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| How many years have you been fishing exclusively\pretty much for muskies and how long did it take you to crack 50 inches? If you havent cracked 50 inches what is your biggest to date??
This will be my 6th year fishing with 38 inches being my biggest. Lost a 42 incher in the net 2 years ago. |
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Location: Pittsburgh, pa | THIS IS GOING TO BE MY 5TH YEAR, BUT NO 50". I CAUGHT MY BIGGEST LAST SEPTEMBER. IT WAS 48 1/2". MAYBE THIS YEAR. |
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Location: Schofield, Wisconsin | I have been fishing for ski's about 10 years now with my biggest a fat 30# 48" beast. Still looking for that elusive 50". Had one on last fall that had to be huge while sucker fishing but had the drag set too tight and straightened out my 4X Mustad treble. It was the hardest pulling fish by far I have ever had on. But I know where she lives! |
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| Fishing muskie 25+ years and the biggest to date came in '94 with a 52" 40# girl in late October. Replica looks great... |
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Location: syracuse indiana | i have been chasing muskie since i was 15 years old. growing up every summer in wisconsin on like tommahawk(boy i miss that place) did get out of for a few years.the ex never liked fishing that mutch. but i still did fish for them a few times a year here in indiana . i have not got a 50 yet but my biggesest to date is 47 1/2 (in wisconsin)when i was 17 years old. still trying to break my personal record....bill |
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| Ive been doing it 17 years now. Probably been going at it hard for the past 8 years. I got my first 50 on Thank.sgiving 2001. The first 50 in the boat came that June. IT just comes down to time on the water. |
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Location: oswego, il | Been chasing them exclusively since 98 but have caught musky when I was a kid. My biggest is still only 46" but have seen some 50"ers. |
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| 3 years for me.........biggest so far was 37in.........had a 50+ to the boat last summer.........course on her last run (she took 3 of them) tossed the hook = ( |
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| sorry forgot to say........im brian aka bfunk of hopkins mn |
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Location: Iowa | This will be my 6th season fishing for muskies...I have yet to crack the 50 inch mark with my biggest being a 41 inch pure bred and a 41 1/2 inch hybrid from eagle lake. That was 2 years ago and the is the most recent one I have caught...this is the season though...double digits for me hopefully...we'll see though |
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Location: So. Illinois | This will be my 3rd year. I got my biggest just a few weeks ago at 42" X 20". We went out a week later and my wife topped it with a 44" X 21" pig. Still looking to break the 50" mark.
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I have been fishing for muskies for over 30 years but the last 15 years have been hard core.
57 x 27, 53 x 26 1/2, 52 1/2 x 22 are my biggest and a 53 x 23 is my biggest client fish. All were released to fight again.
Click on my web site for pictures and where they live. Pewaukee Lake has 2 of them still getting bigger. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | About forever ( 36 or 37 years) and my fisrt 50 was almost immediate. Not fair to me, ruined my life.   |
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | Going to be starting my 26th year. No 50" fish yet. 49 1/2"x25 1/4", 38 1/2 pounds is biggest so far. Officially weighed in as well. Yes, kept fish back in '90; sorry guys.
Released 46 3/4"x23 1/2" (32 1/2 pounds), and 47 1/2"x23" (31 1/2 pounds) last fall. Largest Tiger is about a 25 pound release last fall as well.
A buddy lost a fish that was well, well, well into the 50", 40 pound class last fall with me. Oh, the fish of a life time still swims.
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Location: Des Moines IA | Fishing Ski's for about 3 years... Just got serious last year. No 50's... But I got a 44 in canada on my first day musky fishing ... Ruined my life also Steve....
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Location: Lake City,Pa. | Five years here. Biggest so far is a 48" and lost one over 50.
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| Caught my first musky when I was 15, so this makes it my 27th year of musky fishing. Biggest muskies so far are 54 x 27 and 52 x 23 both caught in November 2002, and both successfully released. My digital replicas of them look great. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I've been at it 12 years now and my first 50 came the second weekend of my second season and I caught my second less then one hour later with a 49 and 48 in between, talk about getting spoilled. Never fished for bait since that day. My personal best was a 55 inch 50+ lb fish and clients have release 55.5 and 56 inch fish in the last 2 years. |
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Location: Washington, PA | 10 years, 49 being my biggest. I dont' want to talk about some of the things I've seen. |
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Posts: 466
Location: Pittsburgh, PA | Started in May of 2002 and my biggest is 43". hopefully ill crack the 50" mark this season, raised 2 last year in "the spot" that were pretty close. i will see them again in june. |
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Posts: 376
Location: Lake Vermilion Tower, MN | I caught my first Muskie in 1959 on a
Daredevil, below the ford dam in MPLS, I was eight years old.
