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| we all remember our first love.
what was the first muskie:
- lure you ever bought?
- rod/reel combo you had?
- fish you ever caught? on what lure?
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Posts: 605
Location: Marshfield, WI | The first muskie I ever caught lived by my Grandmas pier on Lake Katherine all summer. I tried for it a lot but I could never get it to hit. Then, one day, I saw it chasing minnows. I put a minnow on, casted it towards him, and it bit my line. I ran up to my Grandma and she gave me this big hook. I took that down, stuck a minnow on, and got it. Big 15" musky. My first on a lure was in Canada. We were fishing three in the boat and I was in the middle. The guy on my right had a follow and we all figure8ed the fish. The fish swam under the boat and the other guys started to cast. I kept figure8ing. The fish came back and hit my bucktail. I don't remember how big, maybe 27". I think I was 17 at the time.
The first musky lure I ever got was a gift from my Grandma. It was an 8" Eddie bait. Once, I had a 50" follow on a 6" reef hawg. It was 20 minutes until moonset, so I stayed in the area and came back and figured that Eddie bait would be perfect for him. 2nd cast, wham, fish on. I gave it a good hookset, expecting the 50" musky. Turned out to be a 25" musky. That is the only fish I ever caught on that bait because my uncle lost it the next summer. 
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | .
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| Lures- Mepps and a 6" Bobbie Bait and a Radtke Pikie Minnow
Rod and reel- I had a 6'6" Ugly Stick with a Daiwa Millionaire on it.
First fish was a 44"er on a 1/8 ounce jig/fathead minnow combo. Yes I kept it. It was close to death by the time that I got it to the boat.
First targetted fish was a 38"er on the Radtke Pikie minnow, followed by a 42"er the next day on the Bobbie Bait.
Never been the same since.
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | 1st muskie(accidental)-- caught on a Pet spoon while fishing for anything.
1st on purpose--caught on a Globe
!st lure- bought a Globe and Shannon twin spin
1st outfit- Pflueger Supreme and Heddon 5' glass pool cue. Now hanging on my wall.
The fun part was having my son catch his 1st muskie (40") on the rod and reel on a sucker before it was permanently retired. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | 1st muskie .... a 40" kentuck beauty
1st lure ... perch cobb
1st combo ... 400 calcutta w/ St. Croix 7'6" Heavy
that cobb got tossed a lot during that first year and caught a lot of fish since .... a bit torn up, but still in the box. still throw that rod and although i'm using the b-calcuttas more (like the newer handles), the reel is still in the rotation too.
suggestion to new people ... buy good stuff right away and you won't have to do things twice or thrice .... and if you do want out, it's easier to sell. oh, and if you do want out ... you're just a wimp anyway ... LOL
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Posts: 33
Location: Minneapolis, MN | Enjoyable thread...
1st lure - 8" jake perch
1st setup - Thorne Bros S-series bucktail rod and an Abu C3
1st fish - 48" flambeau river on an orange Buchertail (been hooked ever since, still my personal best)
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Location: Yahara River Chain | - lure you ever bought? - Mepps #5 brass/yellow
- rod/reel combo you had? 5501c & a built a fenwick blank muskie rod (it was brown, remember those?)
- fish you ever caught? on what lure? 33" Hybrid Char/Char baby buchertail on Lake Monona
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Location: Des Moines IA | First lure was a 3 piece lot on ebay, a yellow perch suick, a argoblast topwater firetiger and some wierd salt water thing.
First rod/ Reel combo was a 6'9 Heavy I just Sold, and a C5 6600
First fish was a 44 on the indian chain in Ontario on a 10 inch Jake.
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Posts: 273
| 1st fish: was 42" on a 3" Rapala and spinning gear.
1st combo: Shimano Corsair(big mistake) and a 6'6" GM guide series rod.
1st bait: perch baby depthraider because I needed a "big" muskie bait in my arsenal.
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| First musky lure bought, Mepps Musky Killer Silver Blade/Purple Body, still have it today with monster tooth marks from a fish lost
First musky combo, Abu c3 5500/St. Croix Premier 6'9"
First musky, 37" Tiger Musky from The Mighty Chip caught on a 4 inch Rapala |
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Posts: 1185
Location: Iowa | First lure...Walleye Reef Hawg
First Rod/Reel...Quantum 7'0" Med-Heavy Action with a 6500 C3
First Muskie...31" male on LOTW and a 12" White Fudally Hawg Spin
Big Perc |
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Location: Schofield, Wisconsin | 1st lure bought - Mepps red and black bucktail
1st rod/reel combo - Shimano symetre reel with Rhino Rod
1st fish caught - 33" on Eel Lake in the UP of Michigan on a Big Bass Spinnerbait
The rest is history....
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Location: The desert | Here is my first musky....caught on a 6'6" ML spinning rod with 8lb test on a deep diving rapala.
