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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Here are the photos from the Weekend Reports:
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | Heres a few more!
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | I got a couple of more hogs too! Gotta wait for the film to get done. Maybe tomorrow. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Jeff,
Hell of a job man!! I wish I had someone in my boat on Saturday to take some photos!!!
See you tomorrow!! You know where I will be!! |
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | Thanks Mike!
See you tomorrow! I'll be there!
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| Way to go guys--great fun I'm sure!. Wish I was out there with you!! Consider this though--you ALL are very experienced and very good musky fishermen. Why not keep these girls wet and forget the pics unless they are a personal best? Those sure are beautiful pics, no doubt but lets consider the principle of treating our overfished skis a little better (actually, a LOT better) by keeping them in the water the entire time. Water pics aren't bad. I'm sure you guys have more than enough pics already. It's time we musky guys & gals move on to the next level and forgo most of the informational/bragging/ego pics out of the water. I'm just trying to improve the overall fish handling and thus survivability and therefore catchability of these magnificent beasts. Think about it. We are the local musky fishing leaders/example setters for our local community. Wouldn't it be great if we could teach by example an entirely new concept and philosophy for the betterment of our fishery. That serves my/our ego way more than some pictures anyway--right? Thanx for listening--
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Location: lansing, il | great pix guys keep em comin. you guys braved the weather and it paid off id brag my @$$ off!!! i dont know jeff but i do know mike and tom and i can say there is nothing wrong with what they do with thier fish , how they handle them etc. im sure jeff is the same way. were msuky fishermen we have the biggest egos in the world, (outside of snowmobliers) and we love to brag, i know i do!!!! i agree with doin boatside releases on the webster snakes and hammerhandles, but these are awesome fish these guys tied into!!!! they also had alot more in the boat that what they showed so im sure they did boatside release alot of them. why is it no matter what, when a guy has a good day on these boards there is always someone tryin to piss in their cereal? |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Jeff, I took 3 photos out of 20. I don't think I did anything wrong. |
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| Looks Like a Nice Warm Spring day 
Nice fish Guys |
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Location: Illinois | Don't take pictures of a 47 inch fish because it's not your personal best? I guess I can see your point if the water temps were higher than 80 degrees but .... If you truly don't want the fish hurt than don't fish for them. At what point does this stop being fun? hj |
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| Nice fish! SURE makes the wait back here in Wisc. hard. If you want the pics then I say shoot them. You guys know what your doing.
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Location: Illinois | Forgot to add-GREAT FISH! Great pictures. No verticle holds, no nothing but good times captured on film. Great job. |
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Location: Monee, Illinois | Classic....Hey Mike I wish you would have taken pictutes of all 20 I love seeing them picture. You got some fattys! I have never asked what is your biggest out of Webster in your life?????
Bob
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | Mr. Kachmann,
First of all we only took pictures or 8 of the 14 that we boated! 6 out of the 8 were over 40 inches and the other 2 were close to 40. I don't know about anybody else but I thought that was a killer weekend and wanted a few pics of these fish to remember it!!! I don't see anything wrong with taking pictures of 40 in. fish!!!! Trust me NONE OF THOSE FISH WERE OUT OF THE WATER FOR MORE THAN 30 SEC AT THE LONGEST!!! IF I THOUGHT ANY OF THOSE MUSKIES WOULD HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF US TAKING THEM OUT OF THE WATER I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT!! I HAVE SPENT ALOT OF MONEY BUYING THE BEST CUTTERS,HOOK-OUTS AND NETS THAT I CAN FIND TO MAKE SURE ALL THE MUSKIES WE CATCH GET RELEASED IN THE BEST HEALTH POSSIBLE! WE HAVE BOATED 40 IN. CLASS FISH IN THE PAST THAT WERE HOOKED REAL BAD AND I THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA TO PICK THEM UP SO I JUST LET THEM SWIM RIGHT OUT OF MY NET UNTOUCHED. NO PICS!
AS FAR AS EGOS GO I DON'T COME ON THIS SITE OR ANY SITE BRAGGING ABOUT ALL THE MUSKIES WE CATCH! THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME I HAVE COME TO A WEBSITE AND SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE FISH WE CATCH!! I WASN'T EVEN GOING TO POST THESE PICS HERE BUT I THOUGHT WHAT HULBERT AND I DID WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL!!!! YOU DON'T CATCH 34 MUSKIES (IN THE SAME AREA) IN A WEEKEND ALL THE TIME AND I THOUGHT I WOULD ADD SOME PICS TO HIS POST TO SHOW WHAT A SPECIAL WEEKEND IT WAS!!
I'VE SAID IT ONCE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN THE WORSE THING WE ALL DO TO THE FISH IS HOOK IT,FIGHT IT, NET IT AND RIP THE HOOKS FROM ITS FACE! AFTER ALL THAT THE DAMAGE IS DONE!
IF TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL MEANS NO PICS I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THAT LEVEL!!! MUSKIE MAGS WOULD BE PRETTY BORING IF THERE WAS NO PICTURES TO LOOK AT!!!! I LIKE SITTING DOWN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND LOOKING AT ALL THE BIG MUSKIES WE PUT IN THE BOAT!
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | WHO EDITED MY POST ? That was a true story.
Edited by jmuskieking 4/28/2005 7:11 PM
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Hey Jeff, sorry to take a little while in getting back to you here. It was I who edited your post, and if you look in your inbox, you will see the explanation as to why. |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Way to go guys, some awesome looking fish. Your making me jealous for not making it out there last weekend  |
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | Andrew thanks for getting back with me.
