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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Just curious on the average age of Muskie hunters.
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Location: E. Tenn | "60 is the new 40"....
....until you try throwing a pounder all day... |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Throwing pounders with the RIGHT equipment is a walk in the park.... 2 Pounders are HELL on the body, no matter your age. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | 78 yrs. old and still making and chucking baits when I can find a partner with a boat to take me out. I live on Pewaukee Lake so that is where the majority of my fishing is done. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | "30-39" for one more year!!! |
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| muskyroller - 2/8/2017 12:16 PM
"30-39" for one more year!!!
Punk!  |
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Location: Lake St Clair | 7 over 70
awesome |
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Location: Michigan U.P. | I can join AARP in 8 months! |
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| Jerome, where's your personal option of "Older Than Dirt"? |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Wonder what the best reel to burn double 10s will be in 40 years when I'm 70? |
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Location: Alex or Alek? | Kirby Budrow - 2/8/2017 3:33 PM
Wonder what the best reel to burn double 10s will be in 40 years when I'm 70?
You'll twist a dials to set in your speed and push a button. But it'll cost just over 1k... |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | bigbite - 2/8/2017 8:54 AM
78 yrs. old and still making and chucking baits when I can find a partner with a boat to take me out. I live on Pewaukee Lake so that is where the majority of my fishing is done.
And still making great bucktails! |
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Location: Shakopee Minnesota | im 17. |
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| Roller
39,,just won MVP in the super bowl. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | ARmuskyaddict - 2/8/2017 3:15 PM
Jerome, where's your personal option of "Older Than Dirt"?
Doug Johnson....The Legend !
He's forgotten more about Muskie Hunting and Life than this 61 year old will ever Hope to learn .
Mr. Worrall.... He's an encyclopedia of knowledge ...And older than Mt. St. Helens Dirt ! Bwaaa haa,ha,ha... |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Hey, that's not all that old when compared to the 'big bang' universe creation. |
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| HA, @ 63 with a junk body, I'm a professional troller. I can troll pounders, two pounders, and when FIVE pounders come out, I'll troll them. Double ten's, double fifteens, easy peasy. As long as my Pro Kicker has fuel, I'm good for hours !! LOL |
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Location: Shakopee Minnesota | i plan on casting pounders this next year. gonna be worth it i hope. i hope i get my first on one. or a cannonball |
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| 31...and I still refuse to cast pounders. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Pat Hoolihan - 2/15/2017 11:56 AM
31...and I still refuse to cast pounders.
Man up |
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| Kirby Budrow - 2/15/2017 12:36 PM
Pat Hoolihan - 2/15/2017 11:56 AM
31...and I still refuse to cast pounders.
Man up ; )
I was waiting for something like that from you! |
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| First musky trip 54 years ago. Tackle boxes often contained hand guns. So pleased with all the changes since then.
Support Muskies Inc. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | anyone here see the problem with the growth of muskie fishing? |
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Location: Already Gone | Yes. |
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Location: Ashland WI | Slamr - 2/16/2017 9:18 AM
anyone here see the problem with the growth of muskie fishing?
Aaahh... maybe the young "stud" muskie fishermen don't want to hang out online with all the older guys...?? |
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| 14ledo81 - 2/16/2017 10:29 AM
Slamr - 2/16/2017 9:18 AM
anyone here see the problem with the growth of muskie fishing?
Aaahh... maybe the young "stud" muskie fishermen don't want to hang out online with all the older guys...??
We have a winner!! |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | 14ledo81 - 2/16/2017 10:29 AM
Slamr - 2/16/2017 9:18 AM
anyone here see the problem with the growth of muskie fishing?
