Guess I'm using the wrong tackle, bait/lures
k2muskie
Posted 9/28/2010 3:00 PM (#461208)
Subject: Guess I'm using the wrong tackle, bait/lures




Posts: 138


Location: Utah
Had these sent to me...some Anglers out fish'n for Bass and Perch...had an interesting encounter with a Tiger Muskie that found their stinger as a bait pod of tasty bass.

Here's the story that was sent along with the photos...

We went fishing in Pineview today and caught 19 bass and 14 perch. The
> 3 bass in the picture were right around 11 inches. Heard a large
> splash in the water right beside our boat!!! Notice the stringer
> going straight out into the lake!! Now all of this is happening in a
> split second!! Oh oh there goes the stringer, GRAB IT!! Got it and
> approximately a 42 inch Tiger Muskie has one of our bass in its mouth
> (you can see the tail of the bass in his mouth) to give you a
> perspective of how big the Muskie was. WOW, what a fishing trip - we
> did get our bass back after a bit of a fight with the Muskie. See it
> pays to take the camera JUST IN CASE. It was pretty exciting.




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WI Skis
Posted 9/28/2010 3:03 PM (#461211 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Oshkosh
Guess there is no need to worry about a couple of hooks on a sucker, neat pics.

Peter
fish4musky1
Posted 9/28/2010 3:04 PM (#461212 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Northern Wisconsin
COOL pics.
lhprop1
Posted 9/28/2010 3:20 PM (#461214 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Minnesota
I never considered keeping a bass, let alone a little 11 incher. Maybe it's not such a bad idea to drag a few small fish on a stringer from now on.
firstsixfeet
Posted 9/28/2010 4:19 PM (#461232 - in reply to #461208)
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Not as good as the chicken, but I have to give the pics at least an 8.
Cheech
Posted 9/28/2010 4:42 PM (#461237 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Suburban Chicago
Where can you keep ten inch bass?
sworrall
Posted 9/28/2010 4:56 PM (#461241 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Where the size limit allows?
kc
Posted 9/28/2010 5:06 PM (#461242 - in reply to #461208)
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i got you this delicious bass.
Mr Musky
Posted 9/28/2010 5:43 PM (#461248 - in reply to #461208)
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Very cool pic!
Muddy41
Posted 9/28/2010 10:16 PM (#461308 - in reply to #461248)
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Location: Richfield, MN
Awesome pics!!! That would awesome to see live and in living color!!!!!
k2muskie
Posted 9/29/2010 7:10 AM (#461331 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Utah
FYSA here's the requirements for Pineview, Utah on Bass sizes.

Pineview Reservoir, Weber County
• Limit 6 bass, only 1 bass may be over 12 inches.
• Limit 20 crappie.
• CLOSED to the possession of tiger muskie. All tiger muskie must be immediately released.
• Tiger muskie may not be taken by means of underwater spearfishing.
• Unlawful to use whole fish for bait. Cut baitfish must not be larger than one inch in any dimension and no more than one piece per hook.
• CLOSED inside buoys by spillway near the dam.
Tackle Industries
Posted 9/29/2010 7:20 AM (#461335 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Land of the Musky
I think trolling with that many hooks on a stringer and with bass as baitfish is illegal.

Stan Durst 1
Posted 9/29/2010 7:59 AM (#461346 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Pigeon Forge TN.
Quite a picture. Maybe the Tiger thought you were inviting her to lunch.

Edited by Stan Durst 1 9/29/2010 8:00 AM
Guest
Posted 9/29/2010 8:30 AM (#461351 - in reply to #461208)
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Keeping 11 inch bass? LMFAO!!! I see there are backwards people all over country not just Wisconsin. Some peoples children.
sworrall
Posted 9/29/2010 8:44 AM (#461354 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
hey BT,
The limit allows 6 fish, only one OVER 12". Obviously, the system is being managed to remove smaller bass and that's encouraged for a reason. I seriously believe several lakes in Wisconsin need to do the same for largemouth if they want good recruitment from walleyes and muskie. Tomahawk and the Chippewa Flowage, for example, have very poor walleye NR now, and the largemouth population has exploded...effect and cause, IMO. If I was allowed to take bass there under 12, I'd keep a limit every time I ice fish there.


Pointerpride102
Posted 9/29/2010 8:49 AM (#461355 - in reply to #461351)
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Location: The desert
Guest - 9/29/2010 8:30 AM

Keeping 11 inch bass? LMFAO!!! I see there are backwards people all over country not just Wisconsin. Some peoples children.


So they kept some 11 inch bass, big deal. Harvest of bass on Pineview is EXTREMELY low (don't have exact numbers in front of me). The smallie fishing on Pineview is great. Lots of fish in all size classes, including many, many trophy fish. I'll likely have more dead smallies in the gill nets I am about to pull than the 4 in the picture. Simply because an angler decides to harvest fish within the limit set up by the UDWR doesn't make them backwards.
musky-skunk
Posted 9/29/2010 9:03 AM (#461359 - in reply to #461208)
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Wow guys. Fishing season isn't even over yet... you can't possibly be this bored already can you?!? Lol.

