Devious

Got out fishing with my buddy Jeff today for the afternoon and we had a good outing. It was a great day to be out on the water as it wasn't too cold nor windy. Fishing was tough for the first little while as we started off by tossing suicks but didn't get a sniff on them. Throughout the afternoon we tried tossing a few other lures but didn't catch a break until the end of the day. As we were making out way back to the launch I got this one on a 12" bulldog.

45 inches, I wish i would of got the girth measurement but what can ya do. Fish swam off strong as soon as it got back in the water which was nice to see. Hopefully the weather is decent enough to get back out next weekend.

I would never even consider calling this thread a fishing report when it's clearly not. It's a short story more than anything else.

Since you're the root admin, I'd like to say that these forums are way disorganized, mixing off-topic fishing, family, and random reports with fishing stories here and there.

 

Anyways, I'm sure I'm not going to be missed, I played by the rules.... say what you want, they were entertaining.

Still not what I'm looking for in a report though

Sorry this "report" didn't live up to your expectations. Ill be sure to post as "Muskie Pictures" next time so this can all be avoided.

Wow.... just wow.

 

I did ask politely about why you even call it a "report", and instead you called me a dick about not posting the location. This thread has "bragging rights" written all over it, as far as I know a report is supposed to tell us about how the fishing went in a body of water at a particular point in time.

 

 

 

Obviously you bypassed about all of what I said and still don't know what a "report" is in our private PMs. By the way, the conversation was very civil and I don't really know why you considered it flaming. Maybe because I had the last word on what is otherwise a civilized private debate on this matter? Oh, since you're still on that subject and swore by the rules of these forums, let me quote specifically from the rules of the forums itself:

 

 

 

Note the emphasis on "VERY SPECIFIC" and "pinpoint" which means, the landmark or exact GPS coordinates. Now I know that the body of water this guy is fishing must be huge, but according to the rules, it's reasonable that no one would expect that very specific information in a report. Different spots in that body of water could have very different productivity levels.

 

To the rest of y'all:

 

 

 

I rest my case. By the way, those are very nice muskies, too bad you had to rely on keeping your locations a secret and rely on blind luck about your skills as a fisherman.

 

Have a good one!

 

Your way off base in everything you said man.

I haven't personally but my uncle does a ton of fly fishing from them and just loves it.

Very nice!! That 47 incher is a pig!!!! Was that 50 incher caught in the kawarthas?Thanks for sharing.

No it was not, none of these are kawarthas fish.

Nice!

Nice work man!

Hello OFC - Been a while since ive posted a report. I hope everyone had a great summer fishing and are now enjoying the joys of the fall! Anyways Ive got a few musky pics here, most are recent with two being from the summer.

This is me with one that was 38-40 cant remember - August 2010

Jeff with a 38

Jeff with a 40

Jeff with a 47x20....notice the pattern here

Chris with a 50" - July 2010

Were going back out this weekend so I hope to be back with more pics soon!

Beauty smallmouth! Id give it every bit of 5lbs and then some....

Unreal! Thanks for the report.

Beautiful fish!

Great eyes! Nice work.

Beauty! Kawarthas fish? Nice and thick. Can I ask if you were trolling or casting the bulldawg? I have so far caught zilch on mine, and have no confidence in it at the moment despite the fact that it looks oh-so tasty in the water.

Thanks! It was nice and thick with a 21" girth! Not a Kawarthas fish either I should add. I was casting the bulldawg, it was my first muskie to hit away from the boat. I was fishing it with a constant retrieve most of the day but after not getting a sniff I decided to change it up. Within 20 casts of changing my retrieve I got it. The key was using long sweeps on the rod and letting the bait fall for a second.

No its not a 50+ but im working on it Got this 44 incher on a bulldog.

Hope everyone is having a great summer fishin!

Unless you need the baits asap DO NOT go by ups. Like others have said they will rape you with brokerage fees.....Usps might be slow (really slow at times) but it will get to you and you wont have to pay any ridiculous fees. I have never paid any duties or brokerage fees from cabelas or bps. I think cabelas actually ships with ups too from what I can remember but they use a type of shipping with ups where the brokerage fees are included. The problem is most retailers only offer standard ups to international customers and we get hit hard on the receiving end.

I'll be at Mountsberg piking early morn Sunday and slopping my jigs for LM mid-morning onward. I'd like to try some chatter baits that I picked up this off-season. Anyone have thoughts (good or bad) on these?

Love the chatterbait! Started using it last summer had some good results. They cause some violent strikes thats for sure...

My audiophile son says the tape deck adapter is the absolute best way to go. And they are still available for about $10.

 

JF

Yup I find these a lot better then the AM/FM transmitters.

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Great stuff. I found the action hot Sat morning too! The bite also slowed down for me once the wind picked up. Went 3 for 5.

Nice!....Thanks for all the comments guys, it seems that everyone had a great opening day!

Kerr - gimme a shout when you get in town and we will get out.

Got out fishing with a couple buddies for the opener on Saturday. Bite was pretty good in the morning, managed to land one fish and lost another on a massive jump (highest ive ever seen a fish jump out of the water...3+ft easy). Other then that I had one other fish follow but couldn't get him to bite. After that the wind picked up and the fishing slowed down considerably. All fish hooked were on the Sebile stick shad, my new favorite lure now I should add Heres a pic of the one fish we landed, a 35 incher. Hope every one had a fun time fishing this weekend!

Looks kinda like a creek chub too...

I sometimes cut just to make it easier to extract the hooks. I still pop them out or plier them out. That said, if you leave the point of a hook in a musky (with the rest removed so there's nothing obstructing the oral pathway) i don;'t see it doing much harm.

Sounds good, thanks Cram.

3 things to keep in mind..

- some bucktails have hooks that easily separate from the bait (ie. connected via split ring).

- if you've ever been stung by a hook from a thrashing musky, just cutting the hooks might sound like a good idea

- hooks aren't expensive...25 for 10 bucks or so? So for the price of a sub sandwich you get to make 25 releases really easy. Doesn't sound too bad to me.

I agree...so my next question is if the cost of replacing hooks for your baits isn't an issue is this the best way to deal with/release muskys? After watching the show I assume leaving half of the hook in the fish isn't a big deal....

Thanks for the replies fellas....what you described is pretty much how I felt/thought that muskys should be dealt with when releasing them....I was just a little caught off guard when i saw these guys clip the hooks right away before even attempting to remove them....and they were using bucktails. I'm a novice musky angler and all the fish we caught last season the hooks weren't that difficult to remove so I wasn't sure if this was the ideal way to release muskys.....I do keep cutters on hand when going for skis but I didn't know if this was the right thing to do or not.

I just finished watching an episode of simply fishing and for every musky they caught they just clipped the hooks instead of removing them? Is this usual practice when musky fishing? I always thought you only did this if you absolutely needed to but they did it for every fish they caught.

How dare anyone judge me because I gaff muskies. And you never gaff muskies in the head or lips, always in the side. That way they can still eat if you get them in the right spot.

Unbelievable.