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| If you had to say one, who would be in your eyes the best muskie fisherman alive today. Criteria could vary depending on your opinion. Most big fish, abaility to Catch fish in many different places or water systems, most innovative etc. My answer could be a few, Mike hulbert, Mike lazurus, Spencer Berman, Joe bucher, but if I had to pick one just from research and percetion I would probably say Jason hamernick based on number of big fish and past performance on pmtt.just a fun topic..what say you? |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Moses Maltscrubber |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | Too cold to fish already?
Steve Worrall would be my nominee, for his work in bringing so very many to the sport. m |
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Location: oswego, il | Will be a feature article in every issue of Guide Envy magazine. |
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Location: SE Wisc | Fishing isn’t golf or tennis. Too many variables to say there is a “best” and there’s a luck factor, the fish eat when they want to. You could have an argument about who’s been the most beneficial to the sport, many people to choose from there. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Mike Bolinski |
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| Ciscokid82 - 10/27/2018 9:01 AM
Fishing isn’t golf or tennis. Too many variables to say there is a “best” and there’s a luck factor, the fish eat when they want to. You could have an argument about who’s been the most beneficial to the sport, many people to choose from there.
Great perspective so the question. Afterthought I might change my shallow answer in the beginning just basing it off of perception of number of big fish. Maybe I will change my answer to Larry ramsell, due to the additional research contributions to the sport and a heavy number of big fish as well. |
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| its a tight race but its always the guy at the landing. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Musky Brian - 10/27/2018 9:32 AM
Mike Bolinski
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| Last name would be Lindner... |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | The best muskie angler I know is Herbie. Thinks a lot, and beats the odds by innovating. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Laz..... Over 9,000 muskies in the bag and counting, over 2,200 muskies 50”+, 300+ Muskies at 55”+, and 2 60” fish. Since 1988 on tough water. Jaw dropping numbers. |
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Location: Ashland WI | Bnelson |
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| Those that fish every single day will & should put up big numbers. The hard core Muskie guys will know the names of all those guys. Does that make them the "best" Muskie fisherman today? IDK. Go to the sports shows and see which Muskie seminars fill the seats. Those are the "most" popular. Are they the "best"? IDK.
Today Berman & his partner (sorry I don't know his name) are the "best" in the PMTT. Does that make them the "best"? IDK.
It's a subjective subject. Just like the question of who is the best NFL quarterback playing today, the best NBA player playing today, the best MLB pitcher pitching today. It all depends on what you are looking for in the answer. |
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| Brian Hoffies - 10/27/2018 3:47 PM
Those that fish every single day will & should put up big numbers. The hard core Muskie guys will know the names of all those guys. Does that make them the "best" Muskie fisherman today? IDK. Go to the sports shows and see which Muskie seminars fill the seats. Those are the "most" popular. Are they the "best"? IDK.
Today Berman & his partner (sorry I don't know his name) are the "best" in the PMTT. Does that make them the "best"? IDK.
It's a subjective subject. Just like the question of who is the best NFL quarterback playing today, the best NBA player playing today, the best MLB pitcher pitching today. It all depends on what you are looking for in the answer.
The best qb and nba player I don't think is debatable. But I understand your point. Tom Brady and LeBron even though I'm not a fan. |
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| A couple of others not mentions: Marc Thorp on the Ottawa and St Laurence rivers...excellent guide, educator and conservationist. Musky Joe Flater, recently inducted into the Fresh Water Haul of Fame, decades of quietly dominating the Flambeau and upper Chippewa Rivers.
Like others have said, to many variables.
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| Craig Holland - 10/27/2018 5:24 PM
Brian Hoffies - 10/27/2018 3:47 PM
Those that fish every single day will & should put up big numbers. The hard core Muskie guys will know the names of all those guys. Does that make them the "best" Muskie fisherman today? IDK. Go to the sports shows and see which Muskie seminars fill the seats. Those are the "most" popular. Are they the "best"? IDK.
