Sorry Paul I forgot you were a pro angler and I'm only an expert, I'll go home with my tail between my legs since you are the resident musky expert/biologist that knows all and needs no reason. First the size limit and now this, it's like you're always out to attack my opinions, so why you even bring that up here anymore?  At least you don't do it on OGF too.

Odds are you won't see him at St. Clair or Kawarthas either but he'll be in the Post Gazette with another huge fish from PA. 

Husky jerk is when you get a roughneck ****ed off.

We went to the main lake like others advised caught one 34 incher, then did some crappie fishing and caught a dozen for dinner. Going back up in a wek or two borrowing my uncles frineds jon boat and am gonna try trolling for muskies this time

No I'll put them on later I got upload them from my phone first

why didnt you try the spillway prob a foot deep now it would be packed with skies

You know I'm talking about PA here Joe!  Lake St. Clair doesn't even count as far as "real" muskie fishing is concerned....YOU KNOW THAT!  Besides, I was fishing Tamarack, Woodcock and other surrounding Meadville muskie lakes while you were still bass fishing the Mon!

"Also, how did you get to be the resident muskie expert when my wife kicked your butt this weekend at Chautauqua? Thanks, my walleye fishing is free for the next month!"

Yeah, with a little help from yours truely!  I'm NOT taking my cell phone out next year F*^Ker...My partner won't let me anyway!  Just ask Joe how and where he won the tourney!

Believe me, I was glad to see you guys win it after 8 years of not fishing the lake....No excuses for me and my partner, we simply blew it on day 1...1 for 6!!!  Whats up with that?  If we had landed one more fish, we win hands down!  All in all great fun and I can't wait til next year! 

Oh yeah...don't forget where your muskie roots began Joe!  And I don't feel bad being beat out by Toni just this once, especially when I know it happens to you everytime you go out!!
 
A 46" from the tourney...

 
 

 
47.5 top and 45.5 bottom. Those with another 45 a 38, 35, 34, & a 33.5 were enough to beat some **** good fisherman. I would hope so! My roots are at the Wiley Lure factory. This week though the Legend Lures prevailed with the open water troll. It has been 8 years since I've fished Chautauqua. It was my home lake. Glad to see that in spite of the ever existent red spot it is still doing great.

My true passion..........

WOW!!! You got that on a bow? What weight is your bow set at?

ORIGINAL: Indian Summer

 To get one of these......

 


you need one of these Bayliner Boy. St Clair 55 incher. Wiley Lures!


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good job killing that muskie.is it really worth hanging it by its gills for a picture?

Hey steeliefillet...... how do you know we even released the fish? Everyone does have the right to keep a fish of any kind or size if they choose right? Muskies are good to eat you know.

That Boga Grip takes the weight off of the gill plate. Fact is though that I rarely hold them like that. But since it was the fish of a lifetime I wanted every pic I could get. Nice pic don't you agree? The fish went back in the water after CUTTING the hooks until it was fully revived and ready to take off while the wife readies the camera. Then the fish is out of the water for about a half a minute for photos before an easy release.  In reality the meanest most harmful thing you can do to a muskie is catch it in the first place. Like perch or eyes if the swim bladder blows up it's all over.  

These days I don't even pick up the camera for anything under 45. If it's my own fish I only take pics of 48+. How's that for conservation minded? This was "the one" though.... especially since I get more satisfaction out of others banging muskies from my boat than reeling them in myself. I bet you don't feel that way about your fishing. More the competitive type I'm guessing.

The fact of the matter is that that fish would have ended up like that elk if it was up to me. Yep I was ready to use that Boga for a club. I told her that if she was ever going to keep a muskie that this was the one. She said nope.... let it go. The hold was my idea. And for all I've done for the muskies over the years, including founding the Three Rivers Chapter of Muskies Inc, I think I earned that picture, it's my favorite of the 1000's. It's my personal best just as much as it is hers.

So I'll go back to worrying about my next giant muskie or limit of eyes or box full of perch while you worry about what everyone else is doing. By the way.... how do those steelhead fillets swim away when you put them back in the water??

Have an ice day.

