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Monday Night Madness on Mille lacs

Posted 8/8/2007 8:16 PM (#269231)
Subject: Monday Night Madness on Mille lacs

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We went up on Sunday and fished about 8 hours and put in another 4 on Monday morning - had a few follows that looked to be upper 40's. I had also boated a 35 1/2" thick northern, my largest to date - but other than that - pretty slow as we had also heard from others. We were not quite sure what to expect out of our Guided trip with Gregg Thomas Monday night - but as always - were looking forward to more time on the water - muskies or not. We fished the first couple hours and saw a few, had a couple follows and Gregg boated a 48"er... my finace Don snagged about a 44"er which was kinda a crazy fight. It got off before we boated it though. Then the wind picked up and my luck changed. I was throwing topwater and finally got a hit - boated my first of the year - a nice 38 1/2". It was followed up by two really nice follows - one looking to be 50+ or so. Then I had another one hit and after a good fight - was measured in the boat at 41 1/2". Things slowed down a bit as the wind died down again and it got dark.

By this time, we had seen more fish than I had on any given day, let alone boated two myself. We moved onto a new location that Gregg a buddy had fished two nights before. Gregg had told us how his buddy had a strike at the boat and somehow (as a few from the board can relate to) rod and all ended up overboard, fish and rod gone. We joked about it and Gregg told us it would be great if one of us could catch it... well... 4 casts later... I hooked the line ... and the muskie was still attached... all 47"'s of it. We netted it and relieved the poor thing of the bait and rod... we had to work it a bit - but we think it made it. It was dark so we couldn't keep track once it went under. We had a good laugh and then some, but that was par to the night. My sides hurt from laughing so much throughout the evening - if you don't like a good time - don't book with Gregg

A bit later, Don hooked up with a 40 1/2 " muskie as well. We moved one more time and though fatigue was starting to set in - spirits were high to say the least. It was getting late and the clock ticking down... but I finally had one more decent fish following my bait in - about 5' from the boat - total explosion as it hit it and went straight up in the air, head shaking, etc.. you know the drill. Got that one in the net pretty quickly and measure 45", my personal best to date. I had one more nice follow to boot after that. What a night to say the least. 3 muskies in the boat for me (not counting the rod, reel and 47") and 3 really nice follows. Don and Gregg each adding another - not to mention numerous follow for them as well.

While I have loved fishing my entire life - it was only last year that my guy introduced me to whole other dimension of Muskies... and I can't thank him enough! Monday night just made my addiction hit a whole new level.

So if you are considering booking with Gregg Thomas, please wait until we are in the book for next year!

Can't wait to hit it again..

I have pics of all but the 45" - and that one I'm hoping to have shortly. Our camera decided to not like night fishing very much.

Edited by Kimmer218 8/8/2007 9:00 PM