Posted 7/7/2008 8:13 PM (#325328) Subject: she just loved my big 10"... (VIDEO added)
...Weagle! (what were you thinking i meant?)
in the fall of '06 when i was ordering a replica from Lax my wife asked me what i would do if i ever caught one bigger. i laughed and said that i had caught the fish of a lifetime and there was no chance it would happen again.
summer of '07 i had to call her from the lake and eat crow because i topped it by the narrowest of margins with an extra 0.25". but that time i was really sure that it was the peak since lightning struck twice.
well...it's summer of '08, and on Sunday morning i had to make another phone call to her from the lake. for whatever reasons i've been blessed and was able to catch lightning in a bottle for the third time in a row. at 54" on the nose, this girl topped both of the other fish i've been fortunate enough to release.
we raised one and then lost one a few minutes earlier before tying into this girl. she ate the 10" Weagle and put up a nice fight, including rolling up in the line at boatside before sliding into the net.
the whole thing's on hat-cam video as well, i'll upload that at the end of the week when i get back home to my own computer.
please support the efforts of those who are working to ensure that the Long Range Plan in Minnesota for muskie and pike goes into effect. the future of these quality fisheries depends on it, and that plan depends on our vocal support.
Posted 7/7/2008 8:45 PM (#325339 - in reply to #325337) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain
I need to fish with you more often. Once, maybe luck, twice, you would have to be unbelievably lucky. A third time, without question there is a bunch of big fish understanding going on.
Nice Work!
BTW I vote the middle pic for the Okuma monthly photo contest.
Posted 7/7/2008 8:56 PM (#325342 - in reply to #325341) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 170
Congrat's on an awesome catch! The fish is gorgeous, and yes, that head shot holding her by the gill plate really puts it in perspective.
Guest
Posted 7/7/2008 9:10 PM (#325344 - in reply to #325342) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Awesome fish.
Thanks for mentioning the Long Range Plan. Certain forces in Mn. are pulling out all the stops to STOP the success the Mn. Muskie Program has achieved. I know most of the Muskie fisherman I know and fish with here in Mn. supported the GrBay raised minimums. It couldn't hurt if the MNDNR heard from some of you Wis. Muskie anglers in support of the Long Range Mn. Plan.
Posted 7/7/2008 9:16 PM (#325349 - in reply to #325346) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 1636
Beautiful fish Mike!
lambeau
Posted 7/7/2008 9:22 PM (#325351 - in reply to #325346) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Is that a hook left in upper lip?
nope, fish was hooked on the right side lower jaw.
i cut hooks without ever bothering to try pulling them and then used the pliers to pull the barbs out.
what color weagle?
white with black spots and chartreuse belly.
you know, the one i tried to sell half you guys at the Chicago show...
here's a shot that shows off the girth a bit better.
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Posted 7/7/2008 10:29 PM (#325362 - in reply to #325358) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 4266
LAMBO!!!! What a beautiful fish. Keep that horseshoe right where it is man, because you are doing the right thing at the right time every year. Keep up your big 10". Is that a pimple on her right cheek?
Beaver
Posted 7/8/2008 7:48 AM (#325385 - in reply to #325328) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 427
Location: Wausau
Thanks for sharing the story...now I know to use the exact same lure that I won from you in the Mani poker game.
I use my all black 10" more and WI fish love it too.
Check PM!
Posted 7/8/2008 7:55 AM (#325387 - in reply to #325386) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 3242
Location: Racine, Wi
She's a beaut Clark!!! Way to go Lambeau!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're going to need a bigger house pretty soon if you're going to fit all of those replicas in there. :)
Posted 7/8/2008 8:38 AM (#325399 - in reply to #325328) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 159
Location: NYC (and many weeks in MN during summer)
Scary big fish!!! Fish looks to be in great shape. Can only imagine what she will look like in her old age. Maybe another inch or 2 and if she pigs out, could easily add some girth. Because this fish looks in such good shape, would love to have had this fish electronically tagged. Rare to have that beauty of a fish without one fin in the grave.
Congrats on what I hope is NOT your fish of a lifetime.
