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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Curious how long all of you/us have been at the muskie game? |
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Location: Contrarian Island | first ski July 1993...great thanks Slamr, now I feel old. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | BNelson - 11/22/2016 9:39 AM
first ski July 1993...great thanks Slamr, now I feel old.
Thinking back, I want to say I hooked and lost my first in about 1984. So we're both old, but you're probably better than me at this. |
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Posts: 1969
| My first and only WI muskie was 1989, freshman in HS...Sports and crazy girlfriends occupied the next 8-10 years..1999 started to get serious about chasing muskies. |
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Location: Western U.P. | Caught my first one 40 years ago this year. Still have the mount. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | 32 years for me. First muskie July 1984.
Started fishing for them regularly, and with intent on advancing the learning curve, in October 1991. Still learn a lot each season. |
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Location: oswego, il | Caught my first two tigers the year shabbazoo opened. Started chasimg them in 1998.
I see.Worrall voted. 
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | 1957/58 for me |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | ghoti - 11/22/2016 10:58 AM
1957/58 for me
Don't lie...been MUCH longer than that for you, sir. |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Slamr - 11/22/2016 11:01 AM
ghoti - 11/22/2016 10:58 AM
1957/58 for me
Don't lie...been MUCH longer than that for you, sir.
Never was good at history, but like the energizer bunny,just keep going. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Well that made me feel old. Been at it since I was 6. Was a much different time back then... |
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Posts: 612
| Been fishing musky, tigers, pike seriously the last 15 years. However caught my 1st 38" musky back in the 70's when I was 14. |
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Posts: 95
| Caught my first muskie in 1986 about a month after my marriage on Grindstone Lake.... an 18" muskie on a rubber worm... I was hooked FOREVER!!!! |
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Location: Minnesota. | Since 1981. I won't say how long it took to take my first one or how long after that it took to break the 41" mark! It's embarrassing. Appreciate the honesty!
What goes on in the boat, stays in the boat...*eyes roll*
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Location: Chisholm, MN | 18 years for me. First time out my dad caught a cute little Tiger. His first time musky fishing too. That was the only Tiger I had ever seen until this year when a 43 incher enter my net. |
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| Hooked (and lost) my first musky in 1985 or maybe 1986. Didn't start targeting them specifically until 2004. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Ending my 61st year! Got my first legal in Sept. 1957...33 inches, 10 pounds, yellow globe at 10:30 a.m. Just starting to rain. Hit on a figure 8...ya never forget that first one! |
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Location: Wisconsin | 1986 for me. A friend and I had never been Muskie fishing and wanted to try. Grabbed a Midwest Outdoors Mag and picked a place to go for a week in October, had an unbelieveable time. That winter went out to all the sport and boat shows and bought "Muskie" gear as we went with just some heavier bass spinning gear, and a Ranger 680T which I still have. and have been loving every chance I get to head back up north. You never know what you are going to see when you are on the water chasing those things! |
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| 10 years. First was a 46" caught on a blue/silver Giant Jackpot. Lure is retired hanging in my garage. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | I reckon I was about 9 or 10. So about 15 years. |
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| Started as a sophomore in HS, in June of 1983 on the Chippewa Flowage, Deerfoot Lodge, and got skunked! Even the legendary Bobby Cammack couldn't help me in that cold front. 1984 caught my 1st one on North Twin 29 3/4" on figure 8, legal was 30" back then. 1985 caught my 1st legal on Lac Vieux Desert 41 1/4", and Grandma had it mounted for me by Lax. 18 years later I got my 1st 50" on LOTW. In 2005 I landed my largest to date at 54 1/2". Caught a couple that likely weighed more since, but nothing longer. It's been a great ride and I'm not getting off anytime soon!
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| First ski was summer of 1976, 42.5 inches, got my photo in the Lakeland Times! |
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Posts: 1220
| Nice looking guy???
(Junkman's First Musky.jpg)
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| 1974 has a teen in bell bottoms, only 4 tv Channels all focused on Watergate, there was still a squaw point on leech, I think I was one of the first "junior" MI members. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Junkman - 11/22/2016 1:51 PM
Nice looking guy???
Awesome pic!
Was at my parent's house a couple days ago. Found my grandfather's gaff...was about to post a pic here on M1st, but figured most wouldn't know what the heck it was. |
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| Summer of 1998. The first musky I caught was I think a 32" on Mantrap that summer fishing alone, so I didn't get a picture. |
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Location: Illinois | First time I went specifically targeting them was fall 04'. Guide hooked up and handed me the rod. So I didn't "really" catch it IMO. But I was hooked. Bought my boat in 07 and have been addicted ever since. I only get 10-20 days a year to target them but did get my first 40+" two years ago. Ended that season with 10 fish all being 34-40". This year I blanked. Did see some big girls but no takers and didn't get out this fall. Work schedule sucks but plan on moving to the north woods in next 5 years, so I hope to fish every day I can at that point. |
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| Junkman - 11/22/2016 1:51 PM
Nice looking guy???
