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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Mike "extreme one" Koepp is recovering from shoulder surgery on monday to repair injuries he sustained in a "Packer Game half time tip-up incident on Pewaukee Lake"
Seems he tried to put the hurt on the ice with his shoulder while chasing out to the tip-up. The good news is he still iced the 19.5" walleye...the bad news is fractures, surgery, 8 screws and 15 staples to repair the damage.
Rumor has it he didnt want to be sedated during surgury so he could watch the end of the Packer game, and wanted to know if he could still get back out on the ice that night.
Currently Mike is resting at home.
(He is still able to drink Corona's and type with one finger on the computer so drop him a line and send your best.)
Get well soon Pal!
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Location: Madison, WI | Sounds painful! Get well soon bud. |
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Location: Waukesha, WI | gives "cold shoulder" a new meaning.
mend well and quickly Mike |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Now that is a true Packer fan! Get well soon.
Edited by Merckid 1/23/2008 12:55 PM
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| Hope you feel better Mike, that Packer game was hard on all of us! |
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| Never give up,never give up,never give up.
Winston Churchill IS CREDITED WITH THAT QUOTE; But I think he heard it first from a PACKER fan. Just my opinion though. |
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | Sorry to hear about your shoulder, Mike. Hope it heals well and fast, and be faithful to that phys therapy. Are you gonna need to learn to cast with the other arm now? or you gonna be doing ALL trolling?
Greg
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| Wow, Mike, sorry to hear that! Hope you're back at 'em on the opener! |
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Location: The desert | Hey look on the bright side...you still put a 19.5 incher on the ice! Hope your recovery is quick! |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | You gotta cast sometime, get well soon my friend. m |
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| That's why he is called The EXTREME One!
Broke shoulder, and he still lands the fish, and I bet he tried to stay out there, even when in immense pain.
You guys better look out. While laid up, he'll be looking at lake maps for next summer. He's the best I know at picking apart a lake! Now, he'll be even better.
Get well soon, Mike. I know Deb is already sick of you laying around the house!
Edited by Shep 1/23/2008 2:39 PM
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Hope you're felling better Mike. Us cripples have to stick together.
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Location: Watertown, MN | Mike
Suck it up, I expect you to be out casting cowgirl by next weekend. Hey the ice is still slippey? Hope a quick recovery, more time for ice fishing, just have kids do all the work. Good thing it was an offseason injury.
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Location: Madtown, WI | Get well Mike!!!! Get that sucka up and running for May!! You have some rehab to get busy on it sounds like!!!
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Location: minocqua, wi. | did that guy Kessler trip you? ... or did you do it on yer own? ... sorry to hear it Mike ... i guess you can always troll with a first mate though eh? |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Hope that fish tasted good...with the beer! Get well soon! |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Best wishes for a speedy recovery! |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Wow, Professor, that sucks. I'll rummage around in the garage for an old pair of golf shoes that have metal spikes. Maybe keep you on your feet.
Will you be giving lectures in the Waterfront Musky College while you're healing?
Kevin
Seriously, do what the Dr. says. Don't screw it up any worse by rushing things.
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Location: Wheeling, IL. | And you guys thought I was bad breaking my hand on a Huge Ski!!! But a schoulder with a walleye?
Get well soon.
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | I hope you get well fast buddy.
Is 12 oz. too much for you to lift?
If not we will have to have a bunch at the Milwaukee swap. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | That bites daddio. Make sure not to take all the pain pills at once. Only one per 12 pack.
Heal up fast Mike. If you need me to make sure your Ranger still catches fish, let me know.  |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Geez Mike, that's just a bit too extreme.
Heal up soon, obey the Doc.
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| Hang in there man.......if you can't lift 12 ozs. we'll get you one of those "cheater" helmets which hold a couple of cool one's for you at the Milwaukee show!
Thinking of ya buddy!!
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I called Him on Monday and Mr. Ironside was in the plow truck with his brother plowing accounts. That is one tough SOB!!!
I hope it doesn't hurt to bad.....
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Location: oswego, il | Hopefully Mike will be ready to go by the milwaukee musky show. Wow, that is alot of metal. I hope it heels well and you make up for it with some big fish this year. |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Holy Crap! Heal quick! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Get better, you maniac! |
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| Typical old age injury. Next he'll forget where he lives. |
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| Yo Mike
Im going in the basement to make up some DC-2's for ya. Shoulders are tough to heal take it easy and get well.
See ya at Milwaukee
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Best wishes Mike....Pretty extreme just to see the wife in the nurses outfit again..:)
Hope your better soon. Stay with the therapy, it helps. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Rumer has it that they used the tail piece from some suicks and some .051 wire to piece his shoulder back together. Now the fish have no chance. he's almost part musky bait!!! |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Whose Rumer? :~)
I think that with all that stainless in him now he'll have to be sure not to fall in, he'll sink like one of Smokies old boat anchors. There goes his free pass through the airport check stop, he'll be buzzing like a top water propbait on a still lake.