I paid the price for being out last weekend I am so sick right now I can't even breathe or talk!
BUT IT WAS WORTH IT! |
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Location: Toledo | You guys rocked it!!!! It will be interesting come the "Classic". The only chance I will have to fish the lakes will be the thursday before the tournament. Nice fish and Nice pictures!! I wish I could be out there on the water with you!!! Hang a state record!!!
Later,
"The Musky Shakes"- Mark
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| Like I said, way to go guys, you're super fishermen, and deserve to bragg on such a stupendous day--not trying to sour anyone's fun. I prob picked the wrong post to raise this issue and did not in any way intend to ruin your fun. Just wanted to make a point. Not blaming you at all for taking pics of your awesome fish. I know full well you guys know how to handle a ski. It's the other inexperienced folks that I worry about. We need to teach them what is right. Just thought we could be the leaders here and improve our fishery as I stated earlier. Any new concept meets with great opposition at first. Hopefully, eventually you will see the light. Pics are great. Memories are better. Healthy fish is best! I fully realize this concept is not easy to grasp at first..... |
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Location: lansing, il | sorry i took a picture yesterday i feel like dirt now!!!
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Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN | J. King and Hulbert....great fish, great pics.....I don't know you Jeff, but Hulbert is on of the biggest conservationists I know, and I've seen him pull lures away from smaller fish to not catch them.
Also loved the original post as written, but understand why it probbably had to be edited. Ego is a funny thing.
"Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values."
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| I have personally fished with jeff on several occasions and he is very aware of what he is doing.If he doesn't think the fish is worthy ,he won't take the pic. If I was a fish Iwould want to be handled by jeff! Have a good time takin pics everyone !!!THE BEETS |
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | muskihntr - 4/29/2005 10:08 AM
sorry i took a picture yesterday i feel like dirt now!!!
NICE HOG!!! Now thats what I want to see!
Heres the other pics from the weekend. 43 & 41 in.
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Nice pictures of some very nice muskies.
Good holds and cold water temps=no problems.....
I can't see anything wrong with posting some pictures of the bigger fish. It looks like you guys are ripping some lips for sure, like the last photo.
Great job Mike and all who are in on this bonanza of muskies. Have fun while it lasts. |
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | Mikes Extreme - 4/29/2005 7:21 PM
Nice pictures of some very nice muskies.
Good holds and cold water temps=no problems.....
I can't see anything wrong with posting some pictures of the bigger fish. It looks like you guys are ripping some lips for sure, like the last photo.
Great job Mike and all who are in on this bonanza of muskies. Have fun while it lasts.
Yeah, that last fish thrashed in the net and messed her face up. That happens sometimes when they go crazy in the net. After she calmed down we cut the hooks. |
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| No.. 06 kinda looks like Kermit the Frog. Hi Ho. |
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | Yeah, That fish does kinda look like Kermit the Frog. It had a strange shaped head but it was a healthy fish. |
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Location: Plainfield IL | Great pictures. Be proud of your catchs. Keep that film rolling |
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| I was wondering if any of you guys could give me some advice about what lures/colors are working on Webster. Im taking my dad on his first muskie fishing trip and maybe the last. Hes almost lost all of his vision and it may be the last time we get to go out together. I really want him to have a good chance at catching these incredible fish. If there are any tips you guys could give me that would mean a lot to me. Thanks. |
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Location: Valparaiso , Indiana | Dave - 5/1/2005 11:27 PM
I was wondering if any of you guys could give me some advice about what lures/colors are working on Webster. Im taking my dad on his first muskie fishing trip and maybe the last. Hes almost lost all of his vision and it may be the last time we get to go out together. I really want him to have a good chance at catching these incredible fish. If there are any tips you guys could give me that would mean a lot to me. Thanks.
Dave,
The hottest bait right now is a tippy river darter as you can see in the mouth of the musky in one of my pics. I would also try a dunwright dancer, magic maker, or a phantom. SS shad is also working right now. As far as color goes I would try all white, crappie or any shad pattern. Go fish the water that is 25 - 40 feet deep, find the big groups of shad out there and wait. The muskies will come when the get hungry. Good luck, Let me know how you do.
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Dave,
For big fish, Jeff is right on. Stay in 25-40 foot of water, and throw lures that will only get down in the first 4 feet of the water column. Beer Bellies, Turmoils, Phantoms, Tippy Darters and Hughes Rivers have done the best. Look for the bait fish, they will be high in the water column.
For smaller fish, Rat-L-Traps, phantoms, spinner baits up in 1-5 foot of water will produce fish in the 30-36 inch range.
Black and orange, crappie, shad, and chub have been the hot colors.
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Pistol Packin' Pete's 45 from this weekend....
6 inch white Phantom, 24 feet of water
Hell of a job CH Pete!
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| Thanks a lot for your advice. You have any idea if the "ye old tackle box" off 13 sells any of those lures or did you get yours online? Also, don't worry I'm 100% catch and release. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | yes dave they do have a verry wide selection of almost all the latest musky tackle....bill |
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Location: Kalamazoo | Ye Old does not carry Phantoms but does have a wide variety of baits. Very good selection for a local shop. |
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| Great fish and great pix everyone.
Like someone else already said...which I've said before as well, the only way we'll stop hurting any of these fish..is if we all stopped fishing for them altogether. We know that's not going to happen. Be smart, be quick, have the right gear, be educated and pass on the education...that's the best we can do. We don't all want to join PETA now do we? |
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| I KILLED them on the Hellhound a few days ago. That bait is insane! Almost all fish came off the weed edges in the main basin... |
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