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Location: Ixonia, WI | Tuesday evening (May 7th), Dad went down to the pier to fix his boat. It had been leaking a bit around some of the rivets. It was starting to get dark so he thought he would take a few cast off the pier. On his second cast, he popped a smallmouth bass. We took a nice picture and released the fish. After releasing the bass he took two more cast and hooked into something a little larger. He told me to grab the net “just encase”… “It’s not a bass” I grabbed the net out of the boat and walked back to the end of the pier. By that time, Dad had the fish within reachable distance but visibility was poor due to water clarity & darkness closing in. As the fish neared the surface, we could see that he had hooked a nice musky at the very tip of it’s mouth. I scooped the fish into the net. As I lifted up, we realized we somehow had two muskies in the net!!! We were absolutely stunned & excited at the same time! After a quick picture, I release the male. Dad jumped in the water for a quick water measurement & picture of the female. She swam off in the same direction as the male.
To make sense out of what had just taken place, it was decided that the fish were spawning. The scarring was very apparent. Dad had caught the female and the male blindly followed her all the way into the back of our net. This was one of the most memorable moments that Dad and I had ever experienced. All three fish were caught casting a Small (1/2 oz) Echotail tipped with a white Kalin’s grub tail. We wish everyone the best of luck on the water this season!
(Lake Waubesa Shallow Water Small Mouth.jpg)
(Dads double musky catch on a echotail blade bait.jpg)
(Musky Release from Pier.jpg)
(Female musky release from double echotail catch.jpg)
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 Lake Waubesa Shallow Water Small Mouth.jpg (69KB - 187 downloads)
Dads double musky catch on a echotail blade bait.jpg (49KB - 180 downloads)
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Female musky release from double echotail catch.jpg (72KB - 190 downloads)
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Location: Duluth, MN | That's awesome! Story of a lifetime. |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | Now that is incredible! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/articles/05.09.2013/5758/Muskies.Tw... |
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| No, thats Justin-credible! 
Edited by vegas492 5/9/2013 2:56 PM
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| Awesome story. Congrats to your dad. |
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Location: MN | Awesome story Justin! |
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Location: Minnesota | Awesome story! Your dad caught more muskies in one cast than I did all of last season. |
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Location: oswego, il | that is a cool story. I have caught two fish in one lure before but not muskies. caught muskies on consecutive casts, had a partner do it three casts in a row. had bass jump in the boat. but this sure tops that! |
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| Wow....amazing! Great photos as well. |
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| That is so cool! Also some serious dedication on your dad's part to ensure a strong release by wading in what I'm sure was some chilly water. |
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| That's amazing! I've had two fish follow the same lure before, but I've never heard of one following another one into the net! |
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| That is just super cool, congrats on a one of a kind experience! |
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Location: Land of the Musky | LOL Justin. Only your dad would do this Lucky SOB.
James
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI | That's amazing! |
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Location: Lakeville, MN | thats crazy!! |
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Location: north central wisconsin | Great story! |
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Location: South-Central VA | That's crazy! Thanks for sharing.
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| So you both caught one?!? I have netted a few that popped off before in the net...usually claim at least a half fish credit!! That's an awesome story and great pic! |
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| I have done it with walleyes before when they are spawning, kind of freaky when the first time that it happened, right at dark with no lights out or on, reach done to grab a mid 20 inch fish out of the net and there is a 16 inch male in the net with her. Only legal fish in the boat that day and it had to go back, oh well makes a great story. I don't know what I would do if it happened with 2 skis, congrats |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | That's just awesome, congrats to your dad on a lifetime moment! Yeah nice pic of him in the water with the fish too. LOL- I think he found where one of their spawning area's is located.
Have fun!
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| That is a memory that you both will share for a long time. Thanks for sharing. |
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Location: Seymour, WI | If you did not have such great pics to go along with your story, people would be going...
" sure you caught two muskies in one cast, year right" |
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | awesome story Justin. Congrats to the both of you. |
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Location: Walker, MN | Really great. Thanks for sharing that amazing story.
Edited by Masqui-ninja 5/10/2013 9:14 PM
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| That is totally awesome congrats to you and dad that is one night you will have forever. |
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Location: Ixonia, WI | Thank you for all of your kind comments. It truly was a very special moment for both my Dad and me. Good luck fishing to all!
Edited by Justin Blanchar 5/13/2013 1:46 PM
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| That is probably the coolest story I have ever read.... Once in a lifetime memory.. |
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Location: Hudson,WI | ammoman16 - 5/9/2013 2:41 PM
That's awesome! Story of a lifetime.
I couldn't have said it any better. |
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| Wow thats really amazing ! Great story and awesome pictures ! Thanks Justin. |
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| Sweet!
Edited by muskie24/7 5/27/2013 4:53 AM
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Location: Oak Lawn, IL | So.....where is this pier at? That's a GREAT story and some awesome pictures! |
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