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| Get well Mike see ya soon!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | hehe. he always did sink like an anchor. |
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| I talked with the Extreme Dude yesterday. Seems he broke his clavical in a few pieces. Clavical is a quick healing injury, and his shoulder should not be affected. He'll be good as new in about 4 weeks. At least Gillespie was. So, all this sympathy BS can stop here. Let the ridicule begin!
Hey, ya putz. Next storm, I'll come down and plow with you as shutgun!
Edited by Shep 1/24/2008 2:00 PM
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| Ok, Shep, you're the dude with the most recent info...so....
Mike, you are a lazy punk. Lazy punk! Get the hell off that couch and get on the ice.
Ranger |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Thanks for all the posts guys. I guess I was due to have one of these ice injurys sooner or later. I wish I could post the x-ray. I broke it in 4 pieces but they got it all back together that next morning with a plate and some screws. Now just need to let it heal, this is the hardest part. I can't type much or do anything with my right arm.
Doc says I will be strong as I was in six weeks. Bones will all heal and the metal plate will enable me to be even more durable.
DC2's---Bring on the DC12's and MOJO monsters and Gerry's Crazy Girls. I will be part machine now.
As for trolling that is for July and August. Casting is always my choice to catch fish. But, when it time to troll................Look out!!!
Seriously though, I see the importance of family and friends. Sometimes an accident will open your eyes a bit. Eyes are wide open now. Thanks to all of you who e-mailed, PM'ed and posted from this site. |
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN | Yo Mike, I hope you heal up and get back in the saddle pretty soon. I'll be going in to get my shoulder done in the coming weeks and its gonna be a long recovery so I'll probably miss the opener but hopefully not much more than that. Sounds like you are going to have a quicker recovery which is great. Best of luck to ya...give me a shout if you're bored and got nothing going on. The worst part of being injured is being stuck to the house and not able to do much skiing/hiking/snowshoeing. |
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| Mikes Extreme - 1/24/2008 5:50 PM
Thanks for all the posts guys. I guess I was due to have one of these ice injurys sooner or later. I wish I could post the x-ray. I broke it in 4 pieces but they got it all back together that next morning with a plate and some screws. Now just need to let it heal, this is the hardest part. I can't type much or do anything with my right arm.
Doc says I will be strong as I was in six weeks. Bones will all heal and the metal plate will enable me to be even more durable.
DC2's---Bring on the DC12's and MOJO monsters and Gerry's Crazy Girls. I will be part machine now.
As for trolling that is for July and August. Casting is always my choice to catch fish. But, when it time to troll................Look out!!!
Seriously though, I see the importance of family and friends. Sometimes an accident will open your eyes a bit. Eyes are wide open now. Thanks to all of you who e-mailed, PM'ed and posted from this site.
Get well soon Cap'n.
I got some nice big tails for you to test that shoulder out with |
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Location: Waukesha, WI | Sorry to hear this Mike. Take it easy and get well.
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| Punk!
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Glad things are ok.
Edited by Ranger 1/24/2008 11:42 PM
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Ouch !! take it easy for a while,watch some videos but stay of the friggin ice or you might be back in there again. Take care, Kingfisher |
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Location: SE, WI. | Mike- Get well soon, the browns and rainbows are hitting. Got about 20 this month. I could put a spinning rod in the rod holder and you could reel in the fish left handed...LOL Looks like I will lose out on that invite on the ice this year.Huh! Are you sure you and M. Gonet did'nt get in a fight on which hot hole you were going to fishout of...LOL Be carefull NOT to take too much of the Vicaden. Look what it did to B. Farve...LOL Got a few Headbangers left. Get them before there gone. It was a good batch. Maybe I'll see you at the swap. Looks like you will be eating that dripping garlic bread left handed. JIM
Edited by jdsplasher 1/25/2008 6:48 AM
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Here's to a quick recovery Mike! It may be challenging, but I bet you could still drill a hole with one arm. |
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| Mike, going through airports will now require you to share the story! |
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| Based on the PM Mike sent to me in response to my calling him a "Punk!", well, it appears...
1) he's pushing his physical therapy regime hard and healing unusually quickly, and
2) is attitude is quite positive and fiesty, not at all like a "Punk."
So, I must acknowledge that he's indeed a tough hombre and I must formally withdraw all that "Punk" crappola.
(BTW - I've been aquainted with, and admired, Mike for some years now and he knew all along I was just kidding around.)
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Get better Mike! I know how it feels to be laid up like that after two back and a neck surgery in the past four years. |
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Get Well Soon EXTREME ONE!