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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Just some light sprinkles so far, got the boat fixed so will be out sometime soon... |
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| I'll be there bright and early tomorrow! Getting up probably at 4 and ill be there probably around 6ish. Will be there all day. Looks to be typical post cold front weather tomorrow. Strong northwest winds, bright and sunny, highs in the 60s. It really wasn't all that bad today, I probably could have went today but oh well. I got a secret spot that I KNOW Muskies will be at in the mornings and most of the time in the evening. Have had a minimum of 4 or 5 bites literally EVERY time I've been up there at sunset and sunrise. I seem to be the only Muskie fisherman who has figured that out around here though;) |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! |
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| alright got back from spirit lake. had a great day! it started off with 3 straight hits, 0 hookups, on my weagle at my secret spot, bright and early. as the day went on a few other guys showed up. i wish fishing probably 10 to 15 yards away from this other guy when he walks up to me and tells me to leave or he is going to quote "shove my pole up your ass." he claimed i was too close to him. he was probably in his 50s or 60s while i am 17 and still a minor, not sure if he knew that but he would have been in big trouble had he touched me. but i decided to be the bigger man and move way over from him. well imagine the look on his face when about 10 minutes later a giant muskie hits on my weagle while jumping 3 feet in the air. i get him in' measure him out. 43 inches, 30 pounds! my new personal best! the guy imediatly leaves the area. however one bad thing that happend was when i was holding the muskie for a picture he flips around and i end up with his jaws clenched around my thumb. i chose to still not let go of the mouth because i do not want the fish to fall to the ground and get hurt. so i set the fish down with its finger still in its mouth and rip out my thumb, the tooth is still in my thumb and comes out of its mouth. i get a deep puncture wound in my thumb. its just an absolute bloody mess everywhere. i take a few pictures, safely release the fish, and then drive myself to the ER. but it was ALL worth it!
here are a few pics of the fish along with the bangagin on my thumb and my bloody tackle box that came from my thumb
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Nice photo's, nice fish. To bad your day had a bummer moment. You did the right thing, and it paid off! Hope the thumb heals quick so you're back tossing that weagle soon.
Good job!
Al
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Nice catch but unfortunatly thats a silver pike not a muskie... one of the biggest I have seen caught in the area though... would put it at17 or so pounds judging from the pike we have caught in that size range from the area....
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| shaley - 10/14/2012 8:48 PM
Nice catch but unfortunatly thats a silver pike not a muskie... one of the biggest I have seen caught in the area though... would put it at17 or so pounds judging from the pike we have caught in that size range from the area....
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Location: NorthCentral WI | Guest - 10/16/2012 2:06 PM
looks like a musky to me
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Nice Job!
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Location: New Hope MN | That's a musky... They look way different.
Here's the State record. The kid would have it from the look of it.
"Mark McKeever from Council Bluffs, Iowa caught this beautiful 30 " Silver Northern Pike this weekend fishing with John Grosvenor of JTG Expeditions in Okoboji, Iowa.
http://www.fishokoboji.com/
A silver northern is a rare genetic mutation of a Northern Pike. The Silver has very faint white spots or no spots at all on its body or fins. The world record Northern Pike was caught in Spirit Lake, Iowa and weighs only 13 pounds 6 oz.
Other differences in siver northerns include slightly larger eyes and a more straight jaw.
Read more: http://www.gofishn.com/jtg-expeditions/11657-silver-northern-pike/#...
Follow us: GoFISHn on Facebook"
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | Guest - 10/16/2012 4:15 PM
unless I am missing something, the tail is a clear determination that the fish posted is a musky.
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| alright guys my friend tim who was with me at the time took a few high quality photos of the fish and he just emailed them to me. here they are.... i thought it was a musky also when i caught it. only thing is that i thought muskies have the pointy tip tail fin while pike have the rounder tip tail fin. idk you guys take a look and tell me what you think. but if it is a silver pike then ive got the record by a mile lol.
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| but im thinking its a musky. its tail fin isnt super pointed but i dont think its round enough to be be a pike |
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| however I have caught two 30 inch silver pike at that spot before |
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Location: Minneapolis | the other fins are rounder too. I think its a silver. |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Having caught many silvers and muskies off that body of water and a few in veiw of that spot, it's a silver... I catch a dozen maybe 2 dozen silvers a year seen many many of them....
Couple muskies and a Silver from Spirit
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| Maybe its a hybrid. Half lunge and half silver pike? Is that possible? |
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| goof troop - 10/16/2012 8:20 PM
Maybe its a hybrid. Half lunge and half silver pike? Is that possible?
A silver tiger? Awesome! |
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Location: Madison, WI | Whatever it is, great fish kid and be #*^@ proud of it! I think its a musky but who cares? |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | kind of an interesting debate...what strain of fish do they use in that body of water for stocking? Looks like a Wisconsin strain of musky different from the others.... |
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| Hahaha there is probably every kind of strain you can imagine lol I've seen all kinds! |
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| I've seem 4 or 5 strains come out of there so far lol |
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| oh and also I have been told that the IA great lakes has the highest percent of population of silver pike in the ENTIRE WORLD
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| Musky Brian - 10/16/2012 10:02 PM
kind of an interesting debate...what strain of fish do they use in that body of water for stocking? Looks like a Wisconsin strain of musky different from the others....
Iowa has been raising muskies since 1960, but the fish that got the program started did come from Wisconsin, forget the lake though.. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | The other thing about it too, is on the few pictures of proven silver pike on the page you can tell that the other fins and the tail are green in color as Pike should be and in Cpain's pictures they are red, which would indicate musky to me.
I like the hybrid Tiger thought!
But it is wierd that they are so rounded to, yet tail is pointy. IDK, great catch either way!
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Location: MN | So we're not going to talk about a 43" Muskie/silver pike weighing 30lbs?!? LOL |
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| Ya idk it's weird. It's hard to imagine that all the Muskie experts on here can come to an agreement as to what kind of fish this is lol
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Tim Schmitz - 10/17/2012 8:33 AM
So we're not going to talk about a 43" Muskie/silver pike weighing 30lbs?!? LOL
Give the kid a break, it's a very nice PB, and probably felt like 30lb when he was holding it. Silver Pike - Muskie -Hybrid silver/muskie? From his last photo's, it looks muskie to me. It would be way cool if it was the later.
Cpain- Still a nice catch, I like the blood dripping from the thumb photo. Keep it up and seriously working on your fishing skills. Here's a tip: When you take the fish out of the water, take a really deep breath and hold it, when you have to take another breath so does the fish, get her back in the water.
Be proud, you did a good job! I wish I had the stamina of a 17yr old when fishing for muskies.
Have fun!
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