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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | First fo all a big thank you to both Okuma Fishing http://www.okumafishing.com for the great support for our photo contests we ran monthly during this season, as well as to all of you who entered the contests!
We've decided instead of just a November and/or October contest to go to a blowout end of the year contest which will bring in photos from ALL of 2008! The only photos we are NOT taking as entrants into this contest are going to be those that have already been winners in one of the preceeding month's contests. However, we're adding an extra twist.....our esteemed judges (Mark Rodgers, Mike Winther, and myself) will be picking our TOP 10 entrants....which the users of MuskieFIRST will then vote on. This contest begins November 12th, with entries being taken until the 21st of November. Voting on the Top 10 will begin November 24th and will run until December 1st, when winner will be crowned.
Again, all pics from 2008 (except previous months' winners) are eligble, enter as many different pics as you want!
It must be a picture that you took (of someone/something else or a self-portait) or a picture that someone took of you.
First prize will be an Okuma Technical Jacket....and who knows, if we get enough great entries we just might find some other prizes!
Please make sure to check out the new Red Isis reel, the EvX line of rods and my personal favorite, the Induron reels. Thanks again to Okuma Fishing for their continued support of MuskieFIRST and our users!
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Here is mine. This photo opportunity exists for like maybe a second or two. Without the right equipment and a good trigger finger, it's nearly impossible.
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Location: Southwest PA | Do I get bonus points for showing off my Okuma shirt that Mark so graciously gave everyone that attened the P.I. or Vermilion Outing this year???
Thanks to Mark and Okuma for all the support they have given the users at MuskieFIRST.
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Rich W - 11/12/2008 2:11 PM
Do I get bonus points for showing off my Okuma shirt that Mark so graciously gave everyone that attened the P.I. or Vermilion Outing this year???
Thanks to Mark and Okuma for all the support they have given the users at MuskieFIRST.
Yes, but if that was the only thing, I would be winning this contest in a walk....see attached photo.
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Location: ROckford IL | Here is a pic of a fat 36.5
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Location: searchin for 50 | Here are a couple of pics
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Location: Bloomington,MN | 42"
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Location: University of Hartford | Here is my pic
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Location: Madison WI | Here is the 42" I caught from shore in June this year, 9 inch black doc on June's full moon about 10 minutes after moonrise
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| Here is my wife's first muskie and a short story to go with it.
We were headed back from South Dakota for a wedding and I happened to have my gear with me in the car (there was a lake near there that was stocked with muskie believe it or not). We stopped at a sporting goods store and my wife picked out a lucky lure for herself to use. When we got to the lake she stayed in the car and took a couple hour long nap while I washed lures. After awhile I went back and woke her up and she headed to the dock. Less than ten casts in she has a fish hooked. It put up a heck of a battle, but she managed to get the beast tamed. After a quick picture the brute was released to fight another day. Now she can't understand why I never catch fish, it only took her 10 casts. Go Figure.
Note: The look on her face is a combonation of joy/fear because the giant flipped just as I snapped the picture.
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| a couple i liked from this year...consider them a "hint" of what catches my eye when it comes to picking a winner for these photo contests!
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Location: WI | Here are a few of my favorites from this year...........
Dan O
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Location: Twin Cities | Here's some of my favorites, dogs are always so much fun! Fished at my buddies wedding, even caught something off the dock in the suit....I can't believe this year is almost done, incredible.
Added my full size avatar too, favorite pic for me. My wife netted the fish and took the pic, first muskie she or my dogs saw up close. Not to mention the dogs tried eating it...wish they all looked that pretty, awesome markings!
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| muskydeceiver - 11/12/2008 7:00 PM
Here is my wife's first muskie and a short story to go with it.
We were headed back from South Dakota for a wedding and I happened to have my gear with me in the car (there was a lake near there that was stocked with muskie believe it or not). We stopped at a sporting goods store and my wife picked out a lucky lure for herself to use. When we got to the lake she stayed in the car and took a couple hour long nap while I washed lures. After awhile I went back and woke her up and she headed to the dock. Less than ten casts in she has a fish hooked. It put up a heck of a battle, but she managed to get the beast tamed. After a quick picture the brute was released to fight another day. Now she can't understand why I never catch fish, it only took her 10 casts. Go Figure.
Note: The look on her face is a combonation of joy/fear because the giant flipped just as I snapped the picture.
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Location: madison wisconsin | Nice pics Dan. Nice on on the eagle.
If I saw a snake on my motor like that...... That would have scared me so bad, I'd be slipping on my own you know what!!! I hate snakes!! You're more of a man than I am!!
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Location: WI | Oh, I don't know if I am more a man than you are, Jamie, with that snake.
Notice that the snake is leaving the boat....When it tried to climb into the boat there were screams that could be heard across a lake that should never be heard by another muskie fisherman! 