Randy
btw, did it look up close like that fish had been hooked before?
Posted 7/8/2008 9:34 AM (#325413 - in reply to #325409) Subject: RE: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 734
Location: Watertown, MN
Mike
Congrats on another beast, you should wait till the end of the year maybe there may be an even bigger fish! Or just have a school of repo's swimming in the house.
Posted 7/8/2008 4:58 PM (#325493 - in reply to #325488) Subject: RE: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 85
Awesome fish Lambeau, congrats!
"White with black dots and a charteuce belly..." I have that one and up until 2 minutes ago it was on the shelf in the home office as a "cool lookin' lure"! In the box now!
Posted 7/8/2008 10:08 PM (#325557 - in reply to #325546) Subject: RE: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 4080
Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion
WHOOO...
Mike, That is truly a huge fish. Very nice indeed.... Gota love those 10 inch weagles, no other bait calls the big mama's like the Weagle.
maybe Big Gun should be at the outing for good luck......,... Eh...??? Hey B.G. I'll make room in my boat if you have a need to boat a few more big girls ..
Posted 7/10/2008 11:24 AM (#325851 - in reply to #325328) Subject: RE: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 457
Lambeau, I could swear I saw you on V, Greenwood Bay area. Stayed with a friend that has a place up there. We fished three days, took two fish on 10" Weagles, as well. One @ 48, one @ 49.
Edit: Grats on the Sow, crow never tasted so good, huh?
Posted 7/11/2008 10:00 PM (#326103 - in reply to #325328) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"...
Posts: 82
wickedly good, there is a reason those dark portable camera pics of the first fity never turned out, the Big Guy knew you would land several more..., Big Gun flexin his muscles on the net...much better than the table.
nice
Posted 7/14/2008 11:11 AM (#326311 - in reply to #325328) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"... (VIDEO added)
Posts: 462
Location: Madison Wi. Chain
Great fish!!! I named her "old faithful" due to the amount of water that she pushed when she ate. Looked like old faithful erupting. Not always easy to be the net man, thought for sure she was getting off when I pulled the net back and she went to the front of the boat. Needless to say it was a great day! BG
Posted 7/14/2008 1:33 PM (#326346 - in reply to #326344) Subject: RE: she just loved my big 10"... (VIDEO added)
Location: The Yahara Chain
Very cool video Mike, thanks for sharing.
Congrats again.....to you also, Winston. It had to be nerve racking being the net man with her boat side antics.
Mike I thought you had the July lunker wrapped up with that beast....BUT along came Adam armed with a Dinnerbell.
lambeau
Posted 7/14/2008 1:37 PM (#326349 - in reply to #326346) Subject: RE: she just loved my big 10"... (VIDEO added)
Mike I thought you had the July lunker wrapped up with that beast....BUT along came Adam armed with a Dinnerbell. ;)
yeah...apparently i was fishing with the wrong friend's bait?
that's two years in a row, Adam...!
(fellow CCMI member Adam Oberfoell boated a 54.75" slob on Vermilion last week. his consistency in catching huge fish is simply amazing: a 55"er on Vermilion last year, a 50lber on Mille Lacs last year, a near-55" this year...read his article in this month's Muskie magazine and read it well, he knows what he's talking about.)
Posted 7/16/2008 5:37 PM (#326790 - in reply to #326783) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"... (VIDEO added)
Posts: 355
Location: Wausau, Wisconsin
Awesome A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ job, great. Wish I could angle my hat cam properly. Bad juju last week. Lots of sky. Awesome job. Fish of a lifetime...maybe? Good luck on a bigger.
Posted 7/19/2008 11:28 AM (#327244 - in reply to #325328) Subject: Re: she just loved my big 10"... (VIDEO added)
Posts: 238
I already posted on this topic but i had to say one again congrats and awsome fish,i just love that video.I feel like i am standing in the boat with you guys,the world around me just stops when that fish is trashing at boat side,it gives me shivers and i cant stop the the huge smile on my face when you wrap her in the net.Once again awsome job guys and congrats.I could watch that video 200 times,it never gets old.
she just loved my big 10"... (VIDEO added)
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