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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | And you had 5 weeks of vacation, and you had to FISH, and your wife/family/girlfriends are pushing you to do this, where would you go? Remember, you have 5 weeks to fish, and you have all the money you would need to afford to fish anywhere....and I mean ANYWHERE. |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | For Muskies, Georgian Bay
For Huge Northerns, Somewhere in Europe
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA | id spend 1 1/2 weeks between the goon and eagle, 1 1/2 weeks on lotw, 1 week on the ottawa river, 5 days on georgian bay, guide for a day on lac seul, and guide for a day on reindeer lake. if i only had to choose 1 destination, either goon or eagle.
Edited by Mr.Pike 6/1/2005 2:54 PM
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i'd live 1 week 5 times in a row like the movie groundhog's day with Bill Murray or like 50 first dates with Adam Sandler in Lake of the Woods and i'd do it in the boat with my buddies Kevin and Scott so i wouldn't have to find the spots or work the trolling motor at all. oh, and it would be the second week of July over and over and over and over and over again. |
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Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | I'd head for the salt. Do some flats fishing and then go out on the flats to fish a little then go find a shallow flat in the keys somewhere. Maybe Christmas Island for some more wading on the flats. Warm weather, warm water, plenty of seafood and bikini clad ladies. Cold Beer as well I hope. Let me see...................7 course dinner tonight, a six pack and all the shrimp I could eat. Yes I would take along a friend or two if $$$ were no object.
If the question was for ski's only it would be the Ontario area maybe St lawrence etc. Might just visit Richard on the Ottawa. |
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| Same thing I'm doing right now except I wouldn't worry about how my rent/bills/gas/food is going to get paid.
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| Ireland and the Baltic Sea for GIGANTIC pike!!
Amazon River for giant catfish, Payara, Peacock bass, those giant tarpon looking fish, pirahna, Golden Dorado
New Zealand where the trout avg. 9 lbs...... wait, we're going there in two weeks 
Nile River for the mighty Nile Perch
Texas/Sam Rayburn/Toledo Bend for ridiculously big Alligator Gar
Cali for monster LMB, and the other beautiful females...
Last but not least... A whole season (opener to close) spent fishing either LOTW, Eagle, or Lac Seul |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | There is no way I would spend all 5 weeks in one spot, so here is what I would do:
1. Eagle Lake
2. N.W. Angle
3. Vermillion
4. Hayward
5. Boulder Jct.
I would spend roughly 4-5 days in each locale. |
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Location: Albertville, Minnesota | I would flip a coin between LOTW and where ever the best Peacock bass fishing is (South America - Brazil?). The Peacock bass trip would probably be a once in a lifetime experience for me.
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Location: lansing, il | no doubt eagle lake. id hire herbie everyday i was there! |
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| 1 Week Ottawa River
1 Week St. Lawrence River
1 Week Georgian Bay
1 Week NW Angle LOTW
1 Week The Goon
I wish, if I ever win the lottery that is where you will find me after cashing the check and buying the ultimate big water musky boat |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | 1. Southern Australia fishing for 1000#+ Black Marlin
2. Amazon
3. Florida Keys
4. Baja of Mexico (Cabo area)
5. The "uncharted waters" of Canada's muskie country |
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Location: Oregon | At least two weeks at Longview Washington near the mouth of the Columbia River. One day you could anchor or troll for chrome bright chinook (20-40 pounds) or coho (10-20 pounds) right out of the ocean and the next fish for sturgeon in the 6-10 foot range below Bonneville Dam.
RM
Edited by RiverMan 6/1/2005 6:46 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Five weeks on Wabigoon. Buy a house there, and do that every year. Sounds like a good idea, when my property in Rhinelander sells, I'll do that. |
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Location: Menasha, WI | I would disapear into the Canadian wilderness for all 5 of the weeks. Go exploring. Fly in to untouched waters. Fish both mesotrophic and oligotrophic waters. Most important, soak in the breathtaking scenery and unspoiled wildlife. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | 1 week at the goon ,1 week at LOTW , 1 week at Eagle, 1 week in Vilas, 1 week on the Georgian Bay |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | Costa Rica fishing for monster Tarpon! |
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Location: Wayzata, MN | Need a time machine to cut down on travel time, but hey, if money is no object...
1 week in Australia for Blue, Black and Striped Marlin
1 week in the Keys/Marathon for Barracuda
1 week in Kenya [Pemba Channel] for the grand slam of Billfish and maybe a Broadbill Swordfish
1 week in Alaska fishing for whatever is running...
1 week on Georgia Bay... muskie hunting...
Good thread!
~ Terry |
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Location: oswego, il | Fireside lodge on little vermillion. I really want to take my kids there bad. 595 per person housekeeping X7 is almost 4200 bucks just for the cabin.  |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Wabigoon
Lake of the Woods
St. Lawrence River
Vermillion
WI River
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | only 5 weeks.....
2 with Cady on Minnesota waters
2 on Eagle with Herbie
1 on Ottowa/St. Lawrance |
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| Ooops, didn't see the 5 week reference.