Aaahh... maybe the young "stud" muskie fishermen don't want to hang out online with all the older guys...?? |
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Location: Shakopee Minnesota | nah. the old guys know the most! i try to learn what i can from them! |
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| I agree the media used to sample for this poll may be skewing the results maybe some partnership with a program could lure more young tykes over here. Also Muskie fishing is relatively expensive and hard on the body so the 30-39 age is probably the perfect window. I myself will drastically cut back on muskies when I have children or my dad gets to old for casting muskies, slow down and enjoy bass. Get back into it after a 10-15 year hiatus is my prediction.
Big bite, if you have time and enjoy driving id take you out in west central mn a few times. Pm me if your interested. Only fee would be sharing some knoledge.
Edited by Fishysam 2/16/2017 2:39 PM
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| In the northeast it seems most new muskie anglers are guys that grew tired of pitching jigs under trees and wacky worms. Therefore the're often in their 30' and 40's when they look for a new challenge and start muskie fishing. That's how it started for me 8 years ago. Never looked back since. I don't throw anything over magdawgs, maybe that will help extend my longevity in this sport.
Edited by Mike D 2/18/2017 6:35 AM
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| 24..been fishing them for 4 years now. My brother is 21 and has been fishing them for 4 years aswell |
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| Slamr - 2/16/2017 9:18 AM
anyone here see the problem with the growth of muskie fishing? Not here in Ontario.The Muskie fishery has been managed properly for 25+ years now.There are more Muskie now than during the mid-60's to late-70's due to over fishing and weak enforcement of fishing regulation laws.The size and number limits back then were the major problem of why the numbers of Muskie,Pike.Walleye were depleted to all time lows.Commercial fishing also took it's toll on many species.Hell,the Blue Walleye in Lake Erie flat out went extinct during the early 70's,...pollution had a lot to do with it too. I worked at a Muskie hatchery in Marmora, Ontario for a summer during 1985 and you wouldn't believe how many millions of fry were hatched in that facility,nurtured in the rearing ponds and distributed throughout various bodies of water in Ontario.
I Think here in Ontario we will be ok with the increasing number of Muskie fisher-people.I can't think of any Muskie angler who does not practice good catch and release methods.Back in the day people would club them and bring them to the dock to show off their trophy fish,...then throw them in the garden for fertilizer,...or feed the cat and occasional bear with. |
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Location: Delavan, WI | I think he means the opposite as in there are more older than younger people fishing nowadays. Al Lindner gave a good seminar about that some years ago how many of the younger kids are more interested in videogames instead of the outdoor activities. People back in the days before having 100s of TV channels internet etc use to go camping and get out more now technology is great but has turned out most of society into lets just get dinner at a drivethru instead of cook it and I want everything else done with a push of a button individuals. Am just generally speaking I have been at drivethru myself but I think most of you will get what I'm talking about. Fishing involves going outside and its easier to sit on the couch and watch TV or play videogames |
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| Never heard MN refered to as "out west"..... that made me laugh! |
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| Just entered the 30 club. Miss the Muskellunge. Hoping to get back to it, soon. |
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| I have to agree about Doug Johnson, I was lucky enough to fish with him a couple times. I'm 57 years old and have been battling bone cancer since the fall of 2015. I still primarily wade fish but throw more small lures as my stamina and body can't handle a whole lot. Went to Nebraska recently and caught 2 twitching a Cordell Redfin. Both fish were big 48.5" and 50.25" so I guess I still have a little ability left in these diseased, old, bones. |
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| Kirby Budrow - 2/8/2017 3:33 PM
Wonder what the best reel to burn double 10s will be in 40 years when I'm 70?
Not sure about the reel but it willl have to handle double 30's on a 20ft rod. |
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| Doug Johnson is 61 years old? |
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| Doug Johnson gets on site sometimes, I know hes in his 80's or close to 90. I saw him at the Minnesota Muskie Expo a couple years ago and he still looked like he could fish all day. He's definitely a great muskie fisherman and a really nice guy. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | 25 years old, and ive been after these things for about 15 or 16 years. Caught my first one with Dad when I was 9 or 10.. |
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| Doug Johnson is a God. |
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Muskie fishermen by age