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Personal Best today on Tapps

Post by Deadeyemark » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:41 pm

I got lucky today. 45" X 21". First of the year to. Nice way to start off.
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Post by Mike Carey » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:17 pm

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Post by fishnislife » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:29 pm

WOW! That is awesome.
Congrats Deadeyemark.
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Post by Nik » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:33 pm

That is an absolute monster.

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Post by CK14 » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:53 pm

WOW! that's one thick fish! :thumleft:

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Post by Riverman » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:59 pm

Nice......lets hope there's a couple similar to that one coming up next wknd!!

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Post by CraigVM62 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:49 pm

LUCK ???? I would bet some skill was envolved

Nice Fish !!!

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Post by tmusky1 » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:55 pm

Nice fish Deadeye, Let me guess... worm and bobber?

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Post by iPodrodder » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:23 pm

Nice fish! BTW, what's the state record for a musky? I thought I read 51" somewhere.....
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Post by Kenster » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:25 pm

Deadeye nice!!!!!!! I too caught my personal best at Tapps on Saturday! 43in. 21pounds 3ounces (posted in the reports). Nice photos! What time did you get yours? Mine came about 10:15 just after the first mini-hydro boater tore up the main part of the lake.

ps nevermind just read your post, all the answers are there!
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Post by Deadeyemark » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:49 pm

Congrats Kenster. Beauty. It's so cool that everyone is putting them back. That means someone else can get just as excited as you did from that same fish.
Those cradles sure hold a fish nice.
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Post by Bigbass Dez » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:45 pm

:cheers: how long did your hands shake after you released her ? lol .. Great Fish


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Post by Don Wittenberger » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:50 pm

Kenster, 21.2 lbs. is about right for a 43" fish. You didn't post a girth measurement, but a 43-incher should have a girth of around 19 or 20 inches at this time of year, and the formula L X G X G / 800 would give a weight of 21.2 lbs. if girth is 19.8 inches.
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Post by reelinanrockin » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:49 pm

thats beautiful, wtg dooode:cheers:

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RE:Personal Best today on Tapps

Post by panfisher » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:05 am

man! if only the panfish could get that big. nice fish! maybe i'll dust off my musky/pike gear this year. <')//<

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Post by luv2lrn » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:10 am

I really have to find someone now to go out with my husband and I and teach us how to fish for Muskie! I keep seeing people say that they went out with so and so, but how did they arrange that? My husband and I know how to fish for trout.....that's about it!!!!!!

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Post by Don Wittenberger » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:17 pm

If you show up with a boat at Merwin Lake sometime next week, I'll either find someone to take you out or do it myself. We meet at Jack's Restaurant for breakfast every morning.

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Post by luv2lrn » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:12 pm

Is there a better time of day that Muskie generally bite? I am pretty sure I can find some information on this website on it, but thought I'd ask on here. We can usually only go out fishing in the evenings on weekdays. Which is why we have stuck only to trout fishing. Granted, I went on a charter boat for Sturgeon last March and had a blast!!!

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Post by Don Wittenberger » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:11 pm

The best time to go muskie fishing is whenever you can. Evenings should be good at this time of year.

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Post by Fish-or-man? » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:00 pm

Whoa! If that muskie was an inch bigger you'd need a larger boat! Amazing fish! It's a good thing you practiced catch and release, otherwise the water level of the lake would of dropped at least a foot!

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