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Location: Gods Country | I finally broke my slump after a LONG two year drought. Not only did I get the musky slime back on my hands, but I was able to cross off 2 things on my bucket list at one time. I busted my hump fishing, reading, watching everything that involved muskie, but could not catch break. That was until I acted on the best advice I found on this forum, "hire a guide". I did some research on guides and found Jeff Van Remortel out of Minocqua, it was the best decision I made. We were only 2.5 hours in our trip when I landed a behemoth 52" x 23" (check) tiger musky (check) in the net. The fight was short and sweet. I had no clue how huge this fish was until we got it out of the net. We got measurements, pictures and go pro footage in before we released the hawg back. By the end of the trip we raised 4 musky, had a 48"+ go aerial and spit my lure, and my buddy caught his first musky (which almost was eaten by a mid 40"). It was definitely a trip for the books. I learned new things but also learned that I was doing a lot of things right. I can't stop looking at this fish. Feels good to be in the 50" club 
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Location: Illinois | Awesome fish, awesome job! Hopefully I will be telling a similar story this October! |
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| Amazing fish! Amazing Story! Congratulations to you. |
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Location: Lakeville, MN | that is huge tiger! |
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| she is a pretty one! |
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| Beast! Great story, thanks for sharing. |
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Location: Ontario, Canada | Congratulations! That's an incredible tiger. 50"+ is one heck of a way to break a 2 year slump. Well done! |
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Location: Waukesha, WI, USA | Well worth the wait. Congrats! |
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Location: MN | Congrats. Amazing fish! Replica? Now you use the knowledge from the guide to go get some on your own. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Holy #*#*! Awesome man |
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Location: Minnesota. | Wow, what a beaut. of a fish. Look at those stripes! Good going and a big fish.
I did my personal best this year on a Suick and had an amazing time. It made the Suick FB site which surprised me. Never would've guessed.
I know right how you feel and justifiably so. Beautiful fish!!
Jeremy. |
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| Beautiful fish, congratulations!
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Location: Waconia, MN | Crongrats, awesome fish! |
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Location: Seymour, WI | 50" Tiger is a rare fish, awesome! |
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| Holy Cow that's a monster Tiger ! Beautiful fish and would make an awesome replica. Kinda goes with the camo boat and shorts Congrats and thanks for sharing great pic and story !! |
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| That is an amazing fish! Congrats!! |
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| Awesome! We were out with Jeff the day after and saw the pics. We got skunked but learned a lot and it was a great time. |
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| Awesome fish, way to hang in there but I would have given up |
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Location: Madison, WI | Super fish! Good choice on hiring Jeff as he's a great guy and really works hard and knows his stuff! |
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Location: New Hope MN | Holy Tiger! You'll never top that one! congrats! replica time |
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| I've always been an advocate for guides, and have caught all my 50+ muskies with one. I hear Jeff's excellent and he proved it to everyone. Beautiful fish and congratulations! |
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Location: Gods Country | Thanks for the compliment guys! I do plan on getting her replicated, I kinda have too. I don't see the muskie gods giving up a fish like this to me in the near future. I was recommended to get the fish replicated by LAX, supposedly they do a legit paint job on tigers. As for guides, Jeff Van Remortel is the man! Super down to earth and easy to talk to. Looking to book another trip with him next year. |
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Location: Quebec, Canada | Amazing fish, congrats on joining the 50&+ and your first tiger musky. Looking and your awesome pictures only makes me want to get one as well! New goal in sight, thanks for sharing.
Edited by Drakl 8/13/2014 4:01 PM
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