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| Who thinks Muskie fishing is awesome? They should be stocked everywhere. |
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Location: MN | Unfortunately not everyone shares our passion |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | No..... But it's in the top 5 or 6.
If it's your favorite thing to do, than your Priorities are Really messed up !
And you need to get a life or a really good shrink......
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | It's in my top 5. Moves around some. |
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Location: MN | Jerome, Couldn't you say the same thing about the other 4 or 5?
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Location: Lake St.Clair | Top 5 for sure one of the best feeling seeing a fish hammer a bait boatside!
One of the more exciting things you can do with your clothes on. |
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| It's definitely up there on the list!
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| Yep...favorite thing to do. On the water about 4 days a week.
So as you can see..my priorities are messed up and I have no life. |
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| My favorite thing to do when the season is open. I also enjoy bowhunting the rut, ice fishing, spring walleye run, and chasing gobblers! |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | By far my favorite! |
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Location: Wakefield, MI | For sure. I bass and bluegill fish in the summer but they take a back seat to musky. I gave up golf years ago, my RC planes have been in the basement for 5 years, I've had my motorcycle out three times this year. |
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| It's the one thing, outside of family, that enjoy the most. It's also the most frustrating. |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | Top H2O - 9/30/2013 11:28 PM
No..... But it's in the top 5 or 6.
If it's your favorite thing to do, than your Priorities are Really messed up !
And you need to get a life or a really good shrink......
Jerome
It is in my top 3. I have no life except fishing. My psychiatrist says fishing is the BEST kind of theropy and much less expensive!!!
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| My youngest daughter, who is in her third year of medical school, was picked yesterday to present at a major medical conference, my youngest grandson scored five goals at his soccer game last Sunday....That, and all the other stuff in my family is first...and favorite! But, aside from that...it's musky fishing! |
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| Aside from the family stuff and smashing red heads in the spring its one of my favorites. Note I have only done it once but since that time I have spent a small fortune on gear and have some trips planned this fall  |
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| It's definitely my favorite hobby when the lake isn't frozen. I couldn't ask for a better way to clear my mind after a long day of work. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | it is tied for first with three others.
Musky Fishing, Ice fishing, Pistol shooting. Those are the top three. Could not put one in front of another. Defiantly all tired for first. |
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| It is by far my favorite hobby, not first priority. Goes like this: fish, fish, fish, met wife, some fishing, marriage, some fishing, kids, kinda fish, kids, kids kids kids, fish a little again now. My last two 40 inchers came in 2007. Last 40 inch follow was in 2012. I get by on the memories, but my passion is to cast when I can. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Yes, wish I could be muskie fishing 24-7... Crank |
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| There are times where there's nothing better than sitting in a boat blowing through 2 dozen leeches in a few hours and catching two dozen fish in the process. There are times when there's nothing better than sitting on the pier with a beer and watching a slip bobber knowing you need one more fish for a good supper and you've got 4 more hours of daylight. I never understood the guys who say they don't fish for anything but muskies anymore. There's just too much fun to be had out there fishing for everything else. |
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Location: NW WI | Musky fishing hasn't been in my top 5 for a LONG time. IF it was even in the top 5, it was #5. |
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| Definitely not my favorite "thing" to do in life. My favorite is....well, not appropriate to say on a family fishing site but you get the point. As far as fishing and species. Muskie was my favorite until I hooked into several 6-7 foot 150#+ Tarpon casting or sight fishing to them. Blows Muskie fishing away..hands down. I'm now going back for my 3rd and 4th time this winter and spring. Much more to life than Muskie. |
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Location: WI | I wish in a way that I could enjoy fishing the way that I did as a kid, for anything that swims. Now I can't help but think about Muskies any time I'm on the water. Can't seem to think I should be slingin baits. Gotta put that time in! It's a curse. But I love it! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Propster - 10/1/2013 12:13 AM
Jerome, Couldn't you say the same thing about the other 4 or 5?
Prop,. Here's my take on This question:......And my top priorities,. Which are tied into favorite things to do......
Wife/sex,...If Mama ain't happy, your life will Suck...
