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| ice is coming soon across the northern part of the muskie's range.
if you were out fishing instead of hunting, how'd they treat you this weekend?
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Location: Verona, WI | I got out for about 6 hours Saturday fishing from shore. Holy smokes was it cold - rod guides froze up and ice all over the reel. It's amazing how cold your feet get when you are wading in a river in mid-November. I ended up with a 38" musky to show for it which wasn't too bad.
I also had a fun experience during the day - I had the river all to myself when out of the corner of my eye I see something moving around in the water. There is a group of four otters playing in the river not far from me. They hung around for a while and then just took off.
Shane
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Location: Maple Grove | Tonka on Saturday. Notta. Trolled most of the day. Lots of bait fish deep, but no rips. |
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Location: Bloomington,MN | i finally got her after about 7 times this fall fishing with them.It was 39" and very fat.it was pretty sweet
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| nice fish!
looks like you stuck it out in some cold wind to earn it, too.
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Location: Bloomington,MN | it snowed/rained for 2 hours and the wind was blowing right into us lol it was very cold |
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Location: Oregon | Great job!! Good looking fish.
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Location: The desert | Way to go...nice fish! |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Way to hang in there and wait it out! Patience is usually rewarded...
Now go catch another one!
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Location: Appleton | I got this little 35x20 on a sucker this weekend. I actually didn't girth the fish just making light of all the girthing comments lately. Sure seems to be eating well. Also seemed to have a scar on the back.
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, Musky Central, USA | It probably had 2 more suckers in its belly...what a pig haha |
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| Check out the stretch marks on its belly in the last pic!!!! Definately had just eaten. What a freak! |
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, Musky Central, USA | It must not know much about digesting yet...things like a bear goin into hibernation |
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Location: The desert | Awesome! I think someone must have been fishing with a football and got it bitten off! |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | wow, thats a nice catch regardless of how long it is.....fall muskies are awesome |
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Location: Davenport, IA | Looks like the kind of fish that will reach 50" thanks to catch and release and larger size limits |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | I had a chance to take the boys out this afternoon for a bit of trolling on Pineview. We had a great day (in my opinion anyway; the 6 and 4 year-olds thought it was a bit slow) with a nice fish hitting Nik's rod about 2 1/2 hours into the trip. We were doing some open water trolling and this fish hit a Baby Depth Raider running about 10' over 36'. It was a good battle, but the poor fish didn't stand much of a chance against a determined 6-year old!
Hopefully, Dane will get his chance tomorrow. I love netting fish for those guys!
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Way to go Nik! Nice you're still getting those tikes on the water, my mountain brother. Get one for Dane tomorrow. You don't want him to feel left out.
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Location: The Yahara Chain | Good job Sorno. Another beautiful day in the mountains. |
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| everything that is good about muskie fishing is summed up in that one post and picture.
great job Nik!
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Location: oswego, il | BUilding memories one fish at a time. Way cool. |
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| nice. i'm gonna have to be out there a lot more next year for sure. cottonwood might be a pretty lost cause from what i hear. |
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Location: The desert | Way to go Nik! You got a fish that could eat all the tigers I caught out there this summer! I'm beginning to wonder about that guide over there....LOL, nice work Sorno and company! |
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Location: Appleton | I just love the backgrounds on those fish pics. Nice fish also. Congrats. Kids and fish can't beat it. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Got a call from the Bay this afternoon...Pointerpride got his second 50+ this afternoon. I'll let him relay the whole story and hopefully provide some pics...I guess this one is a fatty.
Maybe he'll have some pics of thier double - on carp!
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, Musky Central, USA | I need to go make a trip to this bay I guess and cast my brains out
sweet job, i know it was pretty {darn?} cold up here today how was it down there? (i fell asleep for the packer game so I didn't see the GB weather) yeah painkillers for my dislocated shoulder finally set in..and I missed out on a LOT
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Sorno,
You should have been there...two drags screaming, two reels smoking, two rods cracking, water flying everywhere. It was incredible...two snagged carp within 30 seconds of one another. Who'dathunkit? Mine was snagged on the troll and Mike snagged his retrieving the other rod!
