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| We pulled up on the first spot, in southern illnios. After about 30 casts, I thought I was snagged. After I looked in the water I saw a gater with teeth shaking his head. Once I got it in the net, got a few quick pics, and a measurement. A 44.5" gave me a nice tail wag! What a start of the year, here's the pic, is it luck or what?
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Location: Minnesota | Nice fish! Was not my first big fish but, my first buck was a big 170 and after that a crap load of does! LOL Here is to your first turning out to be the small one of the year!
Man, and we still have 2 foot of snow and ice on the lakes!
Edited by Grunt Lures 3/9/2007 9:56 PM
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| A very nice musky to start the year! |
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Location: Medford, WI | Beautiful!!! I'm loving these weekly posts of muskies being caught!!! So great to see...only a few more months for us here in Wisconsin. But for the lucky ones like myself, we'll have a chance at some southern muskies before opener here.
Way to get a very nice fish this early...good luck the rest of the season.
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Come on......give us the run down....What did you use, how deep were you fishing, were dying up here, I still can't see out of my office window from the snow that the plow left in front of it.
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| Ok Netman, Here is a little more details, I was using a crank, in 25 fow casting towars shore, thought i hit a tree or some
thing. Set the hook (sort of) and was looking at the rod tip. The rod was bent but no movement? Gave a couple of cranks
on the reel, and wasnt shure if I was pulling up a branch. So gave a look in the water and it was ON. water temp was about
40 deg. Hope this gave you a little more visual.
Thanks alot guys
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Location: Racine, Wi | Atta boy Coop. Save some of that Mojo for the opener.  |
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| Thanks Joel, Im just trying to get the body conditioned. But seriously i dont know who s#!t more, me or the fish?
Look close. lol |
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| All fishing requires a bit of luck doesn't it? But at the same time you must have done some things right too......beautiful fish, congrats.
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Thanks Coop....I needed that, fished Okauchee yesterday 18" of ice yet.
How many days till the opener?
Netman |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | Yep, it's luck. I fished over 3 years before I got mine. Hope you bought some lottery tickets, too!
Good fish, congrats! m |
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Location: Iowa | Congrats on the fish...what a beauty...
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Location: dry creek west virginia | hey man nice fish and you did a good job on hand position on that fish it looks like one in a magazine lol |
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Location: Hugo, MN | COOPER, keep in mind that Luck favors those best prepared.
Nice Fish to start the season! |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Awesome fish man!! What a way to start the year!! CONGRATULATIONS |
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Location: New Brighton, MN | Someone once said, "The harder I work, the luckier I get."
Nice fish. |
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Location: Sarell, MN | Nice fish, I can't wait until I can start casting, I'm thinking of heading down to Iowa to get my fix
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