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If someone told me you could fish for 7 hours and only have 1 bite and call it a successful day I would have called bull, but today with the help of some great friends and better equipment I went back for another try at the Muskies. We only had the one bite but ended up with my first Tiger Muskie and it was a real thrill! Watching that thing jump out of the water made my day. It wasn't the one that got my lure last week, but it was a fat 38 1/2 incher.
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Those things do put up a pretty good fight.
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Congratulations Gary, nice fish and great pics. Looks like you hard work paid off.
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Congrats Gary........I know that boat.[fishin]
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Way to go! Been up three times and have yet to get one to bite this year.
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Really not very big as Tigers go, but it was a lot of fun! I can see why people get hooked on pursuing these things.
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Way to go Gary, glad you got into one... Looks like a fun catch... J
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Nice I've been 7 times this year and all I get is follows . Just can't get them to bite. I must be doing something wrong.
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Nice fish. Thanks for sharing. I'm still looking for my first musky.
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Hello Gary, way to go. Now you're probably hooked on Muskie fishing. I hit Willard it was on fire. Caught 12 Walleye, 25 Wipers, and a half a dozen Crappie. I'm fishing the Gorge this week-end in a Bass tournament. Any pointers on where the Bass are?
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I sent you a PM, Eljay.
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last year I fished Pineview probably 20 times without catching one. Plenty of crappie, perch, SMB and a few decent browns. Then one day while trolling my usual Rapala on 6 lb mono, I looked over and my pole was bent almost in half and drag was ripping out. I thought surly I had snagged into a submerged tree...but then the "snag" started to jerk back!
It was probably a 30 minute fight of line on, then back off the spool! Super tense knowing I only had 6 lb test and no leader!
Finally netted the beast and it was in the same ballpark as yours...She swam away tired but healthy!
Great catch man!
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Great job! It's a beauty.
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