PP's fish was bigger than his first 50" fish two weeks ago...50 inches plus, 24 inch girth. We didn't belabor the point, as she was very squirmy and we didn't want to drop her. She was never perfectly straight, nor was the tail pinched--but she still went to the 50" mark. My guess is that she might have gone 51 inches, but it doesn't really matter--wait until you see her! Big fight though--lots of head shaking and power runs. Not at all like his first 50. She gave him quite the tussel...
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Location: Appleton,WI | I watched a guy fight one today that was pretty big took him like 10 mins to reel the thing in then he did circles around the boat chasing it with the net.Looked pretty freekin huge.And all I caught was a 34" for the day and maybe a cold.Cool beans on another 50 PP !! |
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| NICE JOB, MIKE! You make it sound easy! Will there be a 3-peat??
Tom,
Your boat is on a ROLL! How many 50s in the last couple weeks? Three? |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | LOL...sounds like the battle we had with a foul-hooked 47-incher with a BAD attitude!
It wasn't us, was it?
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Location: Green Bay, WI | esox50 - 11/18/2007 8:06 PM
NICE JOB, MIKE! You make it sound easy! Will there be a 3-peat??
Tom,
Your boat is on a ROLL! How many 50s in the last couple weeks? Three?
Yup, with a nice FAT 47" fish thrown in to boot today!
I guess it's true--even a blind pig *can* find an acorn once in a while...
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| tcbetka - 11/18/2007 8:21 PM
I guess it's true--even a blind pig *can* find an acorn once in a while...
TB
Hey as I like to say, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good! Although it sounds like you were pretty well dialed into the fish over there for a while now, Tom!
Wait, pigs eat acorns? lol!! Looks like I need to put a few pigs in my front yard!! Look out squirrels, Babe is movin in!
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Thanks!
Although I will have to admit that the fish in the river are kicking my butt... Can't buy one there it seems. I can locate them, but am just not there when they want to bite. So there's *definitely* room for improvement, in that respect.
Honestly though, I think there are a number of guys over here that make me look like an amateur. We really have a great bunch of guys in the Titletown club, I tell you.
TB
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Location: The desert | Hey guys, I honestly dont know what to say....two 50's in two trips? The only thing that I can really think of is a Big THANK YOU to Tom. Who would take a dumb college kid who hasnt trolled for much of anything in his entire life and doesnt know what the heck he is doing trolling? First time out I break his rod holder, second time out the trolling motor prop gets clipped off, the wind was likely at fault for that, but I must be bad luck. Tom is a blast to fish with, and really knows what he is doing out on the Bay, if anyone ever has the opportunity to fish with Tom, dont pass it up, if you do you are truly missing out!
As Tom and Sorno have said we opened up the day with a sweet double...one rod goes off screaming so Tom grabs that rod, I grab the one next to him to clear it out of his way....so I'm crankin in as fast as I can when all of a sudden I just get stopped, so I set the hook and say to Tom, "I got on too! It feels big!" So were all excited thinking we have a great double going. Then its back to reality with two carp snagged in the sides. Carp! I mean Crap! Same thing I guess....
So we get back to trolling. After some time we notice a board is popped. So Tom goes back to bring it in and I drive the boat. After pumping the rod a few times we hear the clicker go nuts and Tom thinks we're snagged. So I throw the boat in neutral, then Tom says, "I think its a fish!" Sure enough, turns out the fish hit while Tom was bringing the board back in. After an extravagent chinese fire drill we have a FAT 47 incher in the net, a new PB for Tom! Great job buddy, that was one heck of an exhausting fight. My leg cramped halfway through and I almost fell in several times.
Then after trolling through the Packer game, right as the Packers took the final knee to go to 9-1 a rod goes off. I was up and grabbed it and had the fish on. It felt good as soon as I had the rod in my hand. After Tom got all the lines cleared and several strong runs and headshakes we got it up to the boat and in the Kahuna. At first we didnt think it was real big, we knew it was fat but weren't sure on the length. Once we got it out of the net there was little question that it was a 50. What a day with a good friend!
