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| Do you still have the rod & reel combo & bait you caught your 1st legal muskie on? |
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Posts: 470
| Nope, Nope and Nope.
I did find a replacement Pikie Minnow at the Vilas County Flea Market a couple of years back, so I bought it and it's in the Taxidermy mount's mouth over the fireplace...
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Posts: 397
| yes i do!!
6'6'"fleet farm rod, 6500 abu , and a 13" squirelly jake
Edited by bigred2198 9/4/2015 7:54 PM
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Posts: 32886
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | That was so long ago the outfit dissolved into dust.
7' Shakespeare fiberglass rod
Mitchell 301 reel
Squirm'n Jig and worm |
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Posts: 1039
Location: North St. Paul, MN | Rod - yes 7'0" heavy quantum
reel - nope 6501 Abu garcia
lure - yes, but retired...green awaker!!
Edited by muskyroller 9/4/2015 8:49 PM
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Location: Not far enough north! | Still have the reel a quantum something. Been on a catfish rod for many years now.
Lure is retired, mans deep diver in crawfish.
Don't have the rod.
I do still have the Poloroid though! |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | It's been a number of years, but...
Reel: 401TE
Rod: Shimano Compre
Lure: Rapala husky jerk
All still in service ! |
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Posts: 1760
Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Nope. Looooong gone.
Hedon rod
301 Mitchell reel
Red and white daredevil
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Posts: 79
| reel, yes abu 5601, non working at the moment tho.
rod, yes g loomis frog rod.
bait, no mepps muskie killer, lost her in cat tails. was using 20lb mono at the time. black and yellow tail with a gold blade. that thing caught a pile of fish. wish i still had it. |
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Posts: 280
| Rod is gone.....
6' South Bend fiberglass
still have the reel...
Pflueger Supreme
Lure was a red/white
Bass Oreno....
Ahhh the memories! |
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Location: varies | Berkeley cherry stick 2pc with aluminum reel seat
mitchell 301 reel
jitterbug
all gone
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Posts: 393
| Yes indeed. I still have the Mitchell spinning reel, the 7 ft st croix spinning rod and Mepps bucktail. Havent used in over 20 years but tend to keep things like that. |
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Posts: 1516
| Rod 7'6" St Croix
Reel Cardiff with black&white tuff line
Lure Trueglide Humpback
Bought the reel & Humpback at the Blaine muskie show and came home & went out to the lake and 1st cast = 40incher
Never forget that one
Edited by Pepper 9/5/2015 8:33 AM
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Posts: 48
Location: Twin Cities | Yes to all:
Rod - Rapala XLT XH
Reel - ABU 5000
Lure - SuperD Yellow Perch |
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Posts: 4343
Location: Smith Creek | 32" size limit
6' Flambeau rod - yes
old abu - yes
single hooked sucker - no
34" size limit
7'6" classic cat - yes
old abu - yes
top raider - you betcha |
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Posts: 76
| Absolutely! The rod--a $40 Abu Garcia Crossfire------ the reel -- an Abu Garcia 5500----- and the lure---- a John Myhre Pro Musky Jerk from Hayward Wisconsin----- 1st legal ---a 36 incher out of the Spider Lake Chain fishing with NOW LEGENDARY musky guide. Pete Maina! |
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Posts: 13688
Location: minocqua, wi. | rod - 6' St. Croix pool cue - nope
calcutta 400 - yes
perch cobb - i don't think so |
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Posts: 1000
| 7'4" fenwick elite tech smallmouth
shimano symetre 2500 front drag
30lb powerpro, to 30' leader of 8lb flouro
3" white curly tail
It's still my go-to smallmouth rod, and that shoepack was epic |
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Posts: 670
Location: Otsego, MN | Reel: Garcia 6500 c4 still got it but long since been retired
Rod: can't even remember so no
Bait: poes jackpot yes it's basically a hunk of beaten up wood and been repainted numerous times. still works. |
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Posts: 38
| Rod: Orvis H2 10 wt fly rod
Reel: Ovis Mirage V
Fly: black green, orange articulated fly that I tied.....unfortunately it is one of only a few flies that I have lost while musky fishing...at least I could tie another just like it! |
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Posts: 1270
Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | hanging on the wall behind me
rod- 5' husky cisco kid
reel- pflueger supreme
lure- shannon twin spin
As an added bonus, my son used this same rod and reel to catch his 1st musky on it over 20 years ago. |
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Posts: 1516
| Nice |
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| Not as vintage or as cool as some but... 6' Galyans medium spinning, Abu Cardinal, rapala SSR8 trolling for eyes
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Location: oswego, il | I don't remember my first legal musky but my first musky was.caught on a zebco cardinal 3 with a matching prostaff rod 4lb trilene xl and a small gold rapala. Still have the combo. |
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Posts: 93
Location: Des Moines IA | Yep I have that set up.
Rod: Kunan (broomstick bought at Reeds in Walker 35 years ago)
Reel: Abu Garcia 5000 (is now on 3rd team riding the pine)
Lure: Red and gold blade bucktail (is on Rogaine and with a little rubber added to tail hooks)
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Posts: 574
Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | No, no, and no! My brother, who I blame for this addiction let me use an old 5 foot fiberglass pool cue, a Zebco 808, and he still has the vintage Pikie Minnow that I caught it on. It was the biggest fish I had ever caught, 30 inches of pure excitement! That was about 40 years ago! |
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Posts: 20219
Location: oswego, il | Of coarse legal musky means something different everywhere, I have only caught one legal musky in Illinois, right at the limit, 48". Legal musky can be 28-54 to catch and release only so if you only fish lac sule you can't even post to this thread. |
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Posts: 280
Location: US | First one was close to 15 years ago around 34”. I was crappie fishing and it exploded in about 2’ of water. Rod was a 6’ ML fenwick goldenwing, reel was and abu garcia cardinal pro t500f. Still have that combo and still use it regularly. Don’t remember the exact lure, think it was a northland gyspsy jig. |
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1st muskie