Kids,...I have seven,.. love doing stuff with them.( they all like to muskie fish)
I love my job,.... I work way too much,...
Sports,..... Golf, football, hockey, Basketball, BASEBALL, Shooting.....dirt biking /4 wheeling ..
Muskie fishing.......
With that said,. I probably muskie fish about 500 hrs a yr. for the last 10 yr. on avg.
No one asked about Hobbies...... Is Muskie fishing a hobby or a THING to do?
If I were single Muskies would be #2 behind S..
Jerome
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Location: Kansas City BBQ Capitol of the world | Favorite thing to do and something that becomes such a challenge that it becomes an obsession I guess is the same thing but different. Truly a special fish.
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| love to muskie fish, its the hobby I spend the most hours every year doing, King of freshwater! ...but if I had a free week and unlimited funds it would not make my top 10 favorite activities. |
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| esoxaddict - 10/1/2013 3:51 PM
I never understood the guys who say they don't fish for anything but muskies anymore. There's just too much fun to be had out there fishing for everything else.
I agree with this 100%. |
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| Top H2O - 10/1/2013 8:01 PM
If I were single Muskies would be #2 behind S..
Jerome
7 kids eh? Makes sense.  |
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| It's between musky fishing and riding the Harley the wife does both with me so it makes for a better marriage, musky fishing in Canada less stress more time to let your mind go Harley trips can't let your mind wonder as much on the bike but a lot cheaper. Everything else don't care about except our beach vacation in the middle of January with 100 of our best friends!! No kids at home it's our time! |
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| Not my Favorite thing to do....but I'd put it in the Top 10 amyways. |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | yes |
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Location: Illinois | No. Watching my kids play baseball is my favorite thing to do. I don't say that because it's PC. Crazy Summer schedule doesn't allow for much else when 2 kids are in baseball, and I love every minute of it.
When I do get out musky fishing it is less of a race and more an experience. I am on less fish because I don't go enough to develop a pattern. I still enjoy it way more than I did 10 years ago, but it's not my favorite. |
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| Definately the most exciting and yet frustrating thing out there. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Yes, its awesome. No, they should not be stocked everywhere. There is a time and a place for muskie fishing, but its certainly not all the time or in my top 5. Thats living with blinders on for me, there are so many other fun things that must be done through the course of a year. Tailgating at an NFL game is one that is in my top 5. Kentucky Derby makes the list, not to mention all the smokin hot girls in funky hats and see through dresses. That's a top 3.. |
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| If I could get the rest of the family involved it would be#5. Watching the grandsons skate with their hockey teams trumps muskies. They want to fish muskies next year. Before or between hockey camps and the season.
If I'm not at work all is good.
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Maybe in top 5, definitely an obsessive sport, an addiction and fun! But there are other pleasures in life too.........fishing with kids, exploring new places, cooking (if you do it well), rodeo's, stock car or drag races or tractor pulls, county fair's, car shows, gun show's, mushroom hunting (as obsessive as muskie fishing, but cheaper and I don't have to CPR them), growing your own food & sharing with friends & family. Lots & lots of others.......watching girls beach volley ball... yup maybe top 5!
Have fun!
Al
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Location: MN | My top four in no particular order are muskie fishing, duck hunting, seeing quality live music and ice fishing. I wish the best muskie fishing wasn't during duck season.
The only problem I have now is fishing for other species in the summer once muskie season opens. With the exception of Trout on Nipigon I really have a tough time fishing for anything besides muskies. I wish it wasn't that way but it is. I was warned and they were right. |
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| wicked - 10/2/2013 10:02 AM
It's by far my favorite hobby. Family first then on to the skis! You think just like i do. Nothing like being on the water with all of your musky candy and your musky rods on prime waters. Ahhhh |
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Location: Plymouth, MN | It used to be my favorite thing. It's more of an obsession at this point. |
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| It's number two for me. Bow hunting takes the cake and probably always will...... |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Use to be, but my priorities changed. |
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| 1. Mountain obstacle challenges.
