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Location: The desert | You led me to the promised land then quickly shut the door and sent me back to the desert!
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Location: Hayward, WI | This was a hard question for me to answer. I went with the average, could have been better option. I have been a serious fisherman for quite a few years now, but this is the first year I targeted muskies at all. I started out slow, catching only two muskies before the water heated up and I went through a big summer slump. I went back to walleyes, smallies, and crappies now and then to remind myself I still did know how to fish. At the end of August, things heated up for me and I caught six more fish by October. By that time I had put off bowhunting longer than I ever had and pretty much spent the rest of the fall in the woods.
So, I caught 8 muskies in my first year fishing for them. Only one (the first one wouldn't you know) made the 40 inch mark, with most of the others being in the mid to high 30's range. So, I didn't catch a LOT of fish, but I felt it was pretty decent for the first year. Next year I hope to do much better, thus the "It could have been better" answer. I love icefishing as well but I can't wait for the musky opener next year!
curleytail
Edited by curleytail 12/6/2006 10:35 PM
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| Overall, I had a good year. I had three goals for the season. I missed them all. First one was double digit numbers, ended up with 7. Second was a new personal best, tied the old PB. Third was to get one to commit at boatside, and catch her. Had one strike at boatside and lost it inside of two seconds. #^@&, *$#&, $^#*&@ right Gerard? I also welcomed the arrival of a new baby girl to our family in mid-October. I had another great year on the water, and I'm counting my blessings. I also helped two friends get their first fish and another get his PB while getting two others out for their first time. I don't care if I missed my goals because I didn't get to finish out the season. I was a tad busy for the last month and half of it, worth every missed cast. The fish are a bonus. Kids is where it's at. |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | I had a 2 week time frame that made the whole year great. 67 fish boated on LOTW's in a 2 week trip in july. The total out of my boat over that time was 97 fish, just an incredable bite. 20 of my fish were between 40 and 52 with several in the mid to upper 40's. Rest of the year was average in WI but my partner and I managed to take a 1st and 3rd place finish at WMT events.
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Location: Medford, WI | Best year of my three years musky fishing. Started the year off with a bang, getting my personal best of 51" on LOTW; so I knew breaking that in the same summer would be tough!!! Didn't happen, but fished lots of new waters, because I finally found a partner to fish with and who was willing to head to lakes without knowing too much about them. Fished Hayward area lakes and Vilas Cnty lakes, and found success with every trip we took....even if it involved camping in a blizzard (foot of snow) in early October!!!
Aside from my personal best, the biggest reason I consider this season a success is because: 1. The amount which I learned from fishing different types of waters and at different times of the year (laaate Fall). Seeing how different muskies can be which "live" in lakes less than a mile apart is just amazing!!! Anyone who has/does fish Crow Lake and LOTW will know exactly what I mean!!! and 2. Because it's time in the outdoors enjoying everything that most people just take for granted and never take the time to realize how great it really is.
Hope everyone else had a great year and even more success to you next year!
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| Hands down my best ever, big fish and lots of em.
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| i started off great at Cave Run with G.T. and my dad. in 2 days, we raised several, one monster on a hawg teaser, put my first one of the year in the net on the 10th cast off a weed patch (after getting yelled at during THAT cast for not working a sledge right...ok, not yelled at but picked on...HAHHA). we put 6 in the boat, nothing big, but it was nice and enjoyable as always when fishing with Gregg.
worked my home water to death from may-october..missed 2 big fish, caught some really nice ones (first weagle fish, beside someones dock with people watching...3 airborn attacks on it, the 3rd being the hookup...it was awesome!!!!), got kamikazeed in the groin when i went to net one (jumped over the net, and into my junk!!!!spectators for that one too...many laughs)....got my first one in my (new/old azz) little boat as my best friend netted it and chomped a stogie.
but, my highlight was teaching my 2.5 year old daughter that the barbie rod was not the way, the st criox/shimano is the ticket!!!! and my second highlight was my 10 year old cousin Jake getting a little muskie off the boat while it was docked. that was awesome.
very satisfying. couldn't have asked for or wished for a better year (ok, maybe a few tweaks in favor of the new people in the boat..i love seeing other people catch fish, i really do!!!)
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