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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | ... you a seat tonight. I understand you had prior engagements but I want to rub it in a bit. You will recognize the location I am sure from the pic, I remember shooting some video from the same boat print. 49"er, and there is a bigger one there I had up just a bit before.
Those Pelican lake (I mean Lake X) fish love the Wabull, and the new WA Wabull....insane!
Edited to include... This is the first solo pic I have ever taken. Thanks to all that offered advice on the how tos for doing these. Usually I would have just released it and watched it swim away.
Edited by nwild 10/15/2008 10:11 PM
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Location: Plover, WI | nice fish Norm!! |
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| Nice fish Norm(I mean grizzly Adams) LOL......... |
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| Nice fish Normie!! |
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Location: Bloomington, IL | Nice fish man!! If it weren't so darn long, you would have gotten it all into the shot!!  Oh, what a problem to have....haha.
Edited by scolba 10/15/2008 10:34 PM
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Location: Brookfield, WI | All Norm, all the time. 100% Norm. Norm.
Kevin
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Location: oswego, il | This fish has no tail section. How can it be as long as you claimed?
Congrats on the 3/4 fish!  |
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Location: Amsterdam | Nice fish Norm !
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Location: The desert | Jeez, got any open seats this weekend? Nice fish! |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain", he doesn't get any tail either............ |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Nice job, Norm! Now go get the bigger one, and rub that in, too. |
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Location: Neenah, WI | WAY TO GO BUDDY,
SAINT |
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| Does Norm look more like Al Linder or Babe Winkleman with that "greying" beard.
Nice Fish Man. |
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Location: Watertown, MN | Sure now the eat rubber tailed baits, were was that a month ago. We could #*#* him some Grecian Formula, to take care of the salt n peppa beard. ? isn't it tater time, get back to the field.
Congrats
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Way to go Norm! Spot X on lake X...
Edited by ghoti 10/16/2008 7:35 AM
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Location: Madison Wi. Chain | Nice fish norm. Pic looks good for a solo job. BG |
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Location: Madtown, WI | Congrats Norm! Sweet fish!
Cory |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Nice fish Norm (Jeez, even I know where that is!)
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Location: nationwide | Sweet fish Norm.
And I was hoping to get over there this year for a few hours on the water.
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Location: So. Illinois | Breat fish, thanks for sharing....
J |
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Location: Wheeling, IL. | That must be a Pre-Grasshopper fish! |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | nice!!!!! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | nice fish Normy! |
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Location: N.FIB | NICE FISH,wish that fish would of hit my lure in the hodag when I was fishing that same spot. |
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Location: LENA IL |
Nice Stick Norm!
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Location: Hugo, MN | Ouch that'll leave a mark, eh Steve? |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Norm- are those spots on your chin, snow flakes or signs of impending maturity? Looks like a sweet fish, even with your ugly mug in the photo!
Congrat's!
Al
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Location: Browerville, Minnesota | Thats what happens when you stay up until 5 am howling at the moon too often with another guide!!! Beauty fish buddy.......glad to hear it wasn't caught on a certain Purple/Gold Gerry's girl!! :) Must be the day for good fish. Caught this 48" on a boatside......healthy, healthy fish! Get yourself a 7 year old, throw him a bag of candy and a cream soda..........PRESTO, instant camera man!
Edited by Manta18 10/17/2008 9:44 AM
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Bret, that was all Mr. Cain's fault! Beautiful thick fish Sir.
Thanks all...I think?!?
I was just getting use to my more distinguished (yes that's what I call it) look with the graying beard, now I am back to square one with a bit of a complex. I just keep telling myself the girls think its sexy! |
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| hehehe I've seen those girls up there that think it's sexy, Norm. I'll wear sunglasses next time we're out until 3:30AM! Thank you very much.
Great fish! Next time Steve doesn't answer the call, try me. It's only a short ways for me. |
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| There are still fish in Pelican? The fishing has gone down hill the last 10 years. Every year it's a little worse.
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | KSauers - 10/17/2008 8:19 PM
There are still fish in Pelican? The fishing has gone down hill the last 10 years. Every year it's a little worse.
I'd have to disagree. Pelican is as good as ever and the fish are there. Now with that size limit in place and thanks to guys like Norm, Mike and Steve for getting that done, it's only bound to get better in time, in my opinion.
Edited by Merckid 10/17/2008 9:02 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'd say Pelican is doing very well, when considering quality/quantity. No, there isn't the numbers there was at the peak, but the average quality is much better than when the stocking was very heavy and contacting numerous fish in an evening is pretty common. I've fished Pelican as a Guide since 1974, and she's WAY better now than then and the quality is getting better each year. If the limit hadn't been implemented though, she'd have suffered quickly with the harvest numbers that were common there. Don't thank me, thank Mike Roberts and Norm Wild, they did all the work.
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Steve, now that the 50" limit is in place, could Pelican become not only a lake with good trophy potential, but also a numbers lake? Or are there environmental/habitat issues that would hinder that?
I really enjoyed the one day I spent fishing on Pelican. Norm telling a story or two about every spot we fished really gave me a feel for what a special place it is to some people.
Kevin
I putt like a blind alcoholic after a four day bender. |
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| I was real curious to fish Pelican this year and even had bought a map. Best laid plans. I am also really interested in what the findings are for reproduction by the DNR in a lot of these lakes they stopped stocking? I have fished several over the last two years and there are good numbers of 30-35 inch fish but don't really know if that is holdover from prior stockings or supported by repro.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Hopeful,
I believe the goal on Pelican is a lower density self sustaining population resulting in much higher quality, a general equation for big girls. I truly think it's well on the way to just that since the 50" limit was applied.
I caught a few little muskies there this year from a couple year classes, great to see. |
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