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| I have caught a Frabill net, tube sock, and a gizzard shad here in Illinois.
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Location: Walker, MN | I didn't catch it yet but I have pulled 'skis off of a spot that has a wheel chair sitting on the bottom about 30' off the end of a dock. Really weird. It is only visible on the brightest calm days. I'm saving that one for just the right person in the boat. |
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| T-shirt, sunglasses, fish basket, and a nasty leech trap |
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Location: South shore of Lake St. Clair | 14-1/2 lb channel cat...hit on a Mepps Musky Killer |
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Location: oswego, il | Buffalo carp, several in the mouth, shopping cart. |
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Location: Hudson, WI | Blue heron in mid-flight night fishing. |
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| Numerous aquatic birds, a few turtles, a giant carp, lots of lures, jigs and fishing line, and what I thought might have been a log at first. It was HEAVY. As I got it closer to the boat and could finally see it, I started thinking "rope? Some sort of tow cable? What the heck IS that??" It wasn't until I had finally manhandled it to within reach when we realized what it was. I never really thought about how they get power out to the island homes from the mainland until that day.
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| A condom trolling on Mille Lacs. A buddy caught caught a spike anchor out there too, thought he had the state record on!! |
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Location: Bemidji | Duck decoy weight, and the occasional crawfish |
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA | mushroom anchor |
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Location: Lincoln, NE | Ripping pounders on a sand flat I thought I had a hit, reeled in and had a carp scale about the size of a half dollar stuck on my hook. Wonder what he thought when he got T-boned by my pounder doing about Mach 10. |
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| I saw a guy I know catch a loon in the arse. It was kinda sad, kinda funny. Completely unintentional. Then all these other loons showed up and were gathering around his boat. He had to reel it in, and cut the hooks. I think he was using a medussa, so you wouldn't wanna leave that thing hanging from a loons arse. |
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| My partner hooked a loon that hit a jerk bait boatside during the WMT Championship---netted it, wrestled the bait out of its wing and let it go. Bird was fine, but anyone who's had a loon chase knows your first reaction is that it's a 50 lb musky. Also brought up an anchor after a 10 minute fight that ended up being a gift at Xmas. |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | A Sea Gull on a Dancin' Raider. Shot down out of the sky and wacked it before I could get it away from it. It wasn't happy at all! |
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Location: The desert | Beatsbyair - 1/22/2014 1:12 PM
I saw a guy I know catch a loon in the arse. It was kinda sad, kinda funny. Completely unintentional. Then all these other loons showed up and were gathering around his boat. He had to reel it in, and cut the hooks. I think he was using a medussa, so you wouldn't wanna leave that thing hanging from a loons arse.
I think a good rule of thumb is to never leave anything hanging in any form of arse. Dingleberries aren't particularly enjoyable, imagine a fish hook! |
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| Buddy of mine caught an old rusted out beer can.
Caught a kite this past fall.
And.....a diaper in the Fox Chain in Illinois. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i caught a beaver and my partner caught a pelican …. |
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| While trolling at an Illinois lake we came up on a hump and I knew my deep rod was going to get into the bottom. About that time the drag started singing telling me I was hung. Lugged it in and it was a broken rod with a calcutta on it. Its line was hung on something which I never did get up. Too bad it was a left handed reel. |
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | BFD - 1/22/2014 1:55 PM
A condom trolling on Mille Lacs.
This explains the low numbers on Lacs...  |
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| Lots of nets, Fishing rods ( a few with fish still on other end), carp, catfish, sturgeon, condoms, pantys, jeans, sweatshirts, lots of anchors, pistol holster, 5 gallon bucket, Ice cream pails, a crappie on a creeper, muskrat, several snapping turtles, beaver, burlap sack, fruit of the looms, easter basket, t-shirts, duck, ski rope, ladder, gar, trolling motor, fish finder (old flasher), xmas tree, lots of beer cans, paddlefish, socks, diaper, doll, plastic bags, dogfish on figure 8, mannequin, fish basket full of rotten bluegills, dead otter, a 4' I beam with 50 feet of rope tied to it and lots of misc. trash.
