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Pointerpride102
Posted 11/4/2007 8:24 PM (#282879)
Subject: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 16632


Location: The desert
First off I need to thank Tom Betka for taking me out fishing today! I felt like I should have paid a huge guide fee for the day I had today. I learned quite a bit about trolling and just had an absolute blast on the water. Today the fish was just a bonus, I could have sat out there all day and not caught anything and still gone home happy! Thanks Tom, I hope we can get out together often!

As for the fish....It ate a Bucher Swimmin Joe at about 9 15. After I broke the rod holder plate I finally got the rod out and did battle with the brute. After a few short minutes we got it to the net and Tom slid the Kahuna under her...thats when I saw how big she actually was.....Tom kept saying, you got your 50, you got your 50!! After some high fives we got her unhooked, snapped a few photos and took a measurement. 50 right on the nose! I still really cant even wrap my mind around it! What a great day! Thanks again Tom....sorry about the rod holder...I'm not used to them as they dont come standard on most waders!!


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muskyboy
Posted 11/4/2007 8:34 PM (#282883 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: RE: New Personal Best!!!!


Nice fat musky, congratulations on your personal best and the first of many big fish to come for you
tcbetka
Posted 11/4/2007 8:34 PM (#282884 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: RE: New Personal Best!!!!




Location: Green Bay, WI
No problem Mike, glad you had a good time! Let me know the information you get from the tag data (Mike got the number off a dorsal tag), as that would be interesting.
How freaky is that--I fish out there for days and not get a fish bigger than 44", and you are out there for two hours and get a 50! But wasn't it was nice of the musky God to give two biologists a sweet fish with an intact tag?

The fish measured just about 22" girth, but that was right in back of the pectoral fins. I simply couldn't measure farther back as I couldn't reach that far with it in the net. Looking at the pictures again, I bet you might have gotten another inch or so in total girth, as it looks a bit fatter there.

You can catch her again next year!

TB



sworrall
Posted 11/4/2007 8:35 PM (#282885 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 32924


Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Way to go Pointer! Congratulations to you both.
BrianSwenson
Posted 11/4/2007 8:35 PM (#282886 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 201


Location: Stevens Point
Congrats again mike... glad to see you are VERY excited about the fish; you should be.
Cowboyhannah
Posted 11/4/2007 8:43 PM (#282888 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: RE: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 1460


Location: Kronenwetter, WI
Congratulations Pointer!

Awsome fish! The big girls are moving! Merkid is going to start to feel like there is no justice left in the world!

Congrats on an awsome catch!
esoxlazer
Posted 11/4/2007 9:10 PM (#282894 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 336


Location: Lino Lakes, MN
Congrats man, thats one heck of a fish. Gotta love the big girls in the fall.
lambeau
Posted 11/4/2007 9:21 PM (#282898 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!


congrats!
that smile says a LOT...
Mikes Extreme
Posted 11/4/2007 9:32 PM (#282901 - in reply to #282898)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 2691


Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
SWEEEET!!!!
sworrall
Posted 11/4/2007 9:40 PM (#282903 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 32924


Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Twin WI 50's from this weekend on the cover, both personal bests. 1 spot, 1 old gold Wisconsin. Good stuff.
sorenson
Posted 11/4/2007 9:45 PM (#282904 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 1764


Location: Ogden, Ut
Nice fish Pointer! It looks like you're having fun holding that one up! Congrats.
Sorno
Turkeyhunter10ga
Posted 11/4/2007 9:58 PM (#282906 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 42


Location: Highland, IN
Congrats on a gorgeous fish Pointer
Beaver
Posted 11/4/2007 10:06 PM (#282908 - in reply to #282906)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 4266


She's a beauty, and has obviously been eating well.
Did you bite her fin off for a souvenier?
There have been several nich fish photo'd over the years missing fins. Is taht a DNR netting data thing, or what?
Nice fish man. Now the bar keeps getting higher....or are you gonna quit?
Hell, I still like catching 40's.
Beav
Medford Fisher
Posted 11/4/2007 10:29 PM (#282910 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 1060


