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Location: oconomowoc, wi | yes |
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | It's by far my favorite hobby. Family first then on to the skis! |
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| No, drinkin. Women next. |
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Location: Illinois | No. Watching my kids play baseball is my favorite thing to do. I don't say that because it's PC. Crazy Summer schedule doesn't allow for much else when 2 kids are in baseball, and I love every minute of it.
When I do get out musky fishing it is less of a race and more an experience. I am on less fish because I don't go enough to develop a pattern. I still enjoy it way more than I did 10 years ago, but it's not my favorite. |
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| Definately the most exciting and yet frustrating thing out there. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Yes, its awesome. No, they should not be stocked everywhere. There is a time and a place for muskie fishing, but its certainly not all the time or in my top 5. Thats living with blinders on for me, there are so many other fun things that must be done through the course of a year. Tailgating at an NFL game is one that is in my top 5. Kentucky Derby makes the list, not to mention all the smokin hot girls in funky hats and see through dresses. That's a top 3.. |
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| If I could get the rest of the family involved it would be#5. Watching the grandsons skate with their hockey teams trumps muskies. They want to fish muskies next year. Before or between hockey camps and the season.
If I'm not at work all is good.
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Maybe in top 5, definitely an obsessive sport, an addiction and fun! But there are other pleasures in life too.........fishing with kids, exploring new places, cooking (if you do it well), rodeo's, stock car or drag races or tractor pulls, county fair's, car shows, gun show's, mushroom hunting (as obsessive as muskie fishing, but cheaper and I don't have to CPR them), growing your own food & sharing with friends & family. Lots & lots of others.......watching girls beach volley ball... yup maybe top 5!
Have fun!
Al
Edited by ESOX Maniac 10/3/2013 2:34 PM
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Location: MN | My top four in no particular order are muskie fishing, duck hunting, seeing quality live music and ice fishing. I wish the best muskie fishing wasn't during duck season.
The only problem I have now is fishing for other species in the summer once muskie season opens. With the exception of Trout on Nipigon I really have a tough time fishing for anything besides muskies. I wish it wasn't that way but it is. I was warned and they were right. |
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| wicked - 10/2/2013 10:02 AM
It's by far my favorite hobby. Family first then on to the skis! You think just like i do. Nothing like being on the water with all of your musky candy and your musky rods on prime waters. Ahhhh |
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Location: Plymouth, MN | It used to be my favorite thing. It's more of an obsession at this point. |
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| It's number two for me. Bow hunting takes the cake and probably always will...... |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Use to be, but my priorities changed. |
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| 1. Mountain obstacle challenges.
2. Hiking with my dogs.
3. Muskie fishing...when I can :-((
4. Any other kind of fishing.
5. Tracking down Coyotes in snow ( not killing them though ) just outsmarting then when I can. |
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Location: Wisconsin | wicked - 10/2/2013 10:02 AM
It's by far my favorite hobby. Family first then on to the skis!
Nailed it Russ!! Now that my kids are all out of the house I have been able to enjoy a little musky time again!! |
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| Snowmobiling, musky fishing, and duck hunting are my top 3(Not counting women and beer). But im 26 and no kids...boooyah  |
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Location: MPLS, MN | Use to be my favorite hobby by far. Now I love it if I'm on a trip fishing LOTW, Leech, Vermillion etc but have lost the passion to fish much locally in the metro. Usually rather just hang with the wife and kids these days than fish the metro. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | It's in the top 10 for sure, but not in the top 3. |
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| It is my least favorite thing to do. And then within an hour of coming home empty handed I'm ready to do it again. |
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| In the top 5 but not my favorite thing to do
1. Playing hockey
2. Watching ohio state football
3. Going to the casino
4. Bass fishing
5. Musky fishing |
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| Funny how things change over the years with marriage, kids, etc.,...I was, (and some would argue to a degree still am), obsessed with muskies and for many years had a difficult time engaging in any other type of hobby or pursuit. But these days, I find myself much less enthused to fish anywhere except LOTW. I still get out locally with some frequency, but if I were given the choice between 2 weeks/year on LOTW, or, unlimited fishing time locally and/or on WI waters, I'd take the 2 weeks on LOTW and it's an easy decision for me.
