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| What a way to end the year! Its been the best year ever for big fish in my boat. I had back to back casts in July with a 54.5 and 55 and countless other 50"+ fish through out the summer months. This fall was unreal with a streak of 9 fish in a row that hit the bag were all over 50". It seemed for awhile there that one of my clients in the boat were calling Rick Lax for a replica just about every day! And then on November 9th with client Eric Stiffelman I boated a 57x27 on a pounder bulldawg. The fish completely swallowed the pounder and had one of the hooks burried to the shank under the tongue. With a little surgerey I was able to get all hooks out but she was bleeding like a stuck pig. We took a quick board measurement 2 quick pics no girth measurement and put her back in the water. She swam off but continued to swim circles with her head out of the water for about 3 minutes and then went belly up and was totally dead. We went over scooped her back up and put it in the livewell and drove to a local resort where we measured and girthed her at 57x27 and weighed 52lbs on a certified scale. I feel terrible that it died but unfortunately when you handle as many fish as I have your going to have some mortality. It just sucks it had to happen with such a huge fish.
Jason Hamernick
Muskiebreath Guide Service (muskiebreath.com)
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | Awesome fish Jason, Great way to end the year!!! |
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Location: lansing, il | Wow awesome fish! Nice Job on a great season Jason. See ya in January! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Way to go J !
Great way to end a great season.
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| Wow! Giant fish Jason, way to go!!! |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Wow, what a beast Jason. You boat some big girls bit this is exceptional. No poker face on this one 
James
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| Wow, what a pig!
it stinks that the fish died, but great big sharp hooks are going to do that at some point. the upside is that it confirms just how accurate the formula can be...a 57x27 is 51.94 lbs by formula and this fish went 52 lbs on a certified scale. is Rick Lax mounting the fish and thereby able to make a form for future fish this size? |
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| congrats!!! great fish!
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Location: WI | Awesome fish! |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Wow!! |
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Location: syracuse indiana | congrats jason, what happend was out of you control, it can happen to any of us.. sorry to hear about the fish though, and congrats again...bill
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Location: Rhinelander | Way to go Hammer. Too bad she died but it does happen. Didn't you have a 54" that day too?
Find a new cribbrage board yet?.....last one was unlucky for you and Dewey.
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| Awesome fish, Congrats!! |
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| Hodag
You guys got lucky at the cribage games! Next year were taking you down! But yes to anwser your question I got another huge fish the night before fishing with my buddy john hoyer. 54.5x26.5
Jason Hamernick
Muskiebreath guide service
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Location: Excelsior, MN | Congrats on ending with some awesome fish and an incredible season! |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | ...So, what's it like to catch an AVERAGE fish when YOUR AVERAGE is 50+ ?? You're taking our sport to a MUCH higher level, very cool! |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | Outstanding post! I love the pix and the integrity it takes to share the whole experience, even if the fish died. It happens, to everyone at some point.
Congrats on your season, from what I hear, you earn every inch of every fish.
rock on! |
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| congrats!!! beautiful ESOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Guess I'm moving to MN... |
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Location: grasston | Awesome fish Jason !!! |
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Location: Eagan, MN | "Yes, I'll have what he's having..."
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| Congratulations Jason! Great post!
You are a man of integrity, and that's always a "breath" of fresh air in the fishing world.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Erik Jacobson
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Location: Michigan | Has to be the fish of the year... What a gorgeous fish. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | spectacular fish! |
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| Holy #*#*! It's ashame it died, though. |
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| I am impressed, when Gelb's fish died, or someone posted a fish in the big fish contest that might have been dead, all heck broke loose. Good to see you folks are growing up and not worrying yourselves over a dead fish....BR |
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Location: Northwest Wi. | Breath,,Thanks for sharing the photos and info..A truely nice fish..Anything close caught after that ??.. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Awesome fish man!!! Great finish to great year. Mike and Michelle King. |
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| That's insane big musky! nice job man |
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| This might be a stupid question, but what's the rubber mat you're standing on for? |
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| I think we all can agree that a fish dying is in no one's interest, especially a fish of that caliber. I trust Jason did all he could to prevent mortality, but sometimes things just don't work out. I was disappointed to hear the fish died, but I am not criticizing anyone for it. I released my pb this year and I am skeptical as to whether or not it survived. The fact that it likely didn't still bothers me, but a fish dying is expected from time to time. As Jason said, it's ashame it had to be that one. |
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| "This might be a stupid question, but what's the rubber mat you're standing on for?"
Mille Lacs, 33 degrees, pooring down rain/snow in 3 footers with a Northwest wind after catching a couple huge pigs that slime all over the boat.. Just guessing for his footing... |
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Location: Blaine, MN | Those mats are suppose to reduce body fatigue, and leg and back pain as well as facilitate better footing. Some factory workers/warehouse personel that are on their feet all day on concrete swear by them, never thought about using one on the casting platform though... Looks like a good idea |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Beautiful fish!!! Congrats on a incredible season! |
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| Congrats~! Also Great pics that truly capture how big the fish really is. You and Sondag have sure put the hurting on the pigs this year! How big are those things going to get? Unreal! |
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| The mat is an anti fatigue mat. You see them alot behind gas station counters or on the floor of an assembly line.
Standing 8-12 hours in the back of a boat, I'm surprised more guides/anglers do not have one in there boat
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| That's pretty cool. I never really considered one myself. I'll have to look into them. A new trend has begun. |
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| Wow Jason!!! You the MAN!!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Pinckney, Michigan | Congrats! She's a beauty! |
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Location: Waconia, MN | Great fish Jason, and a great way to end the 2010 season. |
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | Nice fish, but GOD YOU"RE A HANDSOME DEVIL!!! |
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| Jason,
Very nice..... Congrats on simply a HOG!!!!! |
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| Congrats! Awesome fish! You mud ducks keep making us cheeseheads look bad! |
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