the good old days...
lambeau
Posted 10/2/2007 7:13 PM (#277776)
Subject: the good old days...


...are RIGHT NOW.

546 fish over 45" entered in the Lax Reproductions Contest by MuskieFirst members so far for 2007 alone.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/cnr_images.asp

big fish are being caught ALL OVER North America.
there's big fish entered from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, Utah, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Washington and on and on and on...

to borrow a phrase from a famous ad, "What number will you be?"
get your fall fattie in for your shot at a free Lax reproduction!
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/cnr_about.asp

here's a few of my favorites.



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Elby
Posted 10/2/2007 8:06 PM (#277791 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: RE: the good old days...




Posts: 128


Location: Germantown, WI
Congrats to the angler in the first picture. Pretty sure I rose that fish a few days before...Lee T. called me later in the week and said a client boated it the following Friday evening. Happy to see a picture of the beast. Think my knees are still shaking from my encounter with it.....



Elby
Smokin Joe
Posted 10/2/2007 8:18 PM (#277793 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: Re: the good old days...




Posts: 311


The Prettiest BIG girl in the bunch has got to be Sornos tiger...........Awesome stripes
Pointerpride102
Posted 10/2/2007 8:22 PM (#277795 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: Re: the good old days...





Posts: 16632


Location: The desert
Awesome looking fish....I hope to add one here soon i the coming weeks....I know where one lives, just hope she is hungry, and bigger than last year!
ToddM
Posted 10/2/2007 8:28 PM (#277796 - in reply to #277776)
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Posts: 20278


Location: oswego, il
JoMusky's been holding out on me! Wow, congrats on those fish!
IntroC
Posted 10/2/2007 8:54 PM (#277805 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: Re: the good old days...




Posts: 76


Definately some fatty's.
I do believe you are right, "The good ole days are now".
Can't imagine it getting much better. We can still hope.

Edited by IntroC 10/2/2007 8:55 PM
Clark A
Posted 10/2/2007 9:45 PM (#277811 - in reply to #277805)
Subject: Re: the good old days...




Posts: 638


Location: Bloomington, MN
I love the pic with the kid and his Big Floppy Lunge (like a boy and hig big dog). I hope he wins!! Sorno's Tiger would give Rick Lax permanent blurred vision!!
JKahler
Posted 10/2/2007 11:55 PM (#277825 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: RE: the good old days...




Posts: 1308


Location: WI
There'd be one more if I would have got a pic mine! 546 is pretty impressive!
Derrys
Posted 10/3/2007 5:45 AM (#277830 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: Re: the good old days...


I think Lambeau may be right. More large fish are being caught than just a few years ago. It may continue for a while, as new regulations are taking effect on lakes like Mille Lacs, and catch and release is being more widely accepted. My Chapter led Muskies Inc. two years ago with 25 Muskies at 50 inches or larger. Last year we increased that to 38 or 41, not quite sure. This year the members of my Chapter are on pace to put fifty 50 inch fish in the boat. I only wish I was one of the guys catching them. Three times this year we've had guys catch three 50's in a day. That's impressive anywhere on the planet. Are these the "Good old days"? I'd certainly say so.
Netman
Posted 10/3/2007 6:00 AM (#277832 - in reply to #277776)
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Posts: 880


Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151
I hate looking at these pitures in the morning at work....it makes you want to get out and pound the water. "You can't catch them from the couch" how about "work interferes with my fishing"

Some great fish pictures keep them coming.

Bruce
Obfuscate Musky
Posted 10/3/2007 8:08 AM (#277843 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: Re: the good old days...




Posts: 654


Location: MPLS, MN
I like the big Wisc fish on the bottom. I need to fish wisc sometime and get one of those big brown skies.
lambeau
Posted 10/3/2007 10:22 AM (#277879 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: Re: the good old days...


bottom pic is actually Canada...
4th and 6th pics are both from Wisconsin.
it's cool how much variety there is within different muskies.
PamuskEhunt
Posted 10/3/2007 1:20 PM (#277910 - in reply to #277879)
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Posts: 212


You're right the last one was caught out of Lunge Lodge In Ontario....in 2006. Check it out on their site http://www.lungelodge.net/slideshows/2006.htm
Obfuscate Musky
Posted 10/3/2007 1:54 PM (#277912 - in reply to #277776)
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Posts: 654


Location: MPLS, MN
Hmm, It was so brown I figured it was from Wisc. Cool looking fish anyhow..
johnson
Posted 10/3/2007 5:07 PM (#277956 - in reply to #277776)
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Posts: 203


JOMuskies fish has got to be the prettiest fish up there- Yes, even prettier than the tiger.

bret
Muskies Vs Mike
Posted 10/4/2007 11:38 PM (#278164 - in reply to #277776)
Subject: Re: the good old days...




Posts: 80


Location: Waukesha, WI
How about that lax 4 fish! Pewaukee Fish All the way. I was in that area earlier in the day too.

All great Fish.

Mike Warren