2. Hiking with my dogs.
3. Muskie fishing...when I can :-((
4. Any other kind of fishing.
5. Tracking down Coyotes in snow ( not killing them though ) just outsmarting then when I can. |
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Location: Wisconsin | wicked - 10/2/2013 10:02 AM
It's by far my favorite hobby. Family first then on to the skis!
Nailed it Russ!! Now that my kids are all out of the house I have been able to enjoy a little musky time again!! |
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| Snowmobiling, musky fishing, and duck hunting are my top 3(Not counting women and beer). But im 26 and no kids...boooyah |
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Location: MPLS, MN | Use to be my favorite hobby by far. Now I love it if I'm on a trip fishing LOTW, Leech, Vermillion etc but have lost the passion to fish much locally in the metro. Usually rather just hang with the wife and kids these days than fish the metro. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | It's in the top 10 for sure, but not in the top 3. |
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| It is my least favorite thing to do. And then within an hour of coming home empty handed I'm ready to do it again. |
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| In the top 5 but not my favorite thing to do
1. Playing hockey
2. Watching ohio state football
3. Going to the casino
4. Bass fishing
5. Musky fishing |
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| Funny how things change over the years with marriage, kids, etc.,...I was, (and some would argue to a degree still am), obsessed with muskies and for many years had a difficult time engaging in any other type of hobby or pursuit. But these days, I find myself much less enthused to fish anywhere except LOTW. I still get out locally with some frequency, but if I were given the choice between 2 weeks/year on LOTW, or, unlimited fishing time locally and/or on WI waters, I'd take the 2 weeks on LOTW and it's an easy decision for me.
So, to answer the question, muskie fishing on LOTW is my favorite thing to do. Although still enjoyable, muskie fishing elsewhere really isn't. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | I do the multispecies thing, but when it comes winter and time to work on baits...it's more musky than anything. The little baits are just not as much fun!! I'll give Musky fishing a top 5 spot with ease. Those 5 are fluid Mrs. Ski puts the bite on,,,,it quickly rises to the top of the list. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | my favorite thing to do is work ... love my job
otherwise most ties to kids ...
fishing is great but if the smallies are "on" i'd rather do that than any of the others
a week on the Canadian Shield fishing muskies is my favorite
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| I was not trying to catch that Musky that day, I normally catch LM Bass, perch, walleye, pike and other pan fish. I cast my worm harness, there was no strike, I started reeling back my line and getting ready to cast on another spot and then this strike came from nowhere, my line was roaring ..... rrrrrrrrrrr, I let the fish pull, as soon as It stopped, I reeled it fast, the fish jump up the water, I thought It was a LM Bass or SM Bass. Then I saw this ugly looking fish with razor sharp teeth, I grabbed the tail, the head keeps swinging left to right, the mouth chomped like "Pacman". I don't have the proper gear that time but I managed to grab the head and blood starts to came out, I checked the fish, It wasn't the fish bleeding, It was my thumb cut from the razor sharp teeth when I was trying to remove the worm. I looked at the fish, It was amazing. I put back that fish and swam away after 8-10 mins. From that time on, I always think of catching another one, this one It will not be, by accident. |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | Fishing in general? Dang right it's my life. I love muskies but in the words of the musky mania, "muskies suck!" I do love cuttin some big old greenheads in some cut corn. The joys of being a ND student. |
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| Its definitely in my top 5 and ranks as the only fish on the list with pike being just below it.
Family stuff
muskies
bow hunting
concerts
mma live
I rank these in this order due to the money/time I have invested in each and how much each one is on my mind. |
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Location: Metro , Mille Lacs, and G. Rapids | BY FAR MY FAVORITE |
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| IAJustin - 10/1/2013 9:05 PM
love to muskie fish, its the hobby I spend the most hours every year doing, King of freshwater! ...but if I had a free week and unlimited funds it would not make my top 10 favorite activities.