The joys of the Madison Chain
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madisonmuskyguide.com
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Location: Lake St.Clair | I pitched a dawg over a grouping of birds my line came down from the weight of the dawg and slammed thr little bird into the water got it on gopro lol. And a huge cat that got snagged by a pounder. |
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| Jeff Hanson - 1/22/2014 3:06 PM
Lots of nets, Fishing rods ( a few with fish still on other end), carp, catfish, sturgeon, condoms, pantys, jeans, sweatshirts, lots of anchors, pistol holster, 5 gallon bucket, Ice cream pails, a crappie on a creeper, muskrat, several snapping turtles, beaver, burlap sack, fruit of the looms, easter basket, t-shirts, duck, ski rope, ladder, gar, trolling motor, fish finder (old flasher), xmas tree, lots of beer cans, paddlefish, diaper, doll, plastic bags, dogfish on figure 8, mannequin, dead otter and lots of misc. trash.
The joys of the Madison Chain
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com
Wow Jeff -- sounds like you're fishing in the Fox River up by Green Bay |
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| Figure eighted a dogfish on a bucktail. |
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| I had a bald eagle swoop over my head and grab a Bobbie bait, taking off into the air. I froze for a split second then gave a little tick, prompting the feathered beast to drop it. As it hit, another unseen eagle appeared and made a play at it. I jerked hard, diving the lure while screaming at the thing. |
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| Jeff Hanson - 1/22/2014 3:06 PM
Lots of nets, Fishing rods ( a few with fish still on other end), carp, catfish, sturgeon, condoms, pantys, jeans, sweatshirts, lots of anchors, pistol holster, 5 gallon bucket, Ice cream pails, a crappie on a creeper, muskrat, several snapping turtles, beaver, burlap sack, fruit of the looms, easter basket, t-shirts, duck, ski rope, ladder, gar, trolling motor, fish finder (old flasher), xmas tree, lots of beer cans, paddlefish, diaper, doll, plastic bags, dogfish on figure 8, mannequin, fish basket full of rotten bluegills, dead otter, a 4' I beam with 50 feet of rope tied to it and lots of misc. trash.
The joys of the Madison Chain
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com
Sounds like the Madison Chain and the Fox Chain have a lot in common! |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | caught a seagull but the best fight was from a 2 foot square piece of plywood that I had caught almost on center. It would go one way then take off in another direction thought I had a monster. Another memorable fight was a 10 pound lake trout with the front treble of a Quebec Train in its mouth and the back treble in its dorsal coming in sideways. |
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Location: Hudson, WI | Here's another...
My friend Todd and I were out trolling one day and his rod goes. He's fighting it..."can't tell what this is"...when it gives him a big power run. This is a big fish. Then it starts coming in easy."Comin' at the boat!" Then it really bull dogs him 20 feet from the boat. "It's a DANDY!...wait...it's not a fish." It was one of those old bi-fold lawn chairs that kept opening and shutting on the way in.
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| Had a Red Tail Hawk swoop down on a glider, grabbed it and started flyin away with it, was actually a few feet above my head, gave it a good yank, and of course the Bait came flyin rite back at my face, close call but turned out alright! |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | a plastic stack chair and then the guy in the back of the boat cast to the same spot and hook another one! Try moving around the boat hauling two of those to the garbage! Also a divers face mask, fairly good one too, it was suspended in weeds and got hooked in the strap. Someone mentioned catching Buffalo Carp earlier. When the Buff's are banging Muskie baits I am all about it! had one snap a XH muskie rod two years ago!
But the weirdest thing ever caught while Muskie fishing in my boat was a lawn tractor. Looks like it was parked on the hill and must have rolled in. Was completely submerged in about 5 foot of water. Took a reef hawg to the steering wheel. |
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| Wait a minute... a mannequin??