I became obsessed in 1972 and didn't get my first 50 until a few years ago. Since then I have caught a few more, must have something to do with the lake I'm on.
My best is 52.5, my clients have boated fish up to 54"s with
several over 50".
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Posts: 484
Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | Started fishing muskies with my Dad in 1953. Didn't catch my first 50" until about 1986. However, there was an 11 year gap in my fishing while I was in the Marines and starting my business. Still, that's a pretty long time. Since then I have caught numerous 50+" fish, but none that are 54". Now I figure my odds are getting better since I fish muskies on LOTW almost 100 days per year. In all those years, I have only seen maybe 6 fish 54" or longer and one of those was an honest 60" fish. That should tell you how rare that size fish really are. Hope springs eternal. My goal for this year is a 54" muskie. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | I have been fishing for muskies hard the last nine years. Zero fifties, My goal was always to catch a 30 lber., which after having my heartbroken a few times, I was able to do last fall. 48" x 23".
Ace has a good point, it has a lot to do with what lakes you fish. I haven't had the fortune to fish the trophy waters of Minnesota or Ontario , yet. Next year I will be going to LOTW or the Goon? I could catch a 50 and still not consider it my biggest (heaviest) fish.
My new goal is a forty pounder. I better head to Green Bay. |
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Posts: 68
Location: South side | I have been fishing for musky for 10 yrs. now . And my Biggest is a 51" X 23" Caught in 2003 at lake shelbyville On My Birthday. My Home water . Put back to be caught again.
Nick Nigro
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Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN | 3 years and 47".....
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Posts: 622
Location: Seymour, WI | 15 yrs fishing muskies. Exclusively for the last 5 yrs. Biggest is 45" tiger Oct 2003. I don't think I've ever hooked or seen a 50" + fish though.
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | I guess it would be close to 30 years. Many many moon phases for sure!! Had a handful of fish in the four foot range all from Wisconsin, but nothing that would have gone 50". I think that is going to change this year though, I have become and remain a Musky Nut!! |
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| 30 years, 48+"
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Posts: 223
Location: minneapolis | 15 years - 44"
I am very much over due on moving that to the 48+ mark
With all the baits I bought this winter- It should be this year ! |
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| 30 years this year.51 1/2 last year and a handful that were"knock, knock, knockin on heaven's door". Steve |
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Location: Nekoosa, WI | Caught my first in '74, 11yrs old, 32", Big Arb, Abu garcia 5000 and a 5'6" rod, mepps musky killer brass blade/squirrel tail, and of course, fed our family with him. Since then, haven't counted, but well over a hundred...all released. Biggest being 51.5 LOTW in "03. Still looking for a 40lb wisconsin fish, hopefully this year.
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| Hi,
I caught my first legal muskie back in 1978 and I've never looked back. For some insane reason I've always found these fish something special. I've never caught that magic 50" but have been lucky enough to catch lots of mid and upper 40" fish. I love to catch fish but even more satisfying is watching a new angler catch his or her first fish. Man this is a great sport. Good luck this season everyone.
Thanks
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| Been fishing for these fish for 23 years and counting. Never hit the 50" or bigger mark....yet. Biggest to date: 48" x 23" @ 32 lbs.
Still having a blast regardless. I don't have to have a 50 in my lifetime either....I'll still have a blast all the same.
Would I LIKE a 50+ inch? Well sure! But it's not needed. I just enjoy my time on the water and being away from work. Catching fish is just an added bonus no mater what size or species it is. |
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Location: lansing, il | 25-30 years my biggest to date is a 50.5" which i caught in 2002. |
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Posts: 181
| 3 years, caught my first two last summer 1 went 43", bad addiction now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| last year was my first year ,and i only went exclusively for a musky a couple times. Caught a 28"(released) and had a couple follows. next year i just want to catch a few and get some more experience. I'm only 15 so i have lots of time to fish |
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| 8yrs now 4yrs pretty much exclusively MUSKIE INSANITY biggest was 47 lost my biggest at the boat last year around 50 |
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Posts: 723
| I am totally with tomyv, been fishing em for 10 years and have a 49'' 35lber,
but likewise won't discuss the things I have seen. Not to mention a partner landing a 55lber.
I am still sick.
She'll come. |
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| 15+ years, 48" |
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Location: Appleton, Wi | 45 years-- I did not think I would be that stupid to throw those big heavy baits this long. My biggest 49.5" 2004. |
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Location: Wauwatosa, WI | 30 some years, but haven't broke 50". 48" a few times
Bob |
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Location: Winnipeg Manitoba | Off and on for 30 years, addicted now that I'm only a couple of hours from LOTW. 48 inches |
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Location: michigan | Been chasing them for six years now. 50" is my biggest. This fish got me hooked, like I say six years ago while bass fishing. 6lb test mono, did alot of back reeling.
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