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Posts: 829 Location: Maple Grove, MN | I got out a couple of times this weekend and the fishing is tough. I dug into my bag of tricks and my daughter and I scored a few fish. My ten year old daughter caught her first Muskie and I caught my largest of the year so far. We didn't see much though as it seems the fish haven't really gotten going yet. What worked for us was downsizing the lures and going to secondary spots. Both of these fish were caught when the primary spots had boats on them. Sometimes backup plans pay off.  Edited by Herb_b 9/6/2010 11:15 PM Attachments ----------------  pict_45.jpg (42KB - 221 downloads) pict_48.jpg (41KB - 235 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 829 Location: Maple Grove, MN | Yeah, she was excited all right. She was talking a mile a minute after that and then got a pro-style backlash that took me 15 minutes to get out. She started fishing for Muskies with me when she was six and put in her time again this year. Now she is more excited about the next fishing trip than her soccer game. So, how much does it cost to have a 45 inch Replica made?  | ||
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Posts: 829 Location: Maple Grove, MN | Good idea on the blow-up. Its less expensive too. Her teacher asked all the kids to bring a 4x6 inch picture of themselves for their first day of school today. So, naturally, she took the picture of her fish. Cute. | ||
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Posts: 829 Location: Maple Grove, MN | Captain, I can't tell you how glad I was that she caught that 45 inch Muskie and not me. Somehow the 48 incher the next day seemed almost anti-climatic. Her fish was actually heavier than mine. Her's had a 22 inch girth (about 27 lbs) and mine had only a 20 inch girth (about 24 lbs). The 48 was a very long Daddy fish I guess..... So, now we have to decide how big of a picture to get of her fish. That www.customfish.com site has some cool options. Thanks, Muskyfvr for that link. Edited by Herb_b 9/8/2010 9:32 AM | ||
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Herb_b - 9/8/2010 9:30 AM Captain, I can't tell you how glad I was that she caught that 45 inch Muskie and not me. Somehow the 48 incher the next day seemed almost anti-climatic. Her fish was actually heavier than mine. Her's had a 22 inch girth (about 27 lbs) and mine had only a 20 inch girth (about 24 lbs). The 48 was a very long Daddy fish I guess..... So, now we have to decide how big of a picture to get of her fish. That www.customfish.com site has some cool options. Thanks, Muskyfvr for that link. :) Proud Papa!!! Out of my 3 boys the oldest two have taken to fishing like flies on you know what. The youngest just doesnt know it yet, well, he's one. The only thing he knows is when he's hungry or pooped. I am convinced my middle son is going to be a musky phenom. He whips his bobber out there like no tomorrow and doesnt leave it sit, reels in and casts again. Apparently he missed the memo that ONLY muskies are the fish of 1,000 casts. LOL | |||
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Posts: 829 Location: Maple Grove, MN | |||
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This year it's been a black Alumicraft tiller with a black engine and large graph mounted in the back. He's cut me off twice. Second time I could have dropped a short cast in his boat. Few things get's my blood boiling more than people blatantly cutting me off.  A friend told me a story of a time he got cut off, he left the spot and moved to another one where he proceeded to catch a 50+. His point is that you never know when getting cut off can be a good thing. I need to remind myself of this. Edited by Mak51 9/20/2010 3:12 PM | |||
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Posts: 697 Location: Minnetonka | |||
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Hammskie - 9/20/2010 3:26 PM Andy "Little Girl" Hamm Can we please start calling you that | |||
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Posts: 697 Location: Minnetonka | A Lake Minnetonka report... Rob from San Diego got his first muskie on Saturday morning after a very cold start. The muskie was, believe it or not, on a breakline and ate a bucktail on the figure 8. Edited by Hammskie 9/20/2010 3:47 PM Attachments ---------------- photo[1].JPG (192KB - 222 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 2384 Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | |||
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| I make it a point of finding blue bass boats trolling along using oars....those are good spots to fish. Edited by PostFrontal 9/20/2010 7:44 PM | |||
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Posts: 829 Location: Maple Grove, MN | That is all par for the course on Minnetonka. What really bothers me is when the big boats come to close. I have now armed myself with a powerful air-horn and have begun blasting those guys when they "buzz" me with their big boats. As far as boats cutting you off, just put on something different than them and follow them one or two cast lengths behind. I have had great luck when being cut off by guys that were throwing DCGs or Bulldawgs and then following them with a topwater or spinner bait. They seem to wake the fish up and then I catch them. I've caught at least 20 fish over the past few years doing that. Funny part is seeing the reaction on the cutoff boat when you stick a pig right behind them. And it really gets them going when you hook the second fish. One can have lots of fun doing that. Edited by Herb_b 9/23/2010 2:35 PM | ||
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Posts: 3504 Location: Elk River, Minnesota | |||
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