As much as I'd like to fish other waters like Eagle and Lac Seul, I already have 4 years of information on Sabaskong Bay and would rather not start over. Though, spending 5 consecutive weeks on an Eagle or Lac Seul I guess is equivalent to 5 annual week-long fishing trips. Having said that, give me five weeks on Eagle and I would be one happy man . |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | Since we are dreaming...For muskies,one week at Green Bay,1 at Leech,2 at Geargian Bay,1 at the Goon.
For "other" fish...I would LOVE to go after Nile Perch,(it was on Hunt for Big fish), October at The Great Barrier Reef for a Blue Marlin,a 1000+ lber a day, anywhere in the Amazon for whatever hits, and Alaska both fresh and saltwater. I wish I could do any of those trips! |
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| 3 weeks on my favorite area of The Woods and 2 weeks on The Goon.Bring the camera. Steve |
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| I'd Buy Lake of the woods, and all the surrounding properties...
5 weeks of fishing, then as many days as I wish to fish as well..
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | Here we go
1 week Eagle Lake -muskie
1 week Lake El Salto Mexico- bass
1 week Lake Guntersville Alabama-bass
1 week Wollaston Lake- Pike
1 week Anywhere on LOTW - muskie
Oh how i wish it would come true!!
Edited by muskie_man 6/2/2005 3:39 PM
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Location: Iowa | Week 1-Chippewa Flowage
Week 2-Mille Lacs Lake
Week 3-Lake of the Woods
Week 4-Rowan Lake
Week 5-Eagle Lake
I would definetly save the best for last in this situation, This would be freaking incredilbe to take 5 weeks and fishing anywhere I wanted with money being now option...just a dream though...
Big Perc |
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Location: England | Northern Queensland Australia for Baramundi
Egypt - Lake Nasser for chance of 200 pound + Nile Perch
Norfolk Broads in Eastern England, home of Pike fishing in Europe.
Swedish Baltic for Monster Pike
Somewhere in Northern USA/Canada for my first Musky, can anyone recommend......
Used to have a week or two in Ireland every year, in search of a giant Pike. Sadly thanks to gill netting in the name of 'improving' the trout fishing, the monsters are not there anymore |
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | Easy, I would see a few people on my trip.
1) 2 weeks in Australia fishing the Great Barrier Reef for BLACK MARLIN (THESE ARE THE 1,000lbers+, I already have a 9 1/2' 370lb Blue Marlin) on a 75' Berger Sport Fishing boat. That is a $10million rig. Build them in Manitowoc.
2) 1 week in Cabo
3) 1 week in Alaska Halibut fishing
4) 1 week back in Cabo
Yes, that is right, NO musky fishing. Figure I have enough of an opportunity to do that on quality waters already. I will put the fight of a 2,000lb Black Marlin up against your 50lb, heck make it 80lb, musky any day.
If one of these weeks do not work out, I would head up and king crab fish with the REAL men. Now that is fishing; gotta love the adventure and danger associated with it.
My wife and kids would go along for every trip except the king crab fishing trip. That one just perks up my wild side.
Chuck
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| I would spend 5 weeks in the "uncharted waters" of northern canada goin for some monster musky and pike. |
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| 1 week off the coast of south africa great white hunting/videoing/caging
1 week with Gregg Thomas to try for a Mille Lacs Pig
1 week with steve worrall jig fishing
1 week with my buddy Jamie fishing wherever the heck he wants for LMB's.
1 week with my dad in september on the allegheny river.
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | I would split the time between LOTW and Rowan, lots of other great waters out there but these are my top two. |
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA | ah, the great allegheny river. im suprised that showed up in this thread. I fish there just about every week. where ya from yeti? |
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| What a dream!
1. 2 weeks Hayward Area
2. 1 Week some of Minn big waters
3. Down South anywhere for a week of Tarpon on a fly rod!
4. 1 week Minaki |
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Location: Michigan | 1 week-July/ LOTW
1 week-August/ Eagle
2 week's-September/ French River
1 week-October/ Georgian Bay |
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Location: Angola, IN | If I wasn't musky fishing:
I'd spend 5 weeks in Australia off the Great Barrier Reef fishing for Black Marlin. You spend your nights on a 100' motor yacht, fully serviced and pampered by a great crew....just on the inside of the reef. Then you take off in the morning in a serious fishing boat.....like a 31' Bertram or a 53' Hatteras.....trying to hook up with a 1000+ pound Marlin. There are 2000 pound fish hooked, but these fish are never caught. But I'd try!!! These trips cost about $15,000--$20,000 a week.
If I was musky fishing:
I'd split the 5 weeks with Marc Thorpe and Mike Lazarus......fishing specific areas that I could tell you about, but then I'd have to kill ya.
Either way, it would be a great time. Just as important, I'd have to my fishing partner with me....TomCat. Trip wouldn't be the same without him.
