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Location: Green Bay, WI | LOL...sounds like the battle we had with a foul-hooked 47-incher with a BAD attitude!
It wasn't us, was it?
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Location: Green Bay, WI | esox50 - 11/18/2007 8:06 PM
NICE JOB, MIKE! You make it sound easy! Will there be a 3-peat??
Tom,
Your boat is on a ROLL! How many 50s in the last couple weeks? Three?
Yup, with a nice FAT 47" fish thrown in to boot today!
I guess it's true--even a blind pig *can* find an acorn once in a while...
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| tcbetka - 11/18/2007 8:21 PM
I guess it's true--even a blind pig *can* find an acorn once in a while...
TB
Hey as I like to say, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good! Although it sounds like you were pretty well dialed into the fish over there for a while now, Tom!
Wait, pigs eat acorns? lol!! Looks like I need to put a few pigs in my front yard!! Look out squirrels, Babe is movin in!
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Thanks!
Although I will have to admit that the fish in the river are kicking my butt... Can't buy one there it seems. I can locate them, but am just not there when they want to bite. So there's *definitely* room for improvement, in that respect.
Honestly though, I think there are a number of guys over here that make me look like an amateur. We really have a great bunch of guys in the Titletown club, I tell you.
TB
Edited by tcbetka 11/18/2007 8:30 PM
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Location: The desert | Hey guys, I honestly dont know what to say....two 50's in two trips? The only thing that I can really think of is a Big THANK YOU to Tom. Who would take a dumb college kid who hasnt trolled for much of anything in his entire life and doesnt know what the heck he is doing trolling? First time out I break his rod holder, second time out the trolling motor prop gets clipped off, the wind was likely at fault for that, but I must be bad luck. Tom is a blast to fish with, and really knows what he is doing out on the Bay, if anyone ever has the opportunity to fish with Tom, dont pass it up, if you do you are truly missing out!
As Tom and Sorno have said we opened up the day with a sweet double...one rod goes off screaming so Tom grabs that rod, I grab the one next to him to clear it out of his way....so I'm crankin in as fast as I can when all of a sudden I just get stopped, so I set the hook and say to Tom, "I got on too! It feels big!" So were all excited thinking we have a great double going. Then its back to reality with two carp snagged in the sides. Carp! I mean Crap! Same thing I guess....
So we get back to trolling. After some time we notice a board is popped. So Tom goes back to bring it in and I drive the boat. After pumping the rod a few times we hear the clicker go nuts and Tom thinks we're snagged. So I throw the boat in neutral, then Tom says, "I think its a fish!" Sure enough, turns out the fish hit while Tom was bringing the board back in. After an extravagent chinese fire drill we have a FAT 47 incher in the net, a new PB for Tom! Great job buddy, that was one heck of an exhausting fight. My leg cramped halfway through and I almost fell in several times.
Then after trolling through the Packer game, right as the Packers took the final knee to go to 9-1 a rod goes off. I was up and grabbed it and had the fish on. It felt good as soon as I had the rod in my hand. After Tom got all the lines cleared and several strong runs and headshakes we got it up to the boat and in the Kahuna. At first we didnt think it was real big, we knew it was fat but weren't sure on the length. Once we got it out of the net there was little question that it was a 50. What a day with a good friend!
Also congrats to Jomusky who we saw land two good fish today as well!
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| NICE!!!!!!!!!! I have to get back up there one more time |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | OK, here's a biology question for everyone...are those fish:
1) Esox masquinongy masquinongy; or...
2) Esox masquinongy ohioensis?
Incidentally, neither were fin-clipped nor tagged. And I would like to mention that both were caught on the same *barbless* Swimmin' Joe.
And on that note, I would adamantly encourage everyone who uses a Swimmin' Joe to flatten out the barbs. These fish absolutely CRUSH those lures, and I thought we were going to lose the 53" fish we caught two days ago. She engulfed the thing, and it took several minutes to unhook her--clipping every barb on the lure. That's the last fish I catch on a Swimmin' Joe with barbed hooks. Trust me--you don't need them...
The 47" got herself foul-hooked with ONE barb on one treble, and after a 10 minute battle that included PointerPride gymnastics, we were still able to land her successfully.
TB
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Location: minocqua, wi. | very nice Mike! |
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| PP!
College student turned pig farmer!
Way to go man. Seems like only yesterday that you waded streams and were like Tom Sawyer, now you're on The Great Lakes catching the king of beasts.
Our litte boy is growing up.
Now, how's the whole...Graduate, get a job, pay off student loans thing going 
Enjoy your time in your prime.
Congrats from a guy who never went to a single class, but marked his territory and got lucky on "The Square" on a regular basis.
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| Nice fish but what made me smile the most was the background edited out on a 35" fish! LOL |
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| my bud got a nice 39 incher from a small stream in ohio. beautiful day to fish . (sat) MD |
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| PP102 better go buy a lottery ticket or 2.
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Since when has a Bimini top become standard musky fishing equipment?
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Location: Green Bay, WI | muskynightmare - 11/20/2007 12:32 AM
Since when has a Bimini top become standard musky fishing equipment?
LOL! You mean not *everyone* has one?
The funny thing is that I think the muskies actually like it... We've spotted a couple swimming on their side next to the boat, giving us the eagle-eye.
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | That binini has been the envy of everyone out in this nasty weather.
It is on the list for my dream trolling boat.
There we are trolling around in my 21' Bass boat using the 200 EFI Merc.
Anybody out there know of an old beater fixer upper boat for sale? 18-20', closed bow, full windshield, not inboard motor, no motor.
Maybe we should have stuck it out on Sunday...but we did just beat the game traffic.
Very nice fish Tom. Ours were 39" and 41".
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Location: On the River | Nothing chasing the sucker or casting on Saturday. Caught a 48.5 on a sucker Sunday and lost a 40 at the boat. Fished mid week and caught 3 on tuesday 42 ,40, 35 and on thursday a 39. Looking forward to a 4 day fishing weekend. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Jomusky - 11/20/2007 6:46 AM
That binini has been the envy of everyone out in this nasty weather.
It is on the list for my dream trolling boat.
There we are trolling around in my 21' Bass boat using the 200 EFI Merc.
Anybody out there know of an old beater fixer upper boat for sale? 18-20', closed bow, full windshield, not inboard motor, no motor.
Maybe we should have stuck it out on Sunday...but we did just beat the game traffic.
Very nice fish Tom. Ours were 39" and 41".
Thanks Jo... You guys will get them next time--you're too good of a fisherman not to. There were *several* boats that we never saw catch a fish out there, so for you guys to have caught two that day really says something as well. It's just a matter of time.
I love the full windshield, bimini top and side curtains. And next year I will have an aft storm curtain! I have an aft curtain now, but you couldn't fish with it on as it goes down at an angle from the back of the bimini, to the back seat area and covers the gunwales. It will take the fitter a couple weeks to fabricate it for me, so it must wait until after the season. I am also having them replace the silly plastic fittings on the bimini top, as I am afraid they will crack in the cold. We have been quite fortunate that the temperature hasn't been too terribly cold yet thus far. The winds are bad some days, but that doesn't affect the brittleness of the plastic. But it will be ready for next year.
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