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| 1987 is when I started. So 27 years. |
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| 1987...since that fateful follow on Lake Minoqua. I was largemouth bass fishing in a weedbed, and this "big thing" followed in my spinnerbait (it was probably 35-36"). "Ummmm...Dad!?!?!?!? WHAT IS THAT?" I've rarely fished for anything else since. My Dad now says, "That day on Minoqua changed you forever." He is right. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Almost 22 years for me.
Caught the bug in July 1984, first muskie. It plays like a movie in my head to this day.
First trip designated solely for muskie October 16-18, 1992. I consider this my start. ** Fished small river. Fish missed on first cast, got the fish on second cast. Committed for life.
Committed + serious in 2000.
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | Caught my first in 1974 at 16 years old out of Little Green Lake in Wisconsin. Barely cracked the 30 inch mark, but it was the biggest, baddest fish I ever caught. I was hooked for life! |
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| I started fishing for muskies back in the late 70's on LOTW. It was a love hate relationship. This past 10 years has been a total blast. Now you can go out believing you will at least see something. Heck, if we don't put a fish in the net it feels like we really stunk the place up. |
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| if you want to meet some old muskie fishermen go to the fallouting at Spring Bay Myself included not the oldest but surely the wisest |
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| I started around 10yrs ago. What got me was when I was bass fishing a local lake and I had a big fish follow a floating rapala back to the boat and I had no idea what it was or what to do. A couple years after that I bought my first real muskie gear and landed a 36" that summer. I had caught my first muskie a couple years before that encounter but I wasn't sure what it was since it was only 15-18" long. I thought it was a weird pickerel. |
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Location: northern indiana | Been hunting muskie for 9 years, but every year it seems like the first. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | I first got the "disease" in 1984! The only treatment is more muskie fishing! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Started in the 60's. |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | It will be 20 years next year as it all started with a combo lighting rod and a C3 reel on my 40th b-day. I've met some good people over that 20 year span from the tournament to the resort owners and some of the 1st muskiefirst outings. I now find the desire to go back to pan fishing not that I accomplished all the goals I set for catching musky's, but just miss the taste of a fresh bluegill or carppie on the plate. The problem is still time on the water and the need to continue to chase goals, but I think work is going to adjust my time pretty soon. More movement to Mexico and I don't speak very good spanish so I'll fish until I have to troll for the big fish and bobber it for the meals. That and a good cocktail in the boat should get me thru......
Remember to drink responsibily while on the water,
Netman
Edited by Netman 6/20/2014 10:01 AM
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | My first muskie was 42 years ago. I fish more now than I ever have. Love it so much I made it a job over 15 years ago. Fish 5 to 7 days a week now. |
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Location: South Central Wisconsin | I've been at this game for 23 years. Someone made the comment about it not being rocket science. I couldn't agree more. Many people get caught up in the hype of the latest brand name baits and just starting out, you have to take out a second mortgage! Keep it simple, learn how to use the "tools" you have and catch some fish. |
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| Hooked my first muskie in 1985 or 1986. Biggest fish I had ever seen. Scared the ^%&$ out of me. I was probably all of 25" now that I think about it...
Didn't start fishing for them seriously until 2004. So this will be season #11.
I still fish for everything else. I never understood the guys who say they quit fishing for other species once they started musky fishing. Too many other fish out there that are fun/good to eat to just fish for one thing. |
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| My dad took me bow hunting and fishing, in Vilas County, since I was 9 years old. That was in 1969. We owned some property, on a small lake. I started muskie fishing around 1973.
I took my first trip, without my dad, when I graduated high school, in 1977.
I fished muskies up until the mid 80's, then fished mostly bass. I got back into muskie fishing, in the late 90's. I've been chasing them hard, ever since. |
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Location: Chaska MN. | Wow never thought about it but its true what they say. Time flies and oh I think its 23 years |
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| I'm member #4 in the Rollie n Helen's Muskie Shop Club. Still got my hat and card. That was my first regular on-line musky thing, M1 came next, for good or ill. |
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| I'm very lucky to have met some of the folks above as we trashed our various waters. The Hideout is the tits. Having Fat Shady's ass in my face one late night at Cass lake doesn't detract a bit. (I should have never given that Weagle prototype to Treats to give back to him. Dang.)
