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| Reelwise was fishing the same lake as me today and put one of his partners on a 37" for only his 3rd fish ever.
it was nice to watch the process from netting, unhooking, photo, measure and release. it was clear that Brandyn was talking the angler through the process, as he was smooth and quick, especially for not having handled many muskies before.
i particularly liked the way he measured the fish on the bump board IN the water.
i've got one of Brandyn's bump boards, and since it floats, i'll probably adopt doing this myself. i don't know why i never thought of it before - great idea, Brandyn! (and great bump board, too...)
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Location: Illinois | -Congrats on the catch. friend of Reelwise
-Brandyn looks like a musky ninja
-kudos Lambeau for goin' positive & highlighting someone "doin' it right"
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Location: syracuse indiana | good job brandyn...bill |
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| Thanks for the pictures Mike. I'm sure Dan will like to have them. Nice job getting that 40 on a sucker right before dark. |
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Location: Irvine, KY | we should post more things like this on here |
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Location: New Hope MN | first thing i noticed was, a fall day with no big waves. Why couldn't I get one a those!? Nice pics and great job! |
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | Explain the bump board in the water please.
I am interested. |
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Location: Madison, WI | Excellent job!! I heard some horror stories from this weekend about a mid-forties trolled up on waubesa that saw the bottom of the boat twice! Once to get the hooks out then again when it was dropped. I heard the release wasn't very pleasant either. |
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| Magruter, that fish you are talking about was caught right next to us by a spoonplugger after he trolled around us a half casts lengths away multiple times. Another spoonplugger in another boat did the same thing... they would creep up literally 20 yards from my boat, turn around, and gun it. It felt like I was on Shabbona or Webster. The fish was 45". It was out of the water a good 5+ minutes... maybe even more. At least it was released, but it was pretty bad. One of the spoonpluggers stopped to talk to us. Pretty nice guy, but I wish his friend in the other boat knew what he was doing. Were you on the lake? I was in the black and white Esox Mag in the pictures above.
As for the bumpboard... it floats so you can easily measure fish in the water. The measurement isnt the most important thing so if it ends up shaking free back into the water...oh well; its better than having it thrashing around the bottom of the boat. The fish doesnt lose as much slime either.
Edited by Reelwise 11/24/2008 11:40 AM
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Location: Madison, WI | I wasn't on the lake, my buddy ski patrol (Andy) was insight of the catch. He has a nice mirrocraft fish/ski, with a 115 suziki.
Edited by Magruter 11/24/2008 11:43 AM
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| As for the bumpboard... it floats so you can easily measure fish in the water. The measurement isnt the most important thing so if it ends up shaking free back into the water...oh well; its better than having it thrashing around the bottom of the boat. The fish doesnt lose as much slime either.
making the bump board with 3 sides on the front half (kind of like a trough) would help this work even better. almost like a cradle, it would hold the fish in place but also provide for more accurate measurements than the cradle does...
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| It would be kinda tough fitting one of those fat, green bay fish in it though. The bottom piece would have to be a little wider. Would be hard to hold the fish with the extra "wall" too. I guess you wouldnt really have to hold it. Not a bad idea.
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Location: Antioch, IL | First thing I noticed in the release photo (since I am notorious for it myself)...Don't forget to roll up your sleeves before you dip your arms into the water. |
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Location: McFarland | Yeah I was watching that release through the binos on Waubesa. I was on the inside edge of the rock pile and saw him catch it a ways off the outside edge. While he was holding it vertically for some photos he dropped it in the bottom of the boat (almost looked like a body slam) and let it sit there for a good 30-40 seconds before finally picking it up and just tossing it overboard. We went and looked around the area for 15-20 minutes and couldn't find it floating so hopefully it was alright. |
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| Good job Brandyn! |
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| First thing I noticed about the pic.... A fish with an open mouth, and a thumb waaaay to close to it!!  |
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| here's a picture of the bump board that Brandyn makes.
he was also good enough to donate one for the Vermilion Outing.
it's a copy of the popular Dunwright board, with a number of bonus features:
- as shown above, it floats
- back half folds under the front to keep hinges away from the fish
- velcro holds it closed so it doesn't flop open when moving it around
- custom built for either left-hand or right-hand bump
- customizable color bars
- thicker, more durable material, but still lightweight
i've got one and recommend it if you're in the market this winter.
E-mail: [email protected]
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| yah, his thumb is askin for it!
imo laying the fish down in the boat w/ a wet bump board is a better way to do it. If the fish goes nuts you have much more control of the fish in the boat, rather than laying over the side of your boat with your belly on the gunnel and arms stretched out. I could see the fish thrashing and goodbye. no measurement.
a wet bump board in the boat takes all of 3 seconds to measure a fish, though i commend the idea it just doesn't seem like a better mouse trap to me.
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| would be nice to see a floating bump board.congratulation to those guys,they take care! |
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