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Location: Downers Grove, IL | Welp....It might be a wrap for me. Drove through a blizzard with Snowmoblies passing me on the side of the road in about 8 inches of snow.. Broke Ice for about a mile and scored a well deserved 39 incher that gave me a second chance on a sucker. The reels and rods froze, the boat got stuck on the trailer, the trolling motor needed some @$$ kickin to get it in the water, and the Yammy ran like a champ. 2005 was a great year. Bring on the shows!!!!
thedude
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| sweeeet.
congrats on a good way to end a good year! |
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Location: New Baden IL | Congrats on a well deserved fish.
Lots of hard work for that one. I bet it helps get you through the winter.
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| Matt, great way to end the year. I am still after them into December even if it means Shelbyville  |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Hard core for sure, congratulations! It's a good thing deer hunting becomes such an obsession with me every fall or I'd own an icebreaker. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i gotta put this one in there .... and although i'm sure all brands are improving .... my move from merc to yamaha was all about this time of year. me talking to my 4 kids .... "hey, kids .... what happens when you turn the key on a yamaha?" ..... "it starts Dad!" |
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | Thanks guys. Nothing beats the feeling after releasing the last muskie of 2005. In the words of Pink Flyod I felt quite "comfortly numb." We saw only one other fish over the holiday. I was fishing really deep with Fuzzies and suckers the majority of the time. Something new for me this year. The shallows were mostly covered with ice and I hope the muskies were just shut down rather then up in the dead weeds. The only spot that I found ANY baitfish was a neckdown area near the main basin. I called this shoreline the buffet!!!! Man they were just stacked from the bottom in 25 feet all the way up to 15 feet. We slowed trolled Mag Dawgs with rubber-core weights attached clicking the engine in a out of gear. Jigged big joes, fuzzies, bulldawgs, and casted triple d's right over the top of em. My partner was getting a little annoyed with the lack of action, but I just kept telling him that the only thing we could do wrong was to keep our baits outta the water. I was just waiting for Shamoo to come up and t-bone my mag dawg. Next year!!
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Location: Chicago, IL | crazy! wish i could have been there... i will be home just in time for the end of this season. crap! |
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