The eagle was cool...it was doing the "breast stroke" across Cass Lake. Got to shore and flew away after a few minutes. |
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Location: nationwide | Some of my favorites this year.
Corey Meyer
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Location: madison wisconsin | LOL. Okay Dan.. That makes me feel better that I'm not the only muskie fisherman that fears them!  |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
Seems like with the luck I' having posting, this is the single photo I ought to post !
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Location: New Hope MN | Here are my favs for the year.
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Location: Racine, Wi | Future row troller giving dad advice on why he didn't just catch the fish that followed. I should have listened to her.
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| Nice photos everybody. Here are a few of my favorites.
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| A perfect morning, fishing with my daughter.
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Location: Plover, WI | Some of my favorites
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Location: Madison WI | Here is the absolute pig walleye I caught last night, 29 inches 10+ lbs.
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Location: mpls | Here's a couple from this last summer that I like:
LOTW and A pic of my dad and Me with his 30lb night pike ( We look Euro in that pic- ). 
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Location: Ft. Wayne, Indiana | Here is my favorite, a new PB
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| Wow how big is that, nice fish and great pictures everyone. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne, Indiana | 48 inches
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Location: VA | Here's mine
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Location: Minnetonka | Nice pics All... excellent work this year.
Lambeau... I, too, was intrigued by the "bonsai tree". Crazy!
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Location: Nordeast Minneapolis | Wow... some really great shots in here! I love that there are at least as many shots of the surroundings as there are of fish...
I had to share these; definitely not a monster, but a couple of funny shots, anyway. The sun was just setting, and I told my buddy Dan it would be a great time to catch one; the photos would look fantastic. So he did- the very next cast.
However, you can see from the first photo that he had a liiiiiiittle bit of trouble holding onto it... (Look closely at the bottom of the photo)
In the end, though, got a couple nice shots of a pretty little gal, she was released happily, and I have a photo I can chuckle at all winter.
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Location: Nowheresville, MN | Slippery when wet.
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| the first picture is two generations of muskie nuts, my dad and i on our annual muskie trip to canada, middle one is me casting one morning on Eagle Lake in maple grove, the last is a beautiful sunset on Forrest Lake |
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Location: ROckford IL | I got some good vermillion sunsets but I cant seem to get those on here, I will have to try to upload again later, got to go fishing first
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Resize the images to 640X480 pixels, ideal for display on the board.
Here's a free resizing program.
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
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| i resized them on photobucket.....i dunno what happend
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| Bailey Brewer cuught this nice one |
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| Hammskie,
What camera are you using? Great shots. Crisp and clear. |
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Location: Loves Park, IL | This was from last weekend in Vilas County. Plenty of snow in the boat and a 46.5 as reward.
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Location: Madison WI | Well now that I finally learned how to resize my pics to fit on here nicely the following fish were both caught from shore and successfully released, the first pic is a 45 incher and second is my new PB a 47 incher
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Location: Minnetonka | The camera is a 7.2 mp Sony Cybershot.
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Location: Waukesha, WI | tough to narrow down.........
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Talon's first trip to Cabela's...7 1/2 months old and as you can see...he is ready and willing to hit the water already!
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Location: Belleville, WI | A pelican eying up a just-released musky on LOTW this summer. Not sure what his intentions were . . .
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| Here's another one that I really like from this year. Every once in a while a photo captures something pretty rare. Some of you will know what it is right away. Others will probably not get it.
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Here's one for ya.
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Location: Michigan | Some good fishing weather from today:
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what is it that you "captured" that some won't get but others will?
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Location: Elgin IL | This is Love
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Location: Minnesota | Here are a few pictures that I like from this year. I am desperatley trying to find open water to fish this weekend and looking at these pictures doesn't make it any easier on the fact that the season may be over before I want it to but....... at least we have the pictures and the memories of another good year.
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Location: (South of the 218) | This is by far my favorite post of the year. You get to see all different aspects of a Muskie Season and many folk's "view" of things - a picture is worth a thousand words and this POST is worth millions - great job M1st - and everyone else.... here are a few of mine.
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Fish pic.... I like Billy B's
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Reflecting on a good season...
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| Sunset
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Location: syracuse indiana | if you look at billy b's pic that fish is superb. no split fins and marks whatso ever. that wouild make a awsome mount for him if his dad gets him a replica of that fish.. actually it looks like he took a replica out on the boat with him that day....lol.....bill |
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| thanks to everyone who submitted a photo!
entries for the contest are now closed. the judges will select our favorite 10 pictures, and YOU will get the opportunity to vote on the best photo for the "Year End" contest. the winner will receive a great Okuma prize pack!
thanks again to Okuma for their generosity in sponsoring the photo contests all season.
http://www.okumafishing.com
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