Clark Griswold fished muskies? |
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Posts: 559
| I think first trip to Canada was 1978 maybe77 |
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| It was so long ago the hot topic was not what reel for double tens, but how to quickly and humanely dispatch the muskie before it tore your boat up.
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| Was 1992 LOTW got a 37on am 8. Borrowed gear, no idea what I was doing. Got hooked. Off and on for past 14 years with family time, but never stop thinkin about it. Starting to go with kids here and there. N. WI. |
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Location: davis,IL | Started playing as a teenager in the mid 70's in Hayward, caught lots of small ones....Had to get a little older to get the size up though.
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Posts: 296
| First @ 41" in 2005. Went all in on musky starting with the 2007 MN season. My 2 main goals should keep me at it for the rest of my life... C&R a LOTW legal and C&R a MN double nickel. |
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| First in 1982, Second in 2014, 21 in 2015, 25 in 2016..
RandalB |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Started when I was 16 or so, which means I have been chasing muskies for 48 years. I have no idea how many I've boated, but used to average 125 a year when I was guiding. |
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| 1995, 32 incher on a Rizzo Whiz, thought it was the stupidest looking bait ever. Shook for 10 minutes and realized this was the fish for me. Next to family, it is my passion.
Steve |
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Location: Florida | Caught my first Muskie in late October of 2016. She was 43 inches long and she swam off strong when I released her. Plan on making more Muskie fishing trips in the future since these fish are extremely fun to catch. |
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Location: NE Wisconsin | First legal Aug 3, 1961
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| lol. dad took us back in 1956. we gaffed them thumped them and atem in lard.. those were the hard days on l. st clair..5 kids 1 person working. everything but carp were eaten. bullheads,silver bass,everything. |
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Posts: 441
| I caught my first muskie in Vilas County, Wisconsin, in 1972.
I was 13 years old.
It was also the same year I shot my first deer with a bow. Also in Vilas County.
I fished them for about 15 more years, then focused on bass. Got back into muskie fishing around 2005.
Retired in 2009, and been fishing on Vermilion full time for muskies, for four to five months, during the season. |
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Location: Tomahawk,Wis | In 1981 on Little Green fishing a bass tournament. 36" musky crushed my triple wing buzz bait.. Was hooked on muskies after that.. |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | Caught my first in 1974 as well. It was barely legal at 30 inches, but was the biggest, meanest fish I ever caught. I've been hooked ever since! |
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| 1988 Day after high school graduation 28" northern and a 30 " muskie same morning on a 1/2 oz double willow leaf spinnerbait a ABU 6501 and a 5'6" yellow eagle claw rod Still use the 6501 today. Still the only northern pike I've ever caught in West Virginia |
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Location: Leech Lake, Walker MN | 43 years lots of casts lots of great people and lots of great memories |
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| 51 in Muskie in my waders casting for Small Mouths in Nov on 10lb test and a Arkie 1/4 oz. jig & pig in 1978. Almost 40 yrs ago. That was the best and worst day fishing I can remember. Best because I found out why other fish are just bait, and worst because it be came an itch I can't scratch!!! |
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Location: SE, WI. | 40+ years ago, bought my first car, drove out to Pewaukee on opening day. With my hip waders,ugly stick, and 10lb test blue stren, and a #3 mepps, and a 4" steel leader, beached my first musky at a whopping 33", which still sits on my basement wall.......3,800+ muskies later....lots of memories...here we are JD
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| 41 st year for me--first Legal fish .. OCT 1975---34"--9" Bobbie Bait...... caught 3 legal that weekend and I was hooked. Now I haven't actually TARGETED ONLY MUSKY during this time----Raised a couple of Boys and we went through the time period of family fishing together with the wife where we would fish for anything-----But Many of these 41 years have been ONLY MUSKY FISHING SEASONS.......RETRIEMENT is basically here---Finished up a few things and have started to look for a PLACE ON A LAKE to spend my summer and Fall------SO--- I plan on getting some more quality years going here soon... |
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| 34 years and counting. Started in 1982, in Michigan. First Pike and first Muskie caught on that same week-long family reunion vacation. First Pike caught on the traditional red/white Daredevil spoon and first Muskie caught on a Rapala Shad Rap (not Super Shad Rap) in Perch pattern. Hooked ever since. Still consider myself a multi-species angler, as I enjoy fishing for many different species of fish, but I'm very passionate about fishing for the Muskies. |
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Location: Not where I want to be! | September 1971 was my first. A 33 incher on a homemade knockoff of a Marathon Big Slim. Been hooked ever since. More memories than I could have ever imagined and even more coming. Ron |
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Location: Walker, MN | 1993 for me. I still replay the drama in my head from time-to-time. |
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