Also congrats to Jomusky who we saw land two good fish today as well!
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Location: Green Bay, WI | OK, here's a biology question for everyone...are those fish:
1) Esox masquinongy masquinongy; or...
2) Esox masquinongy ohioensis?
Incidentally, neither were fin-clipped nor tagged. And I would like to mention that both were caught on the same *barbless* Swimmin' Joe.
And on that note, I would adamantly encourage everyone who uses a Swimmin' Joe to flatten out the barbs. These fish absolutely CRUSH those lures, and I thought we were going to lose the 53" fish we caught two days ago. She engulfed the thing, and it took several minutes to unhook her--clipping every barb on the lure. That's the last fish I catch on a Swimmin' Joe with barbed hooks. Trust me--you don't need them...
The 47" got herself foul-hooked with ONE barb on one treble, and after a 10 minute battle that included PointerPride gymnastics, we were still able to land her successfully.
TB
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| PP!
College student turned pig farmer!
Way to go man. Seems like only yesterday that you waded streams and were like Tom Sawyer, now you're on The Great Lakes catching the king of beasts.
Our litte boy is growing up.
Now, how's the whole...Graduate, get a job, pay off student loans thing going 
Enjoy your time in your prime.
Congrats from a guy who never went to a single class, but marked his territory and got lucky on "The Square" on a regular basis.
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| my bud got a nice 39 incher from a small stream in ohio. beautiful day to fish . (sat) MD |
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| PP102 better go buy a lottery ticket or 2.
nice fish everyone |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Since when has a Bimini top become standard musky fishing equipment?
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Location: Green Bay, WI | muskynightmare - 11/20/2007 12:32 AM
Since when has a Bimini top become standard musky fishing equipment?
LOL! You mean not *everyone* has one?
The funny thing is that I think the muskies actually like it... We've spotted a couple swimming on their side next to the boat, giving us the eagle-eye.
TB
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | That binini has been the envy of everyone out in this nasty weather.
It is on the list for my dream trolling boat.
There we are trolling around in my 21' Bass boat using the 200 EFI Merc.
Anybody out there know of an old beater fixer upper boat for sale? 18-20', closed bow, full windshield, not inboard motor, no motor.
Maybe we should have stuck it out on Sunday...but we did just beat the game traffic.
Very nice fish Tom. Ours were 39" and 41".
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Location: On the River | Nothing chasing the sucker or casting on Saturday. Caught a 48.5 on a sucker Sunday and lost a 40 at the boat. Fished mid week and caught 3 on tuesday 42 ,40, 35 and on thursday a 39. Looking forward to a 4 day fishing weekend. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Jomusky - 11/20/2007 6:46 AM
That binini has been the envy of everyone out in this nasty weather.
It is on the list for my dream trolling boat.
There we are trolling around in my 21' Bass boat using the 200 EFI Merc.
Anybody out there know of an old beater fixer upper boat for sale? 18-20', closed bow, full windshield, not inboard motor, no motor.
Maybe we should have stuck it out on Sunday...but we did just beat the game traffic.
Very nice fish Tom. Ours were 39" and 41".
Thanks Jo... You guys will get them next time--you're too good of a fisherman not to. There were *several* boats that we never saw catch a fish out there, so for you guys to have caught two that day really says something as well. It's just a matter of time.
I love the full windshield, bimini top and side curtains. And next year I will have an aft storm curtain! I have an aft curtain now, but you couldn't fish with it on as it goes down at an angle from the back of the bimini, to the back seat area and covers the gunwales. It will take the fitter a couple weeks to fabricate it for me, so it must wait until after the season. I am also having them replace the silly plastic fittings on the bimini top, as I am afraid they will crack in the cold. We have been quite fortunate that the temperature hasn't been too terribly cold yet thus far. The winds are bad some days, but that doesn't affect the brittleness of the plastic. But it will be ready for next year.
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