That's funny in and of itself, but was there ever a point where you thought you might have just snagged a body? I gotta admit, trolling up a corpse could really f up a good day of fishing... |
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Location: central Wisconsin | Thought I snagged a body one time on the Minocqua chain. Fishing in about 25 feet of water with a Depth Raider and hooked something solid. I knew it wasn't a fish but kept horsing it straight up to the boat. When it got within 8 feet or so of the surface I could see what looked like a huge mass of blonde curly hair. Well I kept going and what happened was I snagged a nylon anchor rope that was attached to an anchor snagged up on something. The rope was all frayed and expanded and it looked just like a head of hair coming up from the bottom of the lake. |
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Location: Lake St.Clair | That would have me creeped out lol i can only imagine the feeling hahaha.
I've thought about two or three times hooking up to a body out there. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | I caught an old crappy fishing pole/spinning reel on Waubesa.
My kids have got these giant bullfrogs on their line while bass fishing in the pond in my backyard. They're kinda freaky. When you hold them up to get the hook out, they stretch out to about 18 inches head to feet and they pee all over the place. |
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| Snagged a large Snapping Turtle by it hind paw in the Allegheny River, wasn't hard to unhook. It sure was upset...CPRed it  |
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Location: SE, WI. | Jeff Hanson - 1/22/2014 3:06 PM Lots of nets, Fishing rods ( a few with fish still on other end), carp, catfish, sturgeon, condoms, pantys, jeans, sweatshirts, lots of anchors, pistol holster, 5 gallon bucket, Ice cream pails, a crappie on a creeper, muskrat, several snapping turtles, beaver, burlap sack, fruit of the looms, easter basket, t-shirts, duck, ski rope, ladder, gar, trolling motor, fish finder (old flasher), xmas tree, lots of beer cans, paddlefish, socks, diaper, doll, plastic bags, dogfish on figure 8, mannequin, fish basket full of rotten bluegills, dead otter, a 4' I beam with 50 feet of rope tied to it and lots of misc. trash. The joys of the Madison Chain Jeff Hanson madisonmuskyguide.com Jeff; Hopefully none of those hit the Headbanger! You may be able to start up your own good will store with that list!!! |
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Location: Richland Center, WI. | I once caught a water skiing tow rope while trolling (yeah I know) on Lake Redstone. My daughter beat that though. She had an owl hit a creeper. Had told her not to set the hook until you feel weight. Well, she felt the weight, set the hook and reeled the owl in. Funny, owls don't sit on the water like a duck!
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Location: St Paul, Minnesota | I had a bat get tangled in my line on a cast out. After some fine work untangling his little wings from my powerpro and he flew off. |
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Location: Western U.P. | A 32" long 12 lb Walleye on a 7" Myers Soft Tail Crank. Wasn't expecting to see that when it surfaced after being hooked. |
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| Caught a Hellbender's (giant salamanders), lamprey, foul hooked giant Sturgeon, shopping cart, potato sack and Bondy Baits |
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| Lots of odd things to chose from, many very large gamefish, snagged a 60lb grass carp trolling - thought I had the state record for about the first 30 seconds.. but one of the craziest was a 12" bullhead after dark, that swallowed a DB 10!!.....how that fish got all three hooks of a 7/0 treble hook in its mouth I'll never know? one of the few fish Ive released that I don't think made it
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| caught a large gar while trolling a 9" muskie bait. Had a hard time netting it, as it wouldn't fit into the net with the long bill and its size. The bait was in the mouth of the gar. At first, I thought I had a nice muskie on. |
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Location: Detroit River | I've caught 2 anchors, a 16' wood plank (put up a hell of a fight in the current :)), shoes, hats, socks, women's panties & bras, sunglasses, caught a Bondy Bait with a Bondy Bait, several walleye jigs & handling shanks. Hooked a 55" sturgeon in the tail. Pulled in a huge clump of weeds that had about 50 1" to 1.5" long baby catfish inside it & got stung by the little bastards & my finger hurt for a week (didn't see them inside the weeds when I was pulling them off my bait). |
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Location: S.W. WI | Not really that strange- but i got a 9 lb 30 inch walleye on a nice, big 14 inch sucker I paid $8 dollards for. It was my only sucker that day so I was pretty dissapointed... ... Really? ? was my biggest walleye ever. |
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| I caught about a 6" clam at Wabigoon last year on a Super D. And it was actually hooked in the mouth (if you'd call it that). |
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Location: Algonac, MI | I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator.
