I'm blaming it all on the weather  caught a 9" perch and a fat 12" crappie and had the flag on the same tip up go at least a dozen times. had the camera down and always had gills perch and crappie in the screen they'd bump baits  follow it up 2 feet and the perch would bull rush when a couple gills would be looking just to stop a few inches away.  Fished east side 6 foot was deepest we found. Talked to one other guy coming off the ice and he said It was about the same for him he did manage 3 small crappie and a couple small gills there were two trucks out one a full size and almost 2 feet of ice.  Ran through lots of jigs and nothing was improving them just a slow slow day high pressure system coming through at noon tomorrow might trigger them enough good luck guys.  Oh and talked to a deputy at Casey's this morning and he talked to a guy coming back from sny magill Tuesday and he had a limit don't know what of but fish non the less

[matzilla]

Tomorrow should be good at times, at least a little bit of every kind of weather you can imagine will be passing through in the next 24 hrs

[ASATMillerbluegill]

We got on the lake yesterday am, and there were only 2 other vehicles on the ice. Wind was howling 100 mph, and we were surprised at how much snow the area had. We drove out w the truck, dang near got stuck, and decided to go back to the ramp and unload the 4 wheeler. Had no issues w it, as it rode ontop of the snow. Lots of lm bass, perch, gils, and a few crappies on the camera. I let the gf use the camera, and I ran tip ups. water clarity allowed no sharing of the camera. She could see her one line, and her other was pretty hard to see. We moved twice. Deepest water we found was 7'. Two super nice local guys showed us how to use the google earth app on my iphone, so we could see the dredges. They told us 6-7' was the deepest, and everything else is 3-4'. They were running tipups near us, but we didnt see them have any action. They left after 2-3 hrs, and all day long, there were only 3 trucks on the ice. They said they usually catch perch on their tipups, while targeting walleyes and pike. Our tipups saw no action, and we saw no walleyes or pike on the camera. Mid winter blues, or low oxygen, but the fish werent hungry. We gave them everything. Caught no perch, and only gils. She missed one perch that did take a bait in, but other then that...the perch were tight lipped. Lots of dink gils to catch, and we managed a few bigger ones. If a perch would come in, a bunch of gils would come in and spook it off.  Locals wernt fishing, which made us wonder if they too, had decided the bite wasnt worth getting blown away in, from the nasty winds. It was just too windy and bitterly cold, to do much hopping around. With the blizzard warning, and another 4" forecasted, w high winds coming in, we booked home last night. We'll be back again! Saw more fish on the camera yesterday, then all of my 7 igl trips combined!

[ASATMillerbluegill]

Trump, we stopped at Beth's and bought bait from her. I told her mjmeyer/ice shanty sent me, and she said that mjmeyer/ice shanty sent her another customer the day before(You?) Anyway, she said she has no clue who mjmeyer is, but said for me to thank him!

[mjmeyer]

She knows me when she sees me. I'm frequent customer year round.

[ASATMillerbluegill]

Neither of us recalled even seeing a sign that she has bait? Wonder how many non locals cruise right by? Nice store, quite a selection of jigs and lures. Super nice lady! She gave us some pool maps too.

[Trump]

ha yea that was me the day before she started pulling out phone books and looking at all the Meyers listed.  If I were a betting man id say you got a free scoop of minnows coming to you mj..  asat did you fish the far shore line the whole time if you look at navionics or a depth chart youll see a 7 foot pool right out from the boat ramp never saw holes or anything around in that area but we are gona try it next time there was a couple guys all the way to the north on that east shore and two more in between us.  the one guy I talked to said the magic hour is 3pm and sure enough two guys came out at 230 and left at 430

[ASATMillerbluegill]

we were out from the boat ramp almost straight east/slightly ne, about 250 yds from ramp. Fishing did pickup at 3 for sure

[ASATMillerbluegill]

Trump, btw...my navionics doesn't offer bussey lake or pool 10???

[mjmeyer]

ha yea that was me the day before she started pulling out phone books and looking at all the Meyers listed.  If I were a betting man id say you got a free scoop of minnows coming to you mj.

If you were to find me in the phone book, it's a phone number that cannot ring. DSL is all that's hooked up to it.

Glad you guys made it out.

[Trump]

I just got navionics like 3 weeks ago if you got it before then maybe there's some updates should be able to check the play store and there might be an update I pulled mine up and found that bowl out twords center lake the road pretty much took you right to it

[ASATMillerbluegill]

I punched in guttenberg on nmy navionics, and they have the map of the lake w depths, which surprised me, since punching in bussey lake gave me nothing.