Mike
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Location: Verona, WI | First Lure - A magnum Hawg Wobbler that I used in May cuz I didn't know any better.
First Rod/Reel - Abu Garcia 5500 and a Quarrow 6'9" heavy action
First Musky - A whopping 27" musky caught in Lac Vieux Desert on a Shad Rap while walleye fishing. |
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| first lure: Mouldy's Topper Stopper (still got it)
first combo: St.Croix Premier 6'6MHF and an Abu Garcia 6500C3 (still got them both)
first fish: 43" from a small creek near Napanee, ON on a Sluggo
the guy i was with kept telling me to throw this green worm he had and i kept thinking "no way, that's not even a 'real' muskie lure..." when i finally listened to him (at his 'spot x' no less), fish on! |
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| 1. The first lure that i bought was a black Tallywacker.
2. The first rod that i had was a cheap Shakespear with an Abu Garcia 6600 on it.
3. The first muskie was a 42 incher caught on a black and chartruse Mepps Marabou. |
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Posts: 157
Location: Wausau/Phillips WI | First lure bought was a black Marathon Slim Jim bucktail because it seemed everyone of the big guys used them.
The rod and reel combo was a old steel rod with a Zebco 33 or a Johnson Century.
First musky was caught on a silver french spinner with white pork rind on Big Muskellunge Lake by Sayner WI around 1959.
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Location: Sarell, MN | first combo: 6'6 Cortland and an Abu Garcia 6500C3
first lure: Rad Dogg spinner bait (grey & white)
first muksie: 29 inch muskie caught on the set up and lure above |
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Posts: 624
Location: S.W. WI | 1st lure- 6"Perch jake
combo- Abu C3/Rapala Rod.
1st Musk- 36" on Mag. Shad Rap, on Big Siss
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| First lure,crazy crawler
Reel pflueger supreme
Rod Abu garcia
Bass sized crazy crawler,i was 12. I caught it on the mondeux flowage in taylor cnty. WI. 37in.
That was 40 years ago,where did the time go.
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Location: Stevens Point | First baits was a lot of 5 chartruese spinnerbaits baught off this site. about 3 or 4 years back.
First Combo Woody's CUstom 6'9" heavy rod. w/ an abu 6600CB
First fish was 32" on a creeper. lost a mid 40's on same creeper fifteen minutes later. awsome evening. |
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| My first lure i ever bought was a rizzo trophy tail
My first combo was a 6500c3 with a cheap rod that i replaced with a shimano compre after a month
My first fish was a 28" off the weedy pond on a northland bionic bucktail spinnerbait |
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Location: Antioch, IL | First lure = A Tallywacker with a funky paint job that changed from dark purple to light green depending on the angle you looked at it (like the Superior Ambulance paint jobs... I think it is Superior). Most of the paint is gone from banging it off rocks.
First Combo = 6500C3 / 7' Shimano Compre
First Fish = 33" in LOTW on last day of a ten day trip (Looked like a hammer handle and I was as giddy as a school girl) |
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Posts: 1168
| Purchased lure: Craw/walleye shallow raider
Rod/Reel: 6501c3, Rizzo Trophy Tamer
First fish: 35 inches on a tip-up
First targeted fish: 44 inch on homemade twitchbait |
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Location: Fonda IA | My first lures I got were 2 DB06's and 2 jointed swim wizz's
Casting a swim wizz got me my first non accidental musky on Okoboji it was 31 inches on a windy rainy day.
My first setup where B class 6500 and 7 foot HMX rod.
I lost my beloved swim wizz the first time I every tried trolling with a mono leader,Just can't seem to bring myself to every try anything but steel between my lure and me now.Blummer |
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Location: Central, IA | 1st Fish: 25 inch Dink Iowa Musky caught on a crappie phantom
1st Lure: Bubble Bee Suick
1st: Set up 6'6 Shimano Compre & a 6400 C4
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Location: Central, IA | Blummingflower - 3/16/2006 8:49 AM
I lost my beloved swim wizz the first time I every tried trolling with a mono leader,Just can't seem to bring myself to every try anything but steel between my lure and me now.Blummer
Dennis Im with ya, I wont ever use mono again after losing a huge northern through the ice this year on a heavy flouro leader.... |
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Location: Otsego, MN | My first lure was a silver giant jackpot
Rod and reel was a 6"6 shimano compre and a abu garcia C-4
first fish was a 37" caught on the above set up, been hooked ever since. |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | First lure I bought- Silver and Black Mepps Musky Killer
First Rod and reel-6'9" St Croix, Abu 6501
First Musky accidental, 1/8 oz jig and minnow, no idea how big 30ish
First Musky targeted, 43.5 on previous said Mepps Musky Killer
BTW Pointer, is your first from Outlet Bay???????? Busted!!!!! |
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