When you really think about it........ It still would. |
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| Not sure what your saying? Ive taken a dozen trips I'd rather relive weekly if I had the time and money - I could easily never fish muskies again - wouldn't miss it a bit......200lb Marlin eating your fly at 10 yards away, running down giant roosterfish on the beach, bowhunting bugling elk, exploring Alaska.. on and on. Muskies are a nice Midwest "hunt".... Cool fish, but not close to my top 10 of things I'd really like to be doing...daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I enjoy Muskie and try to get out when I can. But time to fish is short. Just like so many of the rest of you, I'm busy with my wife, kids and work. And then I'm still recovering from a major ankle surgery this summer and am still dealing with shoulder issues which make fishing quite painful at times.
Both of my daughters are into travelling basketball and I'm sure most here know how costly that is in both time and money. After a standout fall soccer season, my youngest daughter has been asked to join an elite travelling soccer team. That goes through the winter and all the way until the middle of next July. And then there is AAU basket in the spring which starts at the end of March and goes to the end of June. And that is just the sports.
My wife now wants to remodel the house and my youngest daughter is really into hunting this year. We've been going duck hunting every weekend this fall and she has already shot her first duck. So duck hunting has pretty much replaced fall fishing. Here is a picture:
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Location: WI | It's one of them. I do take hiking vacations every year instead of going fishing. Nothing beats a nice 8-15mi hike up and down a mountain!
Musky fishing, hiking, grouse hunting, music, and guns are my fav hobbies. Guns are too expensive now (ammo$$$). |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Before I owned a boat Musky fishing was rare treat because I was always waiting for friends to take me out. Now that I own boat it's turned into more of a passion / favorite hobby. I no longer have to wait on others, just myself. That being said, if I had the option Id rather be on a tropical beach with the wife relaxing and fishing. 2nd is no brainier - Hunting for Muskies! |
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Location: North Central IL USA | a free week and unlimited funds? Hell yeah I'd be out there fishing!!!!! Both bass and musky. |
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Location: Quebec, Canada | Fishing is definitly in my top 5 in life as it's probably one of my main hobby and definitly the one that I invest the most money in. My brother it's the hockey, the other one the golf, me it's fishing. I mainly fish for musky but sometimes I enjoy fishing for bass, walleye and pikes. Altought, there are definitly things that comes before fishing in life and I also have others hobby than fishing. |
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| Awesome replies.
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Location: Otsego, MN | I love fishing! fished muskies almost exclusively for 8 years and just got burnt out on them. The last two years I've fished muskies in late august and early September only. Years of keeping a log muskie fishing points that month time period as my most productive, so I fish them for one month. I chase bass and walleye the rest of the year.
Still catching a muskie is by far a rush and love it, just not enough to go after them from opener to ice up. To much fun fishing other species. |
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| No, not so much too my husband's chagrin horses first and muskies second. It isn't so much the muskies whether active or not as sitting on the water enjoying the day.... I simply will not leave til mosquitos carry me away... food nah not leaving and porta potty on board... eat, well throw a minnow for a bit on board and eat there no need to go ashore.. the boat definite obsession. Now if I could muskie fish off my horse then yeah number one!!! I simply enjoy the outdoors (add that we do not have kids) |
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| I can't stop thinking about musky fishing. I wish that I could go every day.
But I have a great family and my kids keep me busy goin to gyms and arenas.
That's my first priority and love but those dam muskies have a hold on me.
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| Hands down my favorite thing to do . My wife is pregnant with our first and I plan on using my unborn child as an excuse to buy a new boat since fishing will now be a family activity. Is that wrong ???? |
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Location: Illinois | It's not wrong. It's about safety- that old boat isn't SAFE,
ages 1-2 -Musky Hunter articles for bedtime stories
ages 2-4 - Spring Dawgs
ages 4-10- regular dawgs
ages 10-12- Mag Dawgs
ages 13-18- Pounders
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Location: North Central IL USA | JOHN FALLON - 10/26/2013 9:23 AM
My wife is pregnant with our first and I plan on using my unborn child as an excuse to buy a new boat since fishing will now be a family activity. Is that wrong ????
Not wrong at all. It's a good play. |
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| It has become my favorite now that I have a boat. Id rather be out there all day trying for one ski rather than catch multiple bass/walleye/pike etc. Although I will fish for them if no muskies are biting but secretly am still hoping a muskie will end up on the end of the line.
