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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | This is what I dream of as when it's frickin freezing cold out and I'm mired at work, or in my garage planning the next season on the water: if you had a full year, all the money in the world, and the spouse/partner/family says "JUST GO FISH"....where you going? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Roatan |
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| I'm not as cultured and learned as most, but from what I've heard and/or experienced:
January - Lake trout through the ice in NW Ontario. Maybe Lower Manitou? Crow? Don't know. Wherever it's best.
February - Hibernate
March - something that fights hard in warm water.
Arpil - Giant walleyes on Lake Winnipeg
May - multi-species in SW Florida or the Keys. Tarpon, Snook, Redfish.
June - LSC
July, August, September - lake-hopping in NW Ontario.
October and November - paying top-notch guides to troll the Saint Lawrence.
December - ice fishing northern MN, fattening up for the winter. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Except for the money part you have pretty much described my retirement. I have a lake and a river 5 min. from my door another good lake and another larger river a half hour away and I'm an hour from the Larry. I have friends that live on several of the Kawarthas so it's a short drive to jump in their boats so 8 months of the year I'm quite busy.
It's the winter that's killing me I'm bored enough to take up ice fishing again after a 20 or more year absence.
So how does this work, you sit on a pail trying to catch a fish so you can shove it back down the hole. |
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| I'd start the off year down in the Keys, and work my way North up the gulf coast for at least a month, maybe two. Redfish, Snook, Tarpon, Grouper, you name it. Okechobee would be on the list for sure. Stellar bass fishing there from what I've heard. From there? Cave Run, Melton Hill, Shelbyville, the Indiana lakes, and then to S. WI for the first few weeks of the season. Madison, Pewaukee, Okauchee, Oconomowoc... Working my way North, I'd spend a good chunk of time on Green Bay, probably fish as much of the WI River as possible. Vilas and Oneida Counties from Mid June - Mid July, and then up to Canada until Mid October. Back to Vilas after that, right up until the Cisco spawn, and then head back South hitting the late fall bite everywhere I could until I ran out of open water.
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| horsehunter - 1/15/2015 3:36 PM
It's the winter that's killing me I'm bored enough to take up ice fishing again after a 20 or more year absence.
So how does this work, you sit on a pail trying to catch a fish so you can shove it back down the hole.
Don't you guys have awesome lake trout and walleye lakes in eastern Ontario? Seems like lots to do to keep you busy. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Snake River Sturgeon
Kenai Kings
Taimen
Roosterfish
White shark on a seal decoy
Wells catfish
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| Freshwater, Congo! Want one (or many) of those Goliath tiger fish.
For salt, jet to south America and hook a giant black marlin. |
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| In the Pacific on my M75 long-range Sportfisher, maybe 200 lb tuna one week, 80-100 lb GT on topwater the next....swing down for a few Grander Black marlin... so on  |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | jaultman - 1/15/2015 4:40 PM
horsehunter - 1/15/2015 3:36 PM
It's the winter that's killing me I'm bored enough to take up ice fishing again after a 20 or more year absence.
So how does this work, you sit on a pail trying to catch a fish so you can shove it back down the hole.
Don't you guys have awesome lake trout and walleye lakes in eastern Ontario? Seems like lots to do to keep you busy.
My home lake has a slot on walleye your chances of winning the lottery are greater than catching a walleye in the slot.
I'm 1/2 hour from Quinte which is where I fished 20 years ago so I guess I'm going with a friend tomorrow as long as he wants to fish last light. I got in a cold truck at 4 am every morning for 35 years I'm done with that at least for anything less than a muskie.
