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Posts: 2865 Location: Brookfield, WI | I know, not the catchiest title, but it was a pretty catchiest SalmonFirst Outing. I thought about naming this thread "When the water's too hot", or "You Can't Find These in MN," or "Who says the WI DNR can't manage a fishery?" or "He's Holding That Wrong, That Fish is Dead," or "Some A-Hole Cut Me Off," but in the end decided that a simple "Salmon" more than suffices, and in the long run would be a bit more positive, and God knows we can use a little positivity here during the dog days of Summer. Last night and early this morning the First Annual SalmonFirst Outing took place out of Racine. Man oh man, it hurts so good. It officially, or unofficially, depending I guess on how you look at it, began on Friday night when I motored out of the Racine launch area at about 8:00 pm with my favorite flatlanders, Andrew and Nikki Golden. Our Musky/SalmonFirst brethren, Chuck Nelson, Tuffy1, Lenda, and MuskyTime were already working the waters in what I consider with some bias, the greatest of the Great Lakes. Slamr probably drew the short straw for the first part of the outing, because, to be honest, he's pretty much on his own when I get a chance to sit in a boat and chat amiably with his wife. We caught one fish, and had a couple others that did not hook up long enough for battle. Chuck and his group of miscreants were somewhat more successful on Friday, but I'll leave their Friday stories for them to report, as I was not a witness. Around 11:45 pm we adjourned to the launch area for a modest sandwich buffet. At that time we were joined by Larry, a WalleyeFirst member who'd been astute enough to have responded to Slamr's post in that venue. I was transferred to the Chuck Nelson crew, Tuffy1 made the short jaunt home to get his boat, and at 1:30 am the three boats headed back out into the gloaming to catch more shiny fish. As Chuck Nelson predicted, the Salmon were hungry this morning. We had seven nice fish in Chuck's coffin size cooler by about 4:30 am, and Tuffy1 and Slamr were also enjoying success. Then it got much more funner. At that time, the unflappable MuskyTime began fighting what would become the biggest fish of the outing at 20+ pounds. He would battle this hard pulling fish for about 30 minutes. As he slowly worked this shiny beauty to the boat, we had no fewer than five other strikes. Chuck landed two fish, and I landed two fish before the big one was in the net. Both Chuck and I were holding two rods with fish taking line at separate times. When MuskyTime's fish was finally unhooked, I was driving the boat, we had just one of eight rods still dragging a bait, and there were three other 10+- pound kings laying on the floor of the boat. You would have though a bomb went off. Absolutely incredible. We caught three more to limit out just before 6:00 am, the final fish so eager to be caught it hit a bait while Chuck was holding the rod in his hand and still getting it set. Tuffy1 and Slamr also had successful mornings, and by 8:30 we were BS'ing at the launch picnic tables. The fish were then slashed up and bagged for later consumption. They can tell their stories, (Slamr and Joel, not the fish, their story telling days are over), if they feel the urge. This truly was a great experience. Huge thanks from me to Chuck and Andrew. There's a lot of work goes into this multi-line trolling thing so a fat person like me can reap the rewards. I also want to thank Joel for be being so tall and skinny, and for bugging the heck out us on the radio for the majority of the morning. Next time any of you are feeling the summer bummers and you see an outing like this is being organized, I stongly suggest you take advantage of the opportunity. It's a lot more fun than arguing on the internet. Below are a few SalmonFirst Outing pics. Kevin My arms are tired. Glow Wonderbread. Edited by MuskyHopeful 8/4/2007 9:27 PM Attachments ----------------  0804salmon 006.jpg (97KB - 78 downloads) 0804salmon 008.jpg (113KB - 91 downloads) 0804salmon 010.jpg (99KB - 93 downloads) 0804salmon 012.jpg (88KB - 68 downloads) 0804salmon 013.jpg (106KB - 76 downloads) 0804salmon 014.jpg (76KB - 80 downloads) | ||
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| c44hmusky |
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| Crash_McGolden |
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Posts: 127 Location: NW burbs of Chicago | |||
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Posts: 7037 Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | I just wish more people had come out for this one! We were small in numbers, but had a great time none the less. I think my boat was out of positive mojo from Thursdays action, but we did manage to get into some fish. -Thanks again to MuskyHopeful for being the cold cut buffet master, as well as fun in the boat. -Thanks to my wife for being such a good sport even when the cold overnight was kinda kickin ya! -Thanks to Chuck for the continual teaching and help in getting on fish. -Thanks to Larry Eaton for keeping such a sharp eye on the rods, even though I was half asleep a good portion of the morning! -Thanks to the Skinny Tin Can, for keeping me frustrated pretty much all morning with your calls of success. You might not have heard me yell into the night "stop calling me!!!". -The crazy old lady in a nightgown who at 1:15AM came up to us asking "which way is west?". Who then walked south, clad still, only in a pink nightgown, slippers and a handbag. Well, gonna go lay on the couch now, pretty full from dinner (salmon in mango salsa).....and still smiling that not only did we catch some fish, but that we had the distinction of being the first OutdoorsFIRST Outing that had to call the cops, but this time just to help the nice old lady who might still be walking South. Attachments ---------------- salmonfirst11.jpg (290KB - 81 downloads) salmonfirst8.jpg (152KB - 83 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 578 Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | |||
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Posts: 3240 Location: Racine, Wi | I finally got the pic of Josh and my fish posted. Good times were had indeed. Attachments ---------------- Josh and Joel.jpg (118KB - 86 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 468 Location: Not where I wanna be! | |||
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