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Posts: 32959 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 32 Anglers hit the water today under nearly perfect early Spring conditions. The daytime temps were in the 70's, and the fish willing. Rattletraps caught many of the muskies, including Murph's 45" beauty. The Sledge, Manta, Jake, and other baits accounted for the rest. Crash's Landing's Guides and Tony Grant gave the group an overview of what to expect for Friday and Saturday, and set the stage for the evening entertainment during the Outing. Crash's Landing and Morehead Tourism are sponsoring a banquet for us Saturday night, and Tony Grant has his famous 'roadkill chilli' feed for us tomorrow evening. Anyone who passed on this outing has missed a great time! Here is the count so far: Murph! 45" Shaun_4 39" David_4 30" Mike Hulbert 36.5", 33" Mark P, 31.75", 34.25" Ralph Florio 32" Mike Koepp 31" Jason Smith 31", 30" Tony Grant 30.5" Mike Hulbert is leading with 69.5 points. Murph! has the big fish as of today! My thanks to Justin Mullins for taking me out on the Cave this afternoon for a few casts. His knowledge of the Cave and it's muskies is very extensive, his rig comfortable, and the conversation great. Thanks, sir. We each missed/lost a rattletrap fish, and I raised one little feller about 25" or so. What a great evening! Justin put Murph! and TECK on the area Murph took his big girl from, too. Tony gave us a comprehensive report from his Guide service, recommending SHALLOW, SHALLOW, or SHALLOW. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO: VOODOOTAILS SUICK MUSKIE MAGIC TACKLE MUSKY BUSTER TODDM FRED'S TINSELTAIL H2O CUSTOM MUSKIE LURES BLUE RIVER CRAZY D ESOX RESEARCH COMPANY WOOD ON THE WATER BUCHER TACKLE MUSKY INNOVATIONS SLAMMER TACKLE MUSKIE TRAP RUBBERHAIRY RIVER RUN ZALT/ZAM EGNOPS OUTDOORSFIRST MEDIA TONY GRANT CRASH AND JUSTIN MULLINS MOREHEAD TOURISM FRABILL MUSKIE NETS JASON SMITH WORRALLSWOODWORKING.COM PATRIOT POWERBOATS MuskieFIRST thanks all our Cave Run Outing sponsors!! The banquet will end with a huge door prize give away. Please consider each and every one of our sponsors whenever you need anything 'Muskie' in the future!!!!
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Posts: 32959 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | The weather was absolutley perfect in Kentucky today with temps in the 70's. Fishing was spotty, but the overall catch was good. Mike Koepp -40", 32", 30.5" Big O- 32" BruceKy 39" Steve Hulbert - 30", 33" Norm Wild- 30", 31" Mike Hulbert- 39.5", 35", 31" Tony Grant- 31" FSF- 35", 33" (sorry I missed you two, Crash wanted to fish until the sun was totally gone. We were leaving at about 6:30, but Crash hooked and lost a good one, you certainly undersatnd..) Doug J- 31" The shallow bite was again the rule with water temps averaging about 53 degrees in the warmer bays. Rattletraps, gliders, and jerk baits performed well. Everyone is sunburned some, including Tony and Justin. Tony hosted a group of hungry anglers with his famous Road Kill chilli, and I hosted a group at the Comfort Inn with Pizzas and drinks. Fishing stories were plentiful. There were several huge bass caught today using the rattletraps, including Crash's and Norm Wild's fish pictured here. I will do my best to get muskie pictures together from the group tomorrow. Anyone who passed on this trip is missing a great time. We have the banquet totally sponsored by Morehead Tourism and Crash's Landing tomorrow. Thanks again to Tony Grant, Crash and Justin Mullins, the Comfort Inn on 801 ( what a great place to stay if a hotel is in your fishing plans here) and all the guides and other friends we have down here for the superb hospitality.
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO: VOODOOTAILS SUICK MUSKIE MAGIC TACKLE MUSKY BUSTER TODDM FRED'S TINSELTAIL H2O CUSTOM MUSKIE LURES BLUE RIVER CRAZY D ESOX RESEARCH COMPANY WOOD ON THE WATER BUCHER TACKLE MUSKY INNOVATIONS SLAMMER TACKLE MUSKIE TRAP RUBBERHAIRY RIVER RUN ZALT/ZAM EGNOPS OUTDOORSFIRST MEDIA TONY GRANT CRASH AND JUSTIN MULLINS MOREHEAD TOURISM FRABILL MUSKIE NETS JASON SMITH WORRALLSWOODWORKING.COM PATRIOT POWERBOATS MuskieFIRST thanks all our Cave Run Outing sponsors!! The banquet will end with a huge door prize give away. Please consider each and every one of our sponsors whenever you need anything 'Muskie' in the future!!!!
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Posts: 32959 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | The water here is a bit cloudy now, so the fish have adapted with the color you see, kind of pale and white. That changes when things clear up here after high water. Sponger has lost two, so is VERY close!! | ||
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Posts: 32959 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Crash and I were on the water for two hours today, then came in to set up the banquet. The attached pic represents what we caught. More later, after everyone gets in off the water. Attachments ---------------- PANA0255.JPG (61KB - 243 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 32959 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | The day dawned wet, cool, but looking like muskies. The group hit the water, fished hard, and caught some nice fish! Totals for the day: RAZE1 39.5" Art Peters 36" and a HUGE Golden Kentucky Muskie, better known as a carp. Norm Wild 36", 39.5" Mike Hulbert 37" Greg Them 31" Tony Grant 33" Big Fish Of the Trip!! Murph! with a 45" beauty !st Place!! Mike Hulbert with 211 points 2nd Place!! Norm Wild with 146.5 points 3rd Place!! Mike Koepp 133.5 points 4th Place!! Tony Grant with 94.5 points There were 32 legals caught, a great total for sure. The banquet was a blast, the food absolutely wonderful (you kidding me?? We had PECAN PIE as one of several dessert choices!) Crash's Landing's Guides and Crash and Justin excellent co-hosts for the evening. Everyone tells me the food at Tony's was great last night, as was the Pizza and libations here at the Comfort Inn. Thanks again to our sponsors!! Attachments ---------------- PANA0256.JPG (62KB - 215 downloads) PANA0257.JPG (68KB - 201 downloads) PANA0258.JPG (74KB - 200 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 32959 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | More pictures of the Banquet. Raze scooped up a Sponge in his new net.. 259 is Murph! 261 is Tony grant, 4th Place 262 is Mike- 'Mikes Extreme' - 3rd Place 263 is Norm WIld, 2nd Place 264 isMike Hulbert, 1st PLACE!!! 265 is a picture of THE CREW AT THE CAVE!!! 269 is what Raze netted tonight!! Sponger donated a plate from his vehicle he sold, pretty cool, says egnops..Raze1 won the plate and a Frabill muskie Net. Attachments ---------------- PANA0259.JPG (64KB - 202 downloads) PANA0260.JPG (57KB - 191 downloads) PANA0261.JPG (60KB - 198 downloads) PANA0261.JPG (60KB - 189 downloads) PANA0262.JPG (65KB - 190 downloads) PANA0263.JPG (54KB - 199 downloads) PANA0264.JPG (59KB - 206 downloads) PANA0265.JPG (61KB - 221 downloads) PANA0269.JPG (72KB - 227 downloads) | ||
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