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Location: varies | Polling the age of musky anglers across the range. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | I'm old, but I generally hang around with guys younger than myself so they can do all the heavy lifting...
They lift their fish, and I take their picture.
Besides, it's fun to call them whipper snappers and tell them 'back in my day' stories.
You know the ones...back in my day, we never ran out of gas in the middle of the night, back in my day, rocks weren't marked on maps, back in my day, there WERE muskies in Potato Lake. Makes for good laughs.
S.
Edited by sorenson 7/8/2015 6:39 PM
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Location: minocqua, wi. | sorenson - 7/8/2015 6:35 PM
I'm old, but I generally hang around with guys younger than myself so they can do all the heavy lifting...
They lift their fish, and I take their picture.
Besides, it's fun to call them whipper snappers and tell them 'back in my day' stories.
You know the ones...back in my day, we never ran out of gas in the middle of the night, back in my day, rocks weren't marked on maps, back in my day, there WERE muskies in Potato Lake. Makes for good laughs.
S.
same here ... with age comes wisdom. smallies trump muskies unless you are either on the right water or on the water at the right time. trolling is still for the weak of mind and body ... 7 day trip on day 7 i'm on the deck rippin' while the kids are down wondering how i can keep going and my score is higher. type A til i die ...
knowing where the rock is is half the battle ... :0) |
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Posts: 215
Location: Wisconsin | Caught my first muskie in August 1980! |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | 1st muskie... june 73 or 74. Big Chip! |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Noah let me cast of the Ark....today I would troll
Caught my first muskie in the 60's
Still have some bass plugs I bought with my allowance before reaching my teens and have some june bug spinners in the packages with 9 cent price stickers on them.
Edited by horsehunter 7/8/2015 8:10 PM
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| Maybe the pop up ads here should be for Geritol, Cialis and divorce lawyers from what I'm seeing.
Nice to see a strong class of seasoned veterans.
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Location: WI | mnmusky: You forgot Ben Gay, Icy Hot, Advil. #*^@ I'm getting old. |
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Posts: 441
| Caught my first muskie in 1973, in Northern Wisconsin.
Been hooked, ever since. |
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Posts: 354
Location: Western U.P. | X2 for Advil.
First catch in 1976 on Little Green Lake, WI. |
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Posts: 1084
Location: Aurora | Started back when rumors of a 7 foot rod especially for muskies were met with snorts, chortles, and jokes about surf fishing with something so long. |
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Location: The desert | 29 with the back of a 70 year old. |
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| Same here. 30 with the back of someone much older. I would laugh at the comments about geritol and advil etc, but I just packed my bag with hydrocodone, steroids, and muscle relaxants... at least no cialis yet. |
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Location: oswego, il | 51 had a big burly young guy in amazement as I was one arm underhand pitching a hard head and not the smallest one like you see bass guys pitching their baits around docks. With that said my left hip wakes my ass up every night.
Edited by ToddM 7/9/2015 5:43 AM
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| Looks like it tapers off around age 57. That must be when guys get smart and realize muskie fishing sucks... lol... |
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Posts: 1828
| I'm 28 but my body still feels 18...
except in the mornings, evenings, after a workout, or when the humidity is high. |
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Location: Scandia MN | They tell me I'm old ugly and mean - until they need the net - - - - |
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Posts: 1348
Location: Pewaukee, WI | I'm 76 so I guess I belong in the last group. Still a Musky man and will be till I can no longer stand up. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | GB Charters - 7/9/2015 8:16 AM Looks like it tapers off around age 57. That must be when guys get smart and realize muskie fishing sucks... lol... Nah... They just smarter and don't hang out on the internet!
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Posts: 3150
| I have Alzheimer's I catch my first muskie every week. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | 29 here. Caught my first muskie around 20 years ago on a bass spinnerbait. Been after them seriously for 8 or 9 years now I suppose.
Many days I feel like I'm still getting started and don't know anything! I wonder if that feeling will ever change. |
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Location: varies | I'm getting old, look and feel older. I'm behind on that wisdom thing and have accrued many years of bad/ stubborn fishing habits. I am however, wise enough to know I won't be changing them. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I am older than most dirt. And, I smell worse most days. |
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Location: Smith Creek | curleytail - 7/9/2015 10:28 AM
Many days I feel like I'm still getting started and don't know anything! I wonder if that feeling will ever change.
It won't, but in a few years you won't care that you don't know anything, you'll just be happy to be alive and out fishing. |
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| bigbite - 7/9/2015 8:00 AM
I'm 76 so I guess I belong in the last group. Still a Musky man and will be till I can no longer stand up.
Bigbite ,
thats AWESOME !! I am 50 and looking forward to the next 26 plus years !! |
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Posts: 462
Location: Syracuse, Indiana | Polling the age of muskie anglers, or the age of M1st users? The older I get, the more I realize muskie fishing is largely a young man's game. Caveat: muskie anglers must be able to afford the game, which generally bumps the age somewhat. |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | 51 and throwing pounders all week if that's what it takes. |
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Posts: 1303
| 9 months ago I began my second, 1/2 century on this mortal plane. Hope to keep the joints working for a while yet, but some days I'm not so sure. |
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Posts: 572
| 73, looking for a couple of weeks of fishing in Ontario, followed by the PMTT Lake Vermilion tournament. It's great to have memories, but I enjoy today and making plans for the future. |
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Posts: 393
| I am 65 and going strong. Fortunate to have fished for muskies over 40 years. The reels we have today and 9 foot poles allow me to fish hard all day. |
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