Way cool pictures! Thanks for sharing!
Musky Madman
Posted 9/29/2010 9:59 AM (#461370 - in reply to #461208)
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Cool pictures K2. That must have been something to witness first hand.

The purpose of the thread was to show what had happened, not to be ridiculed by ignorant people who don't even know the regs in the area he was fishing. More and more of this every day...

Edited by Musky Madman 9/29/2010 10:00 AM
ToothyCritter
Posted 9/29/2010 10:29 AM (#461379 - in reply to #461370)
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Location: Roscoe IL
Musky Madman - 9/29/2010 9:59 AM

Cool pictures K2. That must have been something to witness first hand.

The purpose of the thread was to show what had happened, not to be ridiculed by ignorant people who don't even know the regs in the area he was fishing. More and more of this every day...


AMEN!
MACK
Posted 9/29/2010 10:39 AM (#461381 - in reply to #461208)
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GREAT story and GREAT pix! That's hilarious!

I have two similar stories. Both of which happened on the same fishing trip...just three days apart from each other.

This was back in October of '03. Up north in Michigan fishing a lake I grew up on. We were on a week-long vacation fishing trip. Fishing for Nothern Pike specifically, but even taking some panfish for a end-of-the-week fish fry.

Early on in the week, we had set out on the lake and filled a wire basket full of perch and bluegills to take home to filet. No livewell in this 14' alum fishing boat we were fishing from at the time. Towards the end of the day, nearing that sundown/low light period, we moved into a weedy bay to fish for a few Northerns. Did quite well, had our fun, losing light, time to pull the basket in and head in for the hour long drive back to the cabin: the basket that was full of panfish, came up EMPTY!

Turtles in that bay took their sweet time eating through the wire mesh of that basket and had themselves a buffet. Big hole chewed in the side of the wire basket. Classic.

Three days later, we move into this same area of the lake, same bay, again to fish for Northern but this time to find a few to put on the stringer to filet to desperately help out our fish count for that pending end-of-the-week fish fry since we lost a good portion of our panfish three days prior to the turtles.

Again...having great luck with the Northern, a few on the Stringer hanging over the side of the boat. Lowlight/sundown period quickly approaching, but also with a wicked cold front bringing a storm down on top of us that was blowing off of Lake Michigan in a BIG hurry. This lake we were fishing was merely just five miles inland from Lake Michigan. It was time to QUICKLY pack things up and get off the lake in a big hurry...well...as big of a hurry as a 'lil 15hp outboard could push a 14' alum fishing boat with two people across an 8 mile stretch of lake. LOL!

In the haste of getting things stowed in the boat and starting to get nervous with the amount of lightning starting to pop very close by, I fired up the 15 hp motor, threw it in forward gear and proceeded to hear the most gawd-aweful crucnhing and munching sound and the motor shook and vibrated violently on the back of the boat! Scared the living heck out of me! Confused as to what was going on...it didn't take long for me to realize what I had just done as I turned around to see shards of fish and shards of metal stringer being thrown about the back of the boat and the scales on the surface of the water. Blender mode. We had just ground up our Northerns on that stringer, as well as that stringer! LMAO!

Again, we leave that bay, empty handed after our fruitful labors of a days catch were not to be...

We still crack up laughing about that to this day!

Edited by MACK 9/29/2010 10:41 AM
Brian
Posted 9/29/2010 12:40 PM (#461399 - in reply to #461208)
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Based on the stringer, I wouldn't worry about fish being spooked by your wire leader.

Brian
Pointerpride102
Posted 9/29/2010 12:51 PM (#461402 - in reply to #461399)
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Location: The desert
Just finished pulling gill nets off of Pineview. Trust me, the bass are just fine.
k2muskie
Posted 9/29/2010 1:01 PM (#461405 - in reply to #461402)
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Posts: 138


Location: Utah
Pointerpride102 - 9/29/2010 11:51 AM

Just finished pulling gill nets off of Pineview. Trust me, the bass are just fine.


Hey Mike...long time no see...hopefully we'll see ya on Pineview soon or on the hard deck. Glad the Bass are doing fine...we've gotten some nice size LMB and SMB that have eaten Musky lures...truly amazing...but we just let the Bass go no matter the size...bet it was a nice day on the View...someday the "W" word will be a distant past...
Don Pfeiffer
Posted 10/2/2010 2:51 PM (#461776 - in reply to #461208)
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Location: Rhinelander.
And to think we worry about a snap on our line or a thin wire leader spooking them. If they want it they'll take it and thats the nuts and bolts to musky fishing.

Nice pic, thanks...........Pfeiff
Guest
Posted 10/3/2010 8:47 AM (#461861 - in reply to #461208)
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I would switch to a flourocarbon stringer if you want the big girls to cooperate.
gregk9
Posted 10/3/2010 10:57 AM (#461874 - in reply to #461861)
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Location: North Central IL USA
Guest - 10/3/2010 8:47 AM

I would switch to a flourocarbon stringer if you want the big girls to cooperate.


LOL!!!