ORIGINAL: Indian Summer

Hey steeliefillet...... how do you know we even released the fish? Everyone does have the right to keep a fish of any kind or size if they choose right? Muskies are good to eat you know.

That Boga Grip takes the weight off of the gill plate. Fact is though that I rarely hold them like that. But since it was the fish of a lifetime I wanted every pic I could get. Nice pic don't you agree? The fish went back in the water after CUTTING the hooks until it was fully revived and ready to take off while the wife readies the camera. Then the fish is out of the water for about a half a minute for photos before an easy release.  In reality the meanest most harmful thing you can do to a muskie is catch it in the first place. Like perch or eyes if the swim bladder blows up it's all over.  

These days I don't even pick up the camera for anything under 45. If it's my own fish I only take pics of 48+. How's that for conservation minded? This was "the one" though.... especially since I get more satisfaction out of others banging muskies from my boat than reeling them in myself. I bet you don't feel that way about your fishing. More the competitive type I'm guessing.

The fact of the matter is that that fish would have ended up like that elk if it was up to me. Yep I was ready to use that Boga for a club. I told her that if she was ever going to keep a muskie that this was the one. She said nope.... let it go. The hold was my idea. And for all I've done for the muskies over the years, including founding the Three Rivers Chapter of Muskies Inc, I think I earned that picture, it's my favorite of the 1000's. It's my personal best just as much as it is hers.

So I'll go back to worrying about my next giant muskie or limit of eyes or box full of perch while you worry about what everyone else is doing. By the way.... how do those steelhead fillets swim away when you put them back in the water??

Have an ice day.

hey, I think I've seen you on the wall at walnut. your wife is always wearing your old flannel shirt.
Is that yinz or do I have you mistaken with someone else?

"hey, I think I've seen you on the wall at walnut. your wife is always wearing your old flannel shirt.
Is that yinz or do I have you mistaken with someone else?"

Nope. must be someone else. But I think think I saw your wife snagging at the bridge. Wasn't she the one wearing the pants in the family.

Making it personal dude.... you gotta be kidding me. But I bet my wife can beat up your wife. She might even be able to take you. LOL This is getting almost as bad as the Amish Navy thread where I see you tossed in your 2 cents too.

To answer a legitimate question .... we tagged 1700 muskies in the Kawarthas in the mid and late 90's working with the Kawartha Fisheries Association. Yeah.... 1700. We recaught plenty of them so I guess you could say we've "followed them" for months after releasing them. Have you seen many of those filets spawning up near McKean? 

Rpgyard.... look me up. PM me if you like. Best bet would be Chautauqua. You can troll or cast which makes it easier to stick with it all day. I'll tell you what to get to get started. You don't have to spend millions. Then come up and fish with us for a day and follow us in your boat the next. You can borrow some stuff for the day so you don't have to pick up too much. You'll get the biggest fish of your life in a day or two if you've never tried it. I bet you don't hear too many people say guaranteed & muskies in the same sentence but it's as close as you can get.

The main thing is that like most fish there are daily short windows of opportunity. You can fish for 6 hours without a rip and then have you and a friends boat catch 5 in 45 minutes. You tell someone you got 13 muskies last weekend and they think it was all action but they were all really caught in two or three 1-2 hour runs. That's muskie fishing. If you say well I'll try it for a couple hours in the morning and then go for bass you will never get it right. To fish for muskies is to leave everything else at home.

There are times when my wife reminds me that she didn't enlist in the Navy. I say well you stepped onto the wrong warship then. She's become quite the warrior too.   

Do you seriously care what my response is?  Or are you just looking for some sort of debate or just trying to stir up the water here?  I'd be willing to bet it is the latter of the two.  To be quite blunt, it is pretty obvious what you're looking for. 
 
In short and to appease your ignorance...I will say that we have spent enough time on specific bodies of water, catching and releasing muskies over the years, to see/know that there aren't hundreds of dead fish floating around dead.  And the increase of size/quality of fish due to C&R is obvious proof that most fish do survive after being caught if being properly handled (and these folks are doing it as correctly as they possibly can).  Not to mention the tagging survey that we did.
 
Where will you proceed from here smart****
 
Gotta go!  Be back later....