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Beauty fish FP! Looks like a great weekend!

Thanks guys, I'd say it was low 30in, but beautiful markings. I didn't measure it and the only reason I got a pic was because it was a little sluggish getting going on the release. The pic was almost an afterthought. Day trip to Lake Q tomorrow. PUMPED! I think I have Musky fever !

Went out for 2 hours today. Got to the ramp at 1o'clock and turned the car off while I got everything in order. Couple of straps to pull off, make sure plug is in. OK, I'm ready to go... The car won't start. Nothing. The dash lights up but no action. Must be the starter. Get under to check and sure enough, the ground wire has come right off. A couple of minutes later and were off to the races. Boy am I glad no-one wanted to launch while I was fixing the car! On to the fishing, was throwing a Musky Mania bucktail over a small transition for an hour or so without any luck. Decided to go fish a small hardbottom area that even though has never produced a thing, drew my attention. First cast, Backlash...@&*&^$! Second cast 10 pumps of the reel and its FISH ON! I thought it was really small, but turns out it was not a bad fish at all, and one I'll gladly call first 'ski of the year... Saw some good clouds coming in so put the boat back on the trailer not too long after that fish. So, a good day for opener. Hopefully tomorrow will be even better! Hope everyone had a good musky opener and got slime all over the place!

Joe, thats awesome! What was the final top speed?

HMMM... I'll do it the old fashioned way: Good job everyone.

Hope this works... http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l13/jmc_...=1180562915.pbw Its a slideshow, couldn't post it. But the link should work.

Right on Dutch! I'd love to do the same . Looks like a great place,definately good fishing. Congrats!

SNAG...welcome back and thanks for the report.

Nice looking fish man. Thats a great average size for pike by the looks of it. Awesome walleye as well. WTG.

Right on...FC. 'Bout time you caught something . Keep kissing fish and you'll end up with giardia. Alright, alright congrats.

Very nice tribute lew. Sounds like you were very good friends as well as family. My condolences.

Yeah, Doug said it. What a beautiful place. Theres gotta be some good fishing around, though. Have fun man!

Some big names in that field. I'll take the day off work if someone will sponsor me

NIIIIIICE!

They may as well put some rides for kids at gas stations. Thats going to be the only family outing some people are going to afford soon enough..."Kids we're going out today. "Where are we going Dad?""To the gas station.""YIPEEEEE!!!"" I'm going to have to stop eating to support my gas addiction

Great report Nug. Beauty laker, congrats on the trophy! I hope Satan didn't ask for too much in exchange...

Thats some bad luck on a first trip out. I would think everything should be covered. Hope you get the/a boat back soon man. Good luck.

Wasn't fishing the harbour area so no licence needed. Wish I could say where, but I didn't do the legwork and it wouldn't be fair to the guys who did to say where we were fishing. Sorry.

Great outing for sure! You'll get used to the Abu, once you use it enough you won't even notice. Just be sure to set it properly and you'll have no problems. One thing to watch for is the three screws in the side, I've had them come loose from time to time.

Took the boat down to T.O. yesterday and hooked up with a few board members to see what all the fuss was about. I made plans with Lucid to hit one of the honey holes on the lakeshore. All was going good for me until I got toward the 401 on the DVP and as I saw brake lights ahead, the radio announcer was polite enough to tell me that the DVP would be closed until Monday . Think driving down there is bad enough, try doing it with a boat on the back! Anyhoo after TWO HRS!!! I finally launch the boatand head to the meeting place. As I round the bend and see some float tubers and one of them has got some splashing going on in the front! This must be the place ! That tuber was RSX, nice to meet you and your gf, pulling in a nice little snake. Lucid and Hillrat jumped in the boat and we fished for a half hour-or so and pulled up to get their tubes out of the water. Hillrat decided to join his buddy for some wading and HighDrifter hopped on board for what was shaping up to be a beeautiful day. Not long after we re-launched, Lucid gets into one after he spotted it up high on a sand flat. After that first one, it seems like everything happened real quick and we weren't even keeping count. I think the end result was 7-8 fish with a few lost at boatside and countless follows. Most of the fish were caught by cruising the ledge and casting to shadows ahead of us. It was real cool to watch a log all of a sudden come to life and start chasing your lure! The most memorable one had a fish chase down Lucids HuskyJerk, miss it the first time and then watch the fish give another burst and overtake the bait with a big flare of the gills what a sight! Very cool to fish that way. Thanks to the TO Pike crew for showing me your spot, you're all welcome on my boat anytime especially you, Fidel lol. We'll even let you catch some next time . J/K, it was great meeting you man. Thanks again Lucid. After I dropped you guys off, I got into two more on the way out on the same line, those fish couldn't get enough of that pattern. Team 8, I'm embarassed to say I left my paper at home and will NOT be making a submission and accept any punishment you deem fit. Sorry about lack of pics, HighDrifter has some on his camera, hopefully he'll put them up.

You can try for lakers under the many bridges in the area. Some good lakers to be had in the current areas there for now. If you start getting into Bass, move along. Depending what time of month, you could get into Pike, Lake Trout or Muskie legally, but like I said there will be bass there and they'll be setting up shop to spawn once the water warms up a little more. What lake will you be on, and when are you going?

Nice fish, wingman. Congrats on the PB!

The small ones always seem to be a lot feistier than the big ones. Hard to hang on to if the fish isn't much bigger than the lure. That looks like a sketchy spot to get hooked, OUCH! Hope you recover and get out there soon!

Ric and Lucid, you both have PMs.

You can have mine