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Fishwizard
Posted 1/30/2011 8:19 PM (#478738)
Subject: looking for topwater images




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Anyone have pictures, or even drawings of a muskie pushing a wake following a topwater bait? Just need a reference for an art project. Thanks to anyone who has something I might be able to use.

Ryan
bassinbob84
Posted 1/30/2011 8:22 PM (#478739 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images




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Location: In a shack in the woods
pause a movie and take a picture. then you can draw your variation of it
Tackle Industries
Posted 1/30/2011 8:36 PM (#478745 - in reply to #478739)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images





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Location: Land of the Musky
Try a few Google image searches. Here is "musky follow"

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=musky%20follow&um=1&ie=UTF-8&s...

James
Fishwizard
Posted 1/30/2011 9:14 PM (#478752 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images




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James,
yeah, spent plenty of time google searching images. Not a single wake pushing fish that I could find. Barely, even a bait going across the surface.

The movie idea is good thanks, Bob.

Anyone else?

Ryan
sworrall
Posted 1/30/2011 10:46 PM (#478767 - in reply to #478752)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images





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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
There's more, but this one I found easily.

http://upload.outdoorsfirst.com/watch.asp?id=1767
Chris Munchow
Posted 1/30/2011 11:51 PM (#478771 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images





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Location: North Metro - Twin Cities
Haven't posted a picture in a while but here goes. From my Topwater Muskie DVD.


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firstsixfeet
Posted 1/31/2011 5:18 AM (#478779 - in reply to #478771)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images




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Chris Munchow - 1/30/2011 11:51 PM

Haven't posted a picture in a while but here goes. From my Topwater Muskie DVD.


Oooh man! I can feel the adrenalin on that one Chris!
Fishwizard
Posted 2/2/2011 1:05 AM (#479197 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images




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Chris,
Any chance you could send me a high resolution version of that photo above, so I can zoom in on it for better detail?

I've been watching youtube topwater videos for several hours and just can't quite find exactly what I'm looking for. I guess I'll have to make up the details on my own. A lot of cool shots that are just too blurry or shaky to see the lines of the wake and such. I wish I had all my old In-fisherman videos on DVD, cause I don't even have a working VCR anymore. Might have to run out and see if I can find a cheap one at walmart.

Ryan
bassinbob84
Posted 2/2/2011 4:35 PM (#479332 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images




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Location: In a shack in the woods
Watch go fish.
Guest
Posted 2/3/2011 10:53 AM (#479496 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images


Here are some good crisp shots from Jeff Andersen. I don't think there are any of fish following but good photos of topwater.

http://jeffandersenfishingphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-mus...
Chris Munchow
Posted 2/3/2011 4:51 PM (#479594 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images





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Location: North Metro - Twin Cities

Ryan,

PM me your email and I'll see what I can dig up but everything I have handy right now are screen caps and not hi-res.

Chris 

 

Chris Munchow
Posted 2/3/2011 4:54 PM (#479595 - in reply to #478738)
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Location: North Metro - Twin Cities

Ryan,

PM me your email and I'll see what I can dig up but everything I have handy right now are screen caps and not hi-res.

Chris 

 

FYGR8
Posted 2/3/2011 5:59 PM (#479610 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images





Here is a Hoghead in action.


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Chris Munchow
Posted 2/3/2011 10:17 PM (#479663 - in reply to #478738)
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Location: North Metro - Twin Cities
These should help your project.


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Fishwizard
Posted 2/3/2011 11:05 PM (#479665 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images




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Thanks guys, those are great. Art project, or not, there isn't much cooler than seeing good topwater shots. I don't think that I could ever get tired of seeing a muskie push a wake. Hopefully I can capture a tiny bit of what it feels like to see it first hand.

Ryan
Grass
Posted 2/11/2011 2:34 PM (#481195 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images




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Location: Seymour, WI
I love that toilet flush image behind the lure.
Smeds
Posted 2/11/2011 3:00 PM (#481198 - in reply to #478738)
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Cool shot I took of a creeper style (no fish behind it ... but you can almost feel it there!)


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Esox-Hunter
Posted 2/11/2011 4:52 PM (#481215 - in reply to #481198)
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Location: South East Wisconsin
Smeds, one cool photo you got there.
Fishwizard
Posted 2/18/2011 5:47 PM (#482505 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images




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Thanks again for all the references guys. While it is one of the more amazing aspects of muskie fishing it is obviously quite difficult to capture in a photograph. Without the video stills, I don't know if I've yet to see some one actually capture a muskie wake in single shot. Anyways, here is the finished product of those inspirations. It is a 3ft x 2ft metal wall sculpture made of copper sheet and wire. It isn't as refined as I'd have liked it to have been, but only given three and a half weeks from coming up with the idea to hanging it on the wall for critique, I'm pretty happy with it. While it is a fairly abstract representation of those truly awesome muskie encounters, I tried to stay as close to physical reality as possible within the assignment guidelines. I'm definitely planning to do some more muskie sculptures in the near future. Enjoy.

Thanks,
Ryan


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JimtenHaaf
Posted 2/18/2011 6:31 PM (#482509 - in reply to #478738)
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Ryan, that is totally awesome! You have some real talent there. Very nice job. Let me know if you ever build another that you would be willing to sell.
Top H2O
Posted 2/18/2011 8:04 PM (#482517 - in reply to #482509)
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion
Pretty coool
Chris Munchow
Posted 2/18/2011 11:15 PM (#482536 - in reply to #482505)
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Location: North Metro - Twin Cities
Nice Job, I think you captured it well.
JKahler
Posted 2/18/2011 11:27 PM (#482537 - in reply to #478738)
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Location: WI
Awesome, looks great!
FYGR8
Posted 2/19/2011 9:15 AM (#482556 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: RE: looking for topwater images





Great piece of work!!
BruceKY
Posted 2/19/2011 11:38 AM (#482579 - in reply to #482505)
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Location: KY
Nice job! You really captured the moment in your sculpture. That would look great under glass in a coffee table.
MartinTD
Posted 2/19/2011 1:02 PM (#482590 - in reply to #478738)
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Very nice. I like the coffee table idea too.
Fishwizard
Posted 2/19/2011 4:53 PM (#482622 - in reply to #478738)
Subject: Re: looking for topwater images




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Thanks guys. Like I said, this sculpture will definitely be the tip of the ice berg of future muskie related creations. It was really like a trial run as I've never tried to make something this scale before. It was easier than I'd expected. I'd like to make some side mount replicas out of copper, with maybe a muskie chasing a school of perch under lily pads or something. Definitely put some more effort into the details, as my primary focus on this was to just make it work visually.

I'll probably be posting a request on the "let's see your replicas" thread as to getting some specific measurements of some one's replica to get the proportions right. This one I just sort of winged it from memory and looking at a few photos.

Thanks,
Ryan


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