I will try for trout at some time in the next couple of weeks but I guess I'm a bit of a muskie snob. |
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| I have this exploration gene in me that just won't go away. In recent years, I've been obsessed with finding fish in rivers and lakes where they supposedly don't exist. Pretty much threw 3/4 of my season in 2013 into fishing a river that doesn't have muskies according to the biologists/experts. Caught 7 of them. Nothing huge, but every single one was a trophy in my eyes, extremely memorable fish. I'd probably spend the majority of the year finding more of these little gems, then I can amass a list of unknown or very little known musky waters to fish unpressured muskies for a while. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | I would spend the summer part of my year in Homer Alaska for all the Halibut and Kings I can handle. Then when winter sets in I would love o try some Peacock bass in South American or Trophy Tarpon fishing in Florida |
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Location: oswego, il | Tiger cat flowage, hittin it like ray rice would. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Fiji for GT's on topwater, then off to the Golden Coast for a Gander Black Marlin. |
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Location: The desert | Traveling Canada. Dryberry, Rowan, Great Slave, other pike waters in Saskatchewan |
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| Alaska chasing big pike, halibut and salmon. Largemouth in Mexico or California. South America for peacock bass and payara. Then case muskies till my arm and legs couldn't hold me anymore. |
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| January - Saltwater Stuff wherever that needs to be. GTs off the great barrier reef, Seychelle islands. Grouper in the gulf. IDK all sorts of cool stuff to catch and warmer than MN
February - Half Saltwater half green bass in Mexico
March - Half Saltwater, 1/4 green bass in Tx/Ca other places in the south, 1/4 Lake Winnipeg Ice Walleyes
April - Stripers in the mid south TN, Arkansas
May - NE South Dakota mixed bag until the weather wears me down then Tarpon in the Florida and back to SD when my arms hurt.
June - Northern Canada Pike and Lakers
July/Aug/September/October - NW Ontario Muskies on all the lakes I have dreamed about fishing but only have had time for the Crown Jewel and the River flowing out of it.
November - Half muskies wherever and Half South American Jungle
December - Bay of Quinte Walleyes, Late Season Muskies, 2 weeks of Golden Dorados in Argentina split between the Ibera Marsh and La Zona. I guess the bite is way better at La Zona in December than August when I was there. And it was incredible in August!!
I don't think one year is enough.......... |
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| spend the whole year at AML |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | gimmie a cabin on LOTW, a couple musky rods, a couple walleye rods, a snowmobile, an auger, and ill be just fine |
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| I guess LSC with a crew of exotic dancers. G bay in the fall and gulf coast of Florida for winter. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | June-September chamberlain narrows area of lac Seul.
October-November small Wisconsin rivers.
December-May any place warm...saltwater fishin' |
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| I would spend it at my cabin on LOTW. I work from home, so I already have an opportunity to be there a lot. But that is what I would chose. |
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Location: Duluth, MN | January-Ontario Lake trout
February_sleeper shack on LOTW with lots of beer and a sattelite dish
March-Lake michigan steelehead
April-Lake sup steelhead on the north shore and the Brule river/rainiy river eyes
May-Local waters for walleyes and crappies
June-Alaska....
July-First half on LOTW for skies, 2nd on verm.
August-Bounce around from Eagle to LOTW to Crow to Rowan for skies
September-Take a break to kill and early season giant whitetail then back to LOTW
October/November-chase the state recford on V
December-sleep and recover haha |
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Location: Hayward, WI | New Zealand Brown Trout fishing
Big Tarpon somewhere
Stripers in the NE
Ice fishing eyes on Lake Erie
Trout out of Bayfield as soon as the ice leaves
Muskies where ever I can find them |
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| Lake of the Woods, Rainy River, NW Ontario, BC steelhead, NW Territories pike. Basically bum around Canada all year. Might do that anyways. |
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Location: Wisconsin | I would spend loads of time learning GB and Mille lacs... other than that I would be on my two favorite rivers in WI, as well as Osbourne Bay. Boy do I love Osbourne! |
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| Amur Pike on The Amur river would be a trip of a lifetime. Too bad they shoot trespassers on site. If your in the area they assume your a Tiger poacher and just shoot you. |
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| Warm weather-Lac suel chasing muskies
Winter weather-lake Mead ,Las Vegas,,,,,getting skunked but drilling lots of "holes" just not the kind in the ice! Craps table or muskie casting I always throw snake eyes, but it would be fun in first class.
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Location: Money, PA | Theres several places I'd go....Florida Keys - Tarpon, Brazil - Dorado, Kenai - Kings, Amazon Peacocks,wolf fish |
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