Location: Medford, WI
Pointer...hell of a fish man! I love to see that; as mentioned above, the smile says everything! Hope you get one bigger soon, but if you don't it doesn't matter, that's a fish of a lifetime for many.
-Jake Bucki
TJ DeVoe
Posted 11/4/2007 10:34 PM (#282911 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: RE: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 2323


Location: Stevens Point, WI
Congrats Mike. It definitely must be the guide your with. LOL. Too bad it was trolling though. LOL, kidding. Nice job, and nice fish! There aren't any big fish in Wisconsin, no, we just don't talk about them as much as other states. LOL

Edited by Merckid 11/4/2007 10:36 PM
tuffy1
Posted 11/5/2007 7:37 AM (#282939 - in reply to #282911)
Subject: RE: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 3242


Location: Racine, Wi
Nice work guys! Great fish Mike, nice and girthy and perdy.
Magruter
Posted 11/5/2007 7:51 AM (#282943 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 1316


Location: Madison, WI
Awesome fall time fish! congratz
jonnysled
Posted 11/5/2007 7:58 AM (#282945 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 13688


Location: minocqua, wi.
nice fish Mike ... congratulations!! ... i would think you celebrated a bit eh?
Shep
Posted 11/5/2007 9:20 AM (#282961 - in reply to #282945)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 5874


Nice fish, PP.

Beav, that is a DNR fin clip. I hope PP posts that data from the DNR when he gets it back. I wonder if I ever caught that one in years past? hehehe
hotlanta
Posted 11/5/2007 9:30 AM (#282966 - in reply to #282961)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 94


Nice fish Mike, you fish hard and deserved it.
Chris
muskysucker1
Posted 11/5/2007 9:31 AM (#282967 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: RE: New Personal Best!!!!




way to go I think that is my boat in the back ground 2 days with out a rip and I only had 5 joes out
tcbetka
Posted 11/5/2007 9:36 AM (#282971 - in reply to #282961)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Location: Green Bay, WI
Shep - 11/4/2007 9:20 PM

Nice fish, PP.

Beav, that is a DNR fin clip. I hope PP posts that data from the DNR when he gets it back. I wonder if I ever caught that one in years past? hehehe


Shep, that is so weird...what a coincidence! The first words out of her mouth when we got the hooks out were "Hey, do you guys know Shep?"

Apparently you made quite an impression!

TB
ESOX Maniac
Posted 11/5/2007 9:43 AM (#282973 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: RE: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 2754


Location: Mauston, Wisconsin
Mike- Way to go! Congrat's on your first 50"r. You also look a heck of a lot better than the last time I saw you!

Have fun!

Al
Pointerpride102
Posted 11/5/2007 11:15 AM (#283001 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 16632


Location: The desert
Thanks guys! Still having trouble believing its real! I'm going to try and call the DNR today and find out who I can talk to about the fish. I will definately report back on any information I get from them, it will be pretty cool to see what info I get back on the fish.
A-ROZ
Posted 11/5/2007 11:25 AM (#283005 - in reply to #283001)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 281


Location: Girdwood, Alaska
Congrats Pointer, beautiful green bay fish!
esoxaddict
Posted 11/5/2007 11:27 AM (#283006 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!





Posts: 8824


Mike, super fish! Congratulations, buddy! You DO look a bit better than the last time I saw you, LOL!
TJ DeVoe
Posted 11/5/2007 11:29 AM (#283007 - in reply to #283006)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 2323


Location: Stevens Point, WI
Yeah, last Sunday he was a bit intoxicated. Hahaha. Trying to tell him to get his butt out of bed Sunday morning at Presque Isle was not easy. But once I mentioned a "bucket of lake water and a sucker" he jumped pretty quickly to the shower! LOL. Definitely won't forget that weekend!
jpine
Posted 11/5/2007 12:55 PM (#283027 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 90


Location: ne53
Glad to see you got your 50 Pointerpride, well earned fish.
Smokin Joe
Posted 11/5/2007 2:16 PM (#283044 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 311


Congrats Pointer, that is a beautiful FIDDY......................
guts
Posted 11/5/2007 3:14 PM (#283061 - in reply to #282879)
Subject: Re: New Personal Best!!!!




Posts: 556


congrats man
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