Today Berman & his partner (sorry I don't know his name) are the "best" in the PMTT. Does that make them the "best"? IDK.
It's a subjective subject. Just like the question of who is the best NFL quarterback playing today, the best NBA player playing today, the best MLB pitcher pitching today. It all depends on what you are looking for in the answer.
The best qb and nba player I don't think is debatable. But I understand your point. Tom Brady and LeBron even though I'm not a fan.
I will say Brady is the best of all time. Whether he is the best TODAY can be debated. LeBron..................I haven't watched 5 minutes of him in his whole career. I'm not a basketball guy. So yep he might be the best today or maybe not. Kinda like who is the best muskie guy.  |
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| Andrew Ragas, Daryl Dorado, and Jay Cutler. |
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Location: The desert | While it's an honor to be nominated, I didn't fish today. So can't be me. Unlikely tomorrow, either. |
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Location: mercer wi | I would love to be in a boat for a week will Bill Sandy, or Steve Herbeck. There's a lot of information between those 2. Maybe next year I'll finally get to go to Canada. O Luke Ronnstrand. Think that's how you spell his name. Couple buddy's have fished with him. They said he's super down to earth and knows the game. |
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| JakeStCroixSkis - 10/27/2018 2:14 PM
Laz..... Over 9,000 muskies in the bag and counting, over 2,200 muskies 50”+, 300+ Muskies at 55”+, and 2 60” fish. Since 1988 on tough water. Jaw dropping numbers.
Holy $h!t |
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| NickD - 10/27/2018 10:01 PM
Laz..... Over 9,000 muskies in the bag and counting, over 2,200 muskies 50”+, 300+ Muskies at 55”+, and 2 60” fish. Since 1988 on tough water. Jaw dropping numbers.
Any idea how long he has been at it?
Over a 20 year period... 2,200 Muskies over 50 inches would be over 100 Muskies per year. That is amazing when the season is just over 5 months.
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| Those Numbers are pulled from like four years ago I believe, I do know it represents 26 years according to musky hunter article, induction to freshwater hof..Those numbers are crazy!!!...anyone else even close to “averaging” almost a dozen 55”+ in the net annually for over 26 straight years?.. I don’t care how much time you are on the water that’s dialed in!!!
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| Laz- 2,200 is no doubt a large number... but by those number roughly 25% of all his catches are over 50"... 1 in every 4 fish he catches... knowing the Larry fairly well.... if we are talking about the GOAT - I don't know how anyone can top that.... if those numbers are accurate...remarkable.
25% of all fish caught are "trophy" ski...I think Jake had a year like that a few years ago... |
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Location: oswego, il | Louie Spray, he is the only one to catch three world records. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | If Laz told me he caught a 50 in the sink in Walmart's washroom I wouldn't doubt it for a second. The man is a big fish machine. 2 or 3 in his boat all repeat hardcore muskie guys on the best water in the world every day.
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Location: Eastern Ontario | ToddM - 10/28/2018 7:54 AM
Louie Spray, he is the only one to catch three world records.
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Location: Ashland WI | ToddM - 10/28/2018 6:54 AM
Louie Spray, he is the only one to catch three world records.
And no one has caught one even close in that area since... Whatta fisherman. |
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| It's the fisherman who can consistently put muskies in the boat in all waters throughout the muskie range. From the shield lakes of Canada to the deep highland reservoirs of the south. And lets not forget about the rivers in North America to. This is the fisherman who gets my vote, if he exists. Kdawg. |
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| kdawg - 10/28/2018 8:46 AM
It's the fisherman who can consistently put muskies in the boat in all waters throughout the muskie range. From the shield lakes of Canada to the deep highland reservoirs of the south. And lets not forget about the rivers in North America to. This is the fisherman who gets my vote, if he exists. Kdawg. He does,and he can troll ,jig,and cast. Gregg Thomas. |
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