Peace!! |
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Location: Hugo, MN | 1 LOTW
2 Georgian Bay
3 Goon
4 Mille Lacs
5 Peacock Bass in Brazil |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I would spend the month of October and the first week of November in eastern Canada. |
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | How about this?
1 week in July, 9-16, fishing the Northwest Angle of LOTW.
1 partial week in July, 27-31, fishing Minaki.
1 week in September, 17-24, fishing Crow Lake.
Fishing every possible chance this summer and fall on quality waters in northern Wisconsin. Oh that's right, we don't have any quality waters up here, do we. 
That is how my summer is laid out for this year. Not bad little trips if I do say so myself.
Chuck |
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| from the burgh.
i stay away from the river though, if i can. too many dead bodies and rubbers floating around. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | If money were not an object! Easy, all season on Lake of the Woods! Get a houseboat and explore the lake for the whole season. Move the houseboat from bay to bay. Start up at the Angle and points North, Hit Sabaskong before the bloom hits bad, and in the fall when the trout and whitefish are spawning I'd be on Whitefish looking for the muskie that thinks trout is a delicacy (sp?)
During the winter I'd head to Florida for some shark fishing on the shallow inshore flats, Then in the spring a little time chasing stripers. Not sure of the right time of year but I'd take a week or two and head out to Oregon and Washington for some White Sturgeon. Can you say 10+ feet long and maybe 500 pounds boys and girls? Sure I knew you could. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | If money were not an object! Easy, all season on Lake of the Woods! Get a houseboat and explore the lake for the whole season. Move the houseboat from bay to bay. Start up at the Angle and points North, Hit Sabaskong before the bloom hits bad, and in the fall when the trout and whitefish are spawning I'd be on Whitefish looking for the muskie that thinks trout is a delicacy (sp?)
During the winter I'd head to Florida for some shark fishing on the shallow inshore flats, Then in the spring a little time chasing stripers. Not sure of the right time of year but I'd take a week or two and head out to Oregon and Washington for some White Sturgeon. Can you say 10+ feet long and maybe 500 pounds boys and girls? Sure I knew you could. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | If money were not an object! Easy, all season on Lake of the Woods! Get a houseboat and explore the lake for the whole season. Move the houseboat from bay to bay. Start up at the Angle and points North, Hit Sabaskong before the bloom hits bad, and in the fall when the trout and whitefish are spawning I'd be on Whitefish looking for the muskie that thinks trout is a delicacy (sp?)
During the winter I'd head to Florida for some shark fishing on the shallow inshore flats, Then in the spring a little time chasing stripers. Not sure of the right time of year but I'd take a week or two and head out to Oregon and Washington for some White Sturgeon. Can you say 10+ feet long and maybe 500 pounds boys and girls? Sure I knew you could. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | If money were not an object! Easy, all season on Lake of the Woods! Get a houseboat and explore the lake for the whole season. Move the houseboat from bay to bay. Start up at the Angle and points North, Hit Sabaskong before the bloom hits bad, and in the fall when the trout and whitefish are spawning I'd be on Whitefish looking for the muskie that thinks trout is a delicacy (sp?)
During the winter I'd head to Florida for some shark fishing on the shallow inshore flats, Then in the spring a little time chasing stripers. Not sure of the right time of year but I'd take a week or two and head out to Oregon and Washington for some White Sturgeon. Can you say 10+ feet long and maybe 500 pounds boys and girls? Sure I knew you could. |
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Location: Eagle River, Alaska | This is tough.....I would consider fishing muskie waters within my economic structure now...so it it would be
1. Fishing big peacocks on the Rio Negro in Brazil
2. Fishing bonefish on Christmas Island.....and other big saltwater critters
3. Egypt fishing for nile perch
4. Tree River in Canada for trophy arctic char
5. Fishing Siberia for taimen and giant rainbow trout
I would have said fishing Clipperton Island off of Costa Rica for giant yellowfin tuna and wahoo but that is a 2-3 week trip all by itself.........would be fun.
The aspirations for halibut and salmon don't seem as exciting since I live in Alaska.
Brian
Edited by DocEsox 6/4/2005 7:37 PM
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Location: Southern W.Va. | Musky Fishing :1st. 2 Weeks in July on LOTW
one week eack on the Goon , Eagle & Rowan/ dates to be determined by success on the other lakes. I might have to forget one of the other lakes if my luck was real good on LOTW.
Just my $.02 worth
Mauser
Edited by Mauser 6/7/2005 11:03 AM
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I've got one of the top 3 muskie fisheries right here and the other two are within 2 and 6 hours away.
I would be spending my time chasing the biggest fish on the East and west coast all well as Africa and Australia. |
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Location: Wauwatosa, WI | If money was no object.... I would be sitting in a street cafe on the French Riviera trolling for ladies. Define the word fishing
( the next few weeks I would be in lotw)
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| i would spend the whole time at bill sandys resort island
any day i could not fish with him i would try to get doug johnson
or dick pearson these guys have all likely seen the nworld record
peace |
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If Money Were No Object - Destination Question