He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts.
BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod 700 Tekota, took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!!
He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either.
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| Contender - 1/23/2014 12:44 PM
I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator.
He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts.
BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!!
He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either.
This is the best one...WOW..
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Location: Knot on the WATER | seen a guy lake of the woods, crow rock area fishing by camp, great horned owl swooped down on his bait, he reeled it in, covered her with a towel and took the hooks out, all good. flew away happily as ever, but sore I'm sure. |
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Location: Hudson, WI | Contender - 1/23/2014 12:44 PM
I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator.
He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts.
BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod 700 Tekota, took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!!
He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either.
That's horrible/awesome. |
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Location: NE Ohio | Last year I snagged and retrieved a Drifter Tackle Muskie Stalker. The crazy thing was it was a custom painted one that I lost about 2 months before! |
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| Had a 40.5" flathead inhale a big chimney crank bait. I couldn't budge it then saw a huge white belly roll. I thought I had a monster musky. My fishing partner also hooked and reeled in a carbon arrow. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Moltisanti - 1/23/2014 1:35 PM
Contender - 1/23/2014 12:44 PM
I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator.
He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts.
BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod 700 Tekota, took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!!
He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either.
That's horrible/awesome.
Now that's what I like to hear! |
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Location: Detroit River | Moltisanti - 1/23/2014 2:35 PM Contender - 1/23/2014 12:44 PM I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator. He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts. BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod 700 Tekota, took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!! He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either. That's horrible/awesome. Ya horrible that he didn't get his lure back & awesome that the Sweetness bag on the jet ski got 3 hooks in him for being a dumb chit.
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| Contender - 1/23/2014 12:44 PM
I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator.
He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts.
BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod 700 Tekota, took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!!
He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either.
I'm wondering what brand of rod holder you were using? Should settle that ever popular thread debate topic once and for all. |
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| After a day of throwing double tens I decided to change up and throw a topraider for a bit. A brand new topraider at that... Not thinking about the fact that topraiders fly just a bit further with just a bit less effort, I threw a cast. As many of you know, casting becomes sort of mindless after 8 hours or so, and you don't often watch where your cast is going because you already know where it's going to land. To my knowledge, that topraider still has yet to see water, and likely still sits where I left it when I cut the line, 40 feet up embedded in a tree. It was the largest thing I've ever caught by far!
Reminds me of a day when a buddy and I were bored after not seeing a fish all day and decided to see who could cast the farthest. (By far, the best lure I've found for that is a baby Wabull. It's like throwing a rock.) After about ten minutes of me beating him on every cast we decided to make it fair by using the same lure. His first cast with the baby Wabull was impressive to say the least. *WHOOSH!!* I actually lost sight of the lure as it flew through the air. I can't tell you how far it went. Halfway across the lake, I'd reckon. I looked at him, put my rod down, and said "#*^@. You win. You just put that thing into ORBIT! How the hell did you DO that?!?"
He looked back at me with this dumb look on his face and said "I forgot to fasten the snap, man!" Lots of laughs after that one.
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | got three anchors in the summer of 2010. since then my numbers on them have been way down. other then that nothing to exciting. |
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| live box turtle in the back foot, depth finder, folding anchor (sold it for $80), Maui Jim sunglasses, Incredible Hulk underpants, numerous condoms (recycled), twin size box spring, egret, and by far the best ever...a genuine fake rolex watch that kept perfect time for 2 1/2 YAC (years after catch). |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | We hooked a sunken tree while trolling on Mille Lacs. That thing was so much fun that after releasing it, we swung around and hooked it a second time. Amazing what one can pull up with modern Muskie rods.