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| My wife Nikki caught the first one by accident while bass fishing Webster Lake in 2002. We never bass fished again. |
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| Released my first Wisconsin legal(at the time) , in 1977 on a 7" yellow Suick. Chased them a few years prior, so I'd figure about 38 years. The first books I remember reading were Muskie! By James Lind and Man vs. Musky by Howard Levy. Throw Fishing Facts in there and I was hooked!! Lots of changes over the years too!! |
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| For the first 15 years that I had boats, I was a hard core walleye guy. I'd haul my boat anywhere from Devil's lake to Lake Erie, and dozens of lakes in between. About 7 years ago, I was pulling a shad rap in the neighborhood lake, and hooked a tiger musky about 30 inches long. That little guy fought like mad, and straightened two of the hooks on each treble, and bent up the split rings. I was so impressed, that I found myself fishing for them most of the time, using pike gear I had from a canadian pike trip. The next year I caught several small muskies, but nothing over about 32 inches. My second year targeting muskies, I caught a nice 45 inch tiger in the U.P. As my buddy was netting the fish, he busted out laughing at me and pointed at my leg. I looked down, and my knee was wobbling involuntarily in excitement. It was all over. I had the disease! |
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Location: Western U.P. | KenK - 6/19/2014 12:14 PM
Caught my first in 1974 at 16 years old out of Little Green Lake in Wisconsin. Barely cracked the 30 inch mark, but it was the biggest, baddest fish I ever caught. I was hooked for life!
X2 for my first from Little Green Lake in 1976, also barely over 30". I think my dad started me 2-3 years before that, so about 40 or 41 years now. The sport has really gone thru a lot of changes in that time. |
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Location: New Hope MN | bobbie - 6/19/2014 8:03 PM
if you want to meet some old muskie fishermen go to the fallouting at Spring Bay Myself included not the oldest but surely the wisest
I’m really excited about our trip to Canada this year. I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from the wisest musky fisherman from Iowa. Tell Tonts I’m pumped he’s going!
Edited by dtaijo174 6/24/2014 8:08 AM
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| For me it was the summer of 1980--just turned 15-was fishing crappies with my dad in a great weed bed--with a drop off-- deep weeds--a great spot....during the day---a dark drizzly day---light but steady south winds...warm----we were not catching any but a couple guys were casting for Musky's along the shore right near us---and they caught one.....
Right there after they passed by I put on a mepps 3 on my spinning rod--and the third cast caught a nice northern---that summer started it all---that spinning rod and mepps 3 probably caught 10 Musky's that first year---
Probably didn't go to the C3 and ST Croix until about the summer of 90---but Musky fishing now 34 years---is that possible? |
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| For me it was the summer of 1980--just turned 15-was fishing crappies with my dad in a great weed bed--with a drop off-- deep weeds--a great spot....during the day---a dark drizzly day---light but steady south winds...warm----we were not catching any but a couple guys were casting for Musky's along the shore right near us---and they caught one.....
Right there after they passed by I put on a mepps 3 on my spinning rod--and the third cast caught a nice northern---that summer started it all---that spinning rod and mepps 3 probably caught 10 Musky's that first year---
Probably didn't go to the C3 and ST Croix until about the summer of 90---but Musky fishing now 34 years---is that possible? |
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| I think I was brain washed into muskie fishing by my dad before I can remember. Funny thing is he never caught a decent ski(30" or so was his PB) but we tried like hell for one week a year, every year. Sadly as we got older and were able to take the boat out without him his days on the water started to dwindle as he didnt want to ruin our fun. We did start catching more and more muskies but I really wish he would have been on the boat for at least a few before he passed. 2 of my biggest regrets are not joining the Marines like he did and not fishing enough with him as I got older. |
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| Caught my first Muskie when I was 15 while Bass fishing that was 53 years ago . Started making weekly trips in 1990 to Canada can't keep up with my son any more but still love the sport . |
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| 1956...steel rods,big bait and a hammer ,gaff hook. |
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Location: Walker, MN | 21 yrs for me. This poll kind of surprises me, it seems like there were 1/3 as many people fishing for 'skis in the '90s. |
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