Other hobbies are totally neglected now, Car sits under a cover in the garage, snowmobiles get very few miles a year, guns stay in the safe, havent been hunting in years. etc
Good thing the GF is cool with it and just being on the water with me. No kids so thats a non issue. Now if I could only find more time off work to be out there more. |
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| Fishing is my favorite thing to do, period.
It used to be bow hunting for monster bucks, and shed hunting.
I put more time in, shed hunting, than anything else.
Now that I'm retired, and moved out of Illinois, I don't shed hunt anymore.
All my time is spent fishing in northern Minnesota. I do fish some, in Florida, during the winter.
I love to fish for bass and walleye, in May and early June, but it's all about muskies, after that!!!! |
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Location: Oregon | I enjoy building lures as much as fishing. Time of year determines which fish is current fav, spring is chinook and bass, summer musky and bass, fall chinook, winter steelhead.
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| Finally had a good season on the water for my efforts. I think fishing muskies just took over as my favorite thing to do, now bow hunting is second. |
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Location: Minnesota | Musky fishing is hard to beat. In oct. is when it gets tuff .out fishing not seeing any thing I think I should be in the woods .when im in the woods I think I should be fishing. I love my fishing but hunting is just as fun. there are a few more weeks to chase birds unless I go to a game farm. Then its just a long wait till musky season . |
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| Family, Friends, work (have to work) fishing, everything else......
Fish
1.musky
2.Striper
3. walleye
4 SM Bass
all other species 5th |
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Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | I am fortunate that I get to fish for Arapima in Guyana South America, Roosterfish in Costa Rica, King Salmon on the Skajit River in Washington State and Halibut fishing off Bristol Bay,Alaska.Each one of the other fish above are all great to catch and each also takes a level of skill to land, but there is in my mind more to be said about out smarting a Jumbino Muskie, my favorite for sure!
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Location: Brookfield, WI | I'd rather dance. Or swim.
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| Yes I think musky are awesome as you asked and no I don't think they should be stocked everywhere as there are enough lakes around with musky to be had. I can see other lakes getting stocked to spread the joy of musky fishing but not every lake.
For fishing it sure is my favorite fish to target.
I love musky fishing as I married a fishing nut also my wife grew up fishing all the time and when I got the musky bug she was not far behind me. My daughter loves to get out musky fishing and has been a great partner since she was around 7 years old. My so is 9 now and likes it at times but still like to fish for other fish which is OK by me on the days we get out together as I will target musky as he pounds the bait fish.
I also love musky fishing as I get to share this passion with many people who never fished musky before and watch there excitement as they have a musky chase there bait boat side and even better when they hook up on the figure 8.
Is it my all time favorite thing to do Yes and No
Yes as its a family thing lots of times.
No as again this fall I did not get out much as I was doing non fishing things with my family and only hit the water 3-4 times from the end of September family always comes first.
As for the guys here who put down Work above fishing musky you are lucky to have a job that makes you that happy. Im working my way towards there maybe one day until then I will work to pay bills. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Over all the years allot of "hobbies" came and went and came back and went again...golf,football, basketball, coaching, motorcycles, hunting, etc...I gave up hunting to not miss out on all Fall Fishing available. I gave up golf to buy fish camp, I also gave up motorcycles to buy fish camp. ( I now have another scooter though!) Time is now the demanding thing. Time just divided between the species I want to fish is hard to come by. Since I am still working, time to be there when it's right is another! I would rank Muskie fishing in the top 5 also. |
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| Gave up a chance to play golf professionally after college a year ago to continue my passion for Muskie fishing.
I have no regrets.
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Location: ON | JOHN FALLON - 10/26/2013 10:23 AM
Hands down my favorite thing to do . My wife is pregnant with our first and I plan on using my unborn child as an excuse to buy a new boat since fishing will now be a family activity. Is that wrong ????
I just did the same.
Believe me its not so bad when your child wakes up @ 4:30 & you spend an hr with them until they go back down, all of a sudden its 5:30, and you can hit the water.
Either way its awesome. You will have more time to fish the first year than the second, so if you are in question about a boat, year 1 is the year!
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