Yeah, it was kind of a slow day.....
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Contender - 1/23/2014 12:44 PM
I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator.
He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts.
BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod 700 Tekota, took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!!
He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either. |
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| One nite on Vermilion my buddy had a bat hit his line about 6' from rod. When we realized what it was he started flailing around like he was trying to kill a bee with a broomstick. My rod, I'm hiding behind pedestal seat. After about 30 seconds when he was sure it was dead he stopped. We both busted up laughing. It was so tangled, had to cut line. Next morning at cafe in Tower eating breakfast look out window and there's a bat hanging in windowsill. We look at each other and start laughing.
Caught a monster snapping turtle while flathead fishing. It didn't come into the boat.
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Location: Algonac, MI | LarryO - 1/23/2014 7:25 PM
I'm wondering what brand of rod holder you were using? Should settle that ever popular thread debate topic once and for all.
Rod holder was a flush mount Lee's rocket launcher, in the gunnel. (fishing a larger boat) Drag was set right, so it did most the work.
For trolling...saltys for boat rods, and rocket lauchers for boards (clamp on tube or flush gunnel). I have broken the plastic holders on fish, so we don't use anything made from plastic.
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| Contender - 1/24/2014 2:07 PM
LarryO - 1/23/2014 7:25 PM
I'm wondering what brand of rod holder you were using? Should settle that ever popular thread debate topic once and for all.
Rod holder was a flush mount Lee's rocket launcher, in the gunnel. (fishing a larger boat ) Drag was set right, so it did most the work.
For trolling...saltys for boat rods, and rocket lauchers for boards (clamp on tube or flush gunnel ). I have broken the plastic holders on fish, so we don't use anything made from plastic.
I use the Down-east holders also, after a bad experience with one of the plastic brands. I've had several close calls with the jet skiers. One of the reasons I really only like to troll in the late fall season. |
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Location: Wisconsin River | Osprey, Hit the bait twice. Both times I didnt see him coming. Missed it the first try, as he was flying away with the bait the second try I was able to slowly pull the bait away without hooking up. Not sure how that would have went if I hooked him. |
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| I got free gear off ropes, free anchors, all kinds of stuff. Loons, Snapping turtles, Sturgen and one Turkey buzzard (Netted him off the surface because I felt bad) Always hate when people go missing in the lake. Thank god I never hooked a body. |
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| caught a 30-06 with the serial numbers filed off , it went back , best laugh was Horsehunter's lake Trout he caught on my boat , i too would have sworn it was the Muskie of all Muskies , we laughed so hard could hardly get it in the boat ! |
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| Slow Rollin - 1/23/2014 12:47 PM
Contender - 1/23/2014 12:44 PM
I have a list like Jeff, but most interesting hands down: A waverunner operator.
He came blasting out of Metro Beach, and ran between the boat and a fixed planer board. Going under the planer board line, but somehow DIDN'T clothes line himself. Guessing the "speed tuck position" he was sitting in, saved him. We were trolling West at 4kts and he was going East at about 40kts.
BUT......he was NOT lucky enough to miss the inside board line. Inside board rod took off screaming like never heard before. A 6" Bright Green Scale jointed Wiley King Jr firmly hooked in his shoulder, it ripped him right off the PWC!!!
He ended up going to the ER, to get 3 trebles removed. Sheriff wouldn't let us Knipex the hooks off the lure, and we never got the lure back, either.
This is the best one...WOW..
The revenge we have ALL wanted against jet skiers lol!!! |
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| It's a muskie but a funky one. We assume this was injured during stocking efforts. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Haven't caught too many odd things while Muskie fishing...... But did catch my PB 28" Walleye on a 5" Baker Shad bait. Also caught two of my biggest Smallies (20" and 21") on back to back casts on opposite sides of a rock pile on Nippising while Muskie fishing.