So, to answer the question, muskie fishing on LOTW is my favorite thing to do. Although still enjoyable, muskie fishing elsewhere really isn't. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | I do the multispecies thing, but when it comes winter and time to work on baits...it's more musky than anything. The little baits are just not as much fun!! I'll give Musky fishing a top 5 spot with ease. Those 5 are fluid Mrs. Ski puts the bite on,,,,it quickly rises to the top of the list. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | my favorite thing to do is work ... love my job
otherwise most ties to kids ...
fishing is great but if the smallies are "on" i'd rather do that than any of the others
a week on the Canadian Shield fishing muskies is my favorite
and trolling |
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| I was not trying to catch that Musky that day, I normally catch LM Bass, perch, walleye, pike and other pan fish. I cast my worm harness, there was no strike, I started reeling back my line and getting ready to cast on another spot and then this strike came from nowhere, my line was roaring ..... rrrrrrrrrrr, I let the fish pull, as soon as It stopped, I reeled it fast, the fish jump up the water, I thought It was a LM Bass or SM Bass. Then I saw this ugly looking fish with razor sharp teeth, I grabbed the tail, the head keeps swinging left to right, the mouth chomped like "Pacman". I don't have the proper gear that time but I managed to grab the head and blood starts to came out, I checked the fish, It wasn't the fish bleeding, It was my thumb cut from the razor sharp teeth when I was trying to remove the worm. I looked at the fish, It was amazing. I put back that fish and swam away after 8-10 mins. From that time on, I always think of catching another one, this one It will not be, by accident. |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | Fishing in general? Dang right it's my life. I love muskies but in the words of the musky mania, "muskies suck!" I do love cuttin some big old greenheads in some cut corn. The joys of being a ND student. |
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| Its definitely in my top 5 and ranks as the only fish on the list with pike being just below it.
Family stuff
muskies
bow hunting
concerts
mma live
I rank these in this order due to the money/time I have invested in each and how much each one is on my mind. |
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Location: Metro , Mille Lacs, and G. Rapids | BY FAR MY FAVORITE |
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| IAJustin - 10/1/2013 9:05 PM
love to muskie fish, its the hobby I spend the most hours every year doing, King of freshwater! ...but if I had a free week and unlimited funds it would not make my top 10 favorite activities.
When you really think about it........ It still would. |
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| Not sure what your saying? Ive taken a dozen trips I'd rather relive weekly if I had the time and money - I could easily never fish muskies again - wouldn't miss it a bit......200lb Marlin eating your fly at 10 yards away, running down giant roosterfish on the beach, bowhunting bugling elk, exploring Alaska.. on and on. Muskies are a nice Midwest "hunt".... Cool fish, but not close to my top 10 of things I'd really like to be doing...daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
Edited by IAJustin 10/17/2013 9:54 PM
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I enjoy Muskie and try to get out when I can. But time to fish is short. Just like so many of the rest of you, I'm busy with my wife, kids and work. And then I'm still recovering from a major ankle surgery this summer and am still dealing with shoulder issues which make fishing quite painful at times.
Both of my daughters are into travelling basketball and I'm sure most here know how costly that is in both time and money. After a standout fall soccer season, my youngest daughter has been asked to join an elite travelling soccer team. That goes through the winter and all the way until the middle of next July. And then there is AAU basket in the spring which starts at the end of March and goes to the end of June. And that is just the sports.
My wife now wants to remodel the house and my youngest daughter is really into hunting this year. We've been going duck hunting every weekend this fall and she has already shot her first duck. So duck hunting has pretty much replaced fall fishing. Here is a picture:
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