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Posts: 1764 Location: Ogden, Ut | Much thanks to my fishing partners and friends here at Mfirst for taking such a keen interest in getting me my first pure-strain muskie. The grand event came to a close at 11:45 last night after a full day of...well nothing. After attacking the Pond late morning until about 5:30 w/o seeing, much less sticking a fish, we collectively cried 'uncle' and congregated around the barbeque grill for some gourmet burgers (truly good burgers Tawni) and make a plan for after dark. The 'plan' called for hitting selected areas w/ a minimum of bait changes and beat them to submission! IaJustin scored first w/ a nice 44 3/4" specimen off the rocks (a late game alteration by our supremely confident guide - well that and the fact that there were 7 boats working the weeds we had intended to go). The confidence and enthusiasm tanks were thusly refilled! More casting, more casting, more casting, hey, this fishing is kinda fun... We pounded the rocks until we were convinced that the fish were no longer interested in our offerings, then back to the weeds we had originally intended to fish. After skillfully dodging a few walleye boats, and a few muskie boats SJ set us up on a breakline drift that ultimately paid off big. With about 15 minutes left to fish in my schedule, my XX bucktail got a bit lighter about half way back to the boat. I set the hook on what became my first non-hybrid muskie and after a battle that was probably quite short, but seemed like a couple hours, SJ dove onto a 13" Jake and impaled his knee as he netted my fish. We then had our celebratory string cheese and called it a night. 44 1/2 " and also my new personal best. I hope the other cameras in the boat came up w/ some good pics too. Thanks much to my boat partners and supporting cast...SJ, Justin, Tawni, PK and Baldy. Thanks also for the support and encouragement to my 'phone tree' - you know who you are. S. Edited by sorenson 7/30/2006 8:52 AM Attachments ----------------  justinweb.JPG (57KB - 174 downloads) sjandsorno.JPG (50KB - 171 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 1764 Location: Ogden, Ut | Hopeful - yeah, I released him; a couple of times that day in fact. I'm not sure Tawni's gonna let him go though  Extreme one - Bugs? what bugs? Cady - S. | ||
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| Perseverance paid off!!! Great job Sorno. Hows your arm after throwing nothing but a XX for 12 hours?? Glad I could be there! When you get time email me the pics [email protected] | |||
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