The craziest thing I ever hooked was while surf fishing for Stripers on Montauk's North End. It was the fall run and the shoreline was packed. Everyone was into fish one cast after another. We were casting surface poppers into the blitz..... I launched a cast and right before my bait hit the water a Northern Gannet flew right into my line about half way out and did about three somersault's wrapping it's wing up in my braid. I thought to myself oh just GREAT!! Then it tried to fly away. So here I am fighting this big bird trying my best not to harm it and I got anglers on both sides casting and fighting fish and this bird is going ape S#%^! I finally managed to get the bird under control and the guy next to me helped me capture it. We threw a towel over its head and went to work untangling it. Thank god we both had surf gloves on. That bird obviously was not happy but it flew away unharmed. Some of the comments I heard echoing down the shore were hilarious. I was back to fishing and thankfully caught no more birds that day.
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Its a long read, but fairly entertaining.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/articles/10.28.2008/1794/My.Forty.P... |
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Location: oswego, il | Nice beaver! |
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| Fishing line with fish and rig attached (Pike), Beer cans, bait bucket, mushroom anchor, and thought I had my first musky and it turned out to be a life jacket bag. That last one sucked...
Had an owl follow a pacemaker at night once. I yelled at it and it flew away.
Perhaps the funniest was Sturgeon Fishing with my H Predator. Caught a Burbot. My friend Mojo insists I am the only person alive to stick an Eelpout with Predator. Not sure if it is true or not, but still funny.
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| An anchor and a giant bra. Anchor was normal size. The bra was disturbing. |
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| My brother and I were grinding spinnerbaits one time in about 20ft of water. He reared back and set the hook hard on what for a short period of time we thought was the biggest muskie in the lake. What it was in actuality was a 20lb anchor that someone thought was a good idea to put on a bungy rope. As you can imagine the pulling back and forth of the bungy coupled with the weight of the anchor was pretty realistic for a good 20 seconds. We had a pretty good laugh, and a nice anchor when all was said and done. |
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| My buddy caught me. LUCKY the hooks didnt dig, but the leader and bait wrapped around my neck with the bait at my throat with the hooks barely sticking. I was on the other end of a 12ft boat. Still not sure exactly how he managed that. lol |
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| Caught a long very skinny muskie w/ a rusted cowbell on the side of its face. I never hooked the fish, my lure got tangled with the cowbell that stuck on the side of its face.
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| Brad P - 1/29/2014 10:56 AM
Perhaps the funniest was Sturgeon Fishing with my H Predator. Caught a Burbot. My friend Mojo insists I am the only person alive to stick an Eelpout with Predator. Not sure if it is true or not, but still funny.
Which is why you shall be known as the Burbot King.... Sturgeon on the left/ Burbot on the right...
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| A muskie that must have broke it's back being removed from the hatchery and or during stocking. I've seen some hunch back muskies before but this was an extreme. It went into a death spiral almost immediately after hooking it so the fight was a little weak. The amazing thing is this fish has be able for successfully forage for bait and grow. It was a healthy fish and swam off/downward quickly.
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| Saw thousands of these in the water at Lake Kinkaid. Did not pay much attention to them until my lure dragged one in. They are all over the trees in this one bay. Jelly like and very heavy! I was afraid to touch it. It fell off my lure when I tried to take it off the hook with a wet towel. Broke into a bunch of pieces. I had to Google it when I got home. Never knew they even existed!!!
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/bryozoa.html |
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| They are kind of scary looking when you drag them into the boat!
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| One night while trolling, at about 2:00 am, the line goes off. Because we had nothing the whole trip, we get excited, only to find out, we're reeling in an elastic band from some fat dude's undies...! Gross! We start laughing ... Crazy!
Got to love those night trolling trips! |
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| Pulled a bicycle off the bottom last fall. |
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