Meely Posted February 9, 2018 Report Posted February 9, 2018 Back in early July of 2017, I was looking for some jig heads and plastic jigs to use while on summer vacation. I connected with Bigugli and bought some fantastic jigs he pours and paints. I then connected with GBW who hooked me up with a half dozen packages of plastic jigs (Widow Makers) of various colours . In August I managed to get away for a few days of fishing with Buckster on the northern end of Pigeon Lake. Our goal was to try our luck with some walleye . We got to a spot that looked promising and be began to gear up . I had on a Bigugli chartreuse special jig head and a craw-dad coloured Widow Maker twister tail . We fished for five minutes when I feel a dead weight on the end of my line . I says to Buckster..... "Musky...I hope the line holds!!" Well after a ten minute fight we see the fish under the surface and to our amazing delight a HUGE walleye!! We get the old girl into the boat, take a few pictures and measurements and set her free to delight someone else in the future . As we did not have a scale, we plugged the dimensions into an on-line calculator and found she was just over 11 pounds!! Now I know there are alot bigger walleye than 11 pounds but for the Kkawarthas, I think it was a pig. Since the first day of fishing Pigeon. ( 20 years ago) I had always said that any Walleye over 10 pounds was going to get immortalized by replica and mounted on the cottage wall. Well, last Sunday I turned the big 50 and to my surprise my wonderful wife had secretly had a replica made and gifted it to me . I was speechless! These replicas truly are works of art and I'm gonna enjoy many days admiring it and recounting the story of that August day . A BIG shout-out to Bigugli, GBW, Buckster and of course my fabulous wife . Life truly is wonderful! Now after 20 years of fishing Pigeon, I am still hunting for a six pound bass and a 30 pound Musky!!! Here is a picture of my mounter! Cheers, Meely
Old Ironmaker Posted February 9, 2018 Report Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) I didn't know the Kawartha's held Pics of that size, now I do. Congrats to you, she's a beast, big around the middle . And I concur those jigs Big Ugly makes really work. All they are is a bit of lead, a hook and a dab of paint but for some reason they out fish other similar looking jigs. The tube jigs I got from Bruce at the Fishing swap in Ancaster last year they out fished all others here for Smallies and I even got a bonus 3 pound Walleye where the Bass where last June and Lenny snagged a 5 pound Pike that broke him off on a Bruce Tube. I had to lend one to him then and only then did he started catching when he didn't before switching to a Big Ugly Tube (I'm copywriting that). Why they work when others do not? I have no idea and don't care either. Maybe he get's his cutie patooty baby Grand Daughter to drool on them. She's the one who actually sold them to me. Good marketing move Bruce. Edited February 9, 2018 by Old Ironmaker
Rizzo Posted February 9, 2018 Report Posted February 9, 2018 wow thats awesome. Gonna get my wife to read this post....maybe a big ol musky replica will show up at my house some day
OhioFisherman Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 Nice! just my view? an 11 pound walleye is a nice fish anywhere!
captpierre Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 Outstanding! Caught a lot of big girls on Pigeon but nothing near 11 lb. Well done!
crappieperchhunter Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) First off happy belated 50th Birthday Meely. They did a nice job on the mount particularly if that was from the picture you showed our little group in the fall. Never realized Tony was your net man for that fish. Lucky you got it in the boat. I also think you owe Zen a nice evening out for such a meaningful and thoughtful birthday gift. I'm assuming it will be on the wall in the "Manor" somewhere. Edited February 10, 2018 by crappieperchhunter
bigugli Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 That was a great little story, and a beautiful fish.. Glad the jigs worked out well for you.
farsider Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 Thats awesome! Perfect choice on the replica option. Well done sir! Mark
esoxansteel Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 Nice replica, that walleye goal will be the hardest to beat, the 30 Musky and 6 pound bass should be easier, get the toughest over first
Rattletrap2 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Posted February 12, 2018 Awesome replica mount and story Meely! Wife sure sounds like a keeper too!
Acountdeleted Posted February 12, 2018 Report Posted February 12, 2018 Beautiful replica. Love how those turn out.
Handlebarz Posted February 12, 2018 Report Posted February 12, 2018 Thats awesome great chase and awesome Wife to get that done for you.
KawarthaAngler Posted February 12, 2018 Report Posted February 12, 2018 NICE! It's great to hear about the measuring, release and having an artist replica made for the wall. Truly the best way to go about it.
Sinker Posted February 14, 2018 Report Posted February 14, 2018 50? Geeze, I thought you were much older than that! That is a real trophy from pigeon, bud. It looks awesome too. Great job they did. That 30lb musky should be no problem. The bass....well....who cares about bass anyways hahaha.... Happy belated birthday! S.
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