August 2017
Safety First!
Had a tough day on Sunday. Still managed one little 36in fish, and tagged him too!
Got a nice video of the catch, and my misfortune. I've gotten pretty comfortable handling Musky, and…
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Safety First!
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AUG 9 and 13
Got a call from Frank, who i'd met at the dock, mentioned in previous post. He took me up on my offer to fish on 8/9.
Water wasn't too clear, spent the day showing him around the usual spots. Caught…
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AUG 9 and 13
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August 11 report - recapture and UGH
Re-capture of a tagged muskie and a super-UGH experience.
Went out a few times the last couple weeks. First couple times I was working on identifying a leak in my previously dry boat. Found the leak…
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August 11 report - recapture and UGH
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NMA awareness?
Saw a guy trying to dock solo late Sunday afternoon. Having had my share of trouble bringing a boat in solo, I offered a hand. Noticed the gear in the boat, Double Cowgirls, Medussa's, heavy rods and…
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NMA awareness?
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Niagara River, Late July and early August
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Niagara River, Late July and early August
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July 2017
More video footage from Niagara
A more extended version of our musky fishing outing the other day. Still learning how to navigate the GoPro and new editing software. And the music selections. Fun stuff:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch">https://www.youtube.com/watch</a>…
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More video footage from Niagara
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Redemption
Headed out Tuesday in search of the fish that I muffed the net job on and pounded the area where I last saw her. Headed home after an uneventful night around 3:30am. Somehow motivated myself off th…
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Redemption
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Muskie eat muskie world out there. Fishing…
Fished with Sean Leary yesterday. We got some new GoPro cameras we got to play with along with a few muskies and some follows. We got 3 fish, all under 40". The videos were fun. Captures the mome…
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Muskie eat muskie world out there. Fishing…
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Sunday Funday
Went out with the hot boat and hot hand John Pensyl on Sunday. Had a great time as usual comparing notes and seeing how he rolls. John put us on some quality fish, and despite the ultra clear water…
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Sunday Funday
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Ugh
Sat through the rain determined to fish through the new moon underfoot period and hooked into the biggest fish I've had to the boat this season. Knew it was a big fish before I saw it and as it power…
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Ugh
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past week or so
Haven't really been contacting a lot of fish but did tag a 40ish fish about a week ago. Water temperature hit 75 on the river and I decided no more tagging for me til it drops. A couple of blank nigh…
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past week or so
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Upper river 7/16
Ok so let me preface this report with a couple things. When me and Riley Himmrich fish together fish have a tendency to go absolutely bezerk. Some of the most fast and furious epic bites I've seen ha…
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Upper river 7/16
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Bass Fishing report sort of
Took my friend Jim, visiting from Denver, bass fishing yesterday, after the deluge. It was actually pretty nice out. But the bass fishing sucked. Did catch a few out in the lake, including a nice 19.…
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Bass Fishing report sort of
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Report
Marc Arena took me out for quick niagara river jigging strike....Early on up above frenchmans, Marc had a sparkly little sub 30 charge his tube which then peeled off and hunted down my tube on the fo…
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Report
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7/10 report and On Water Tagging Demo
Caught one 35"er today, also lost one. My purpose today was to show that we can tag summer muskies with minimal handling. This was a smaller one, so it's probably easier. It also had a hook go throug…
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7/10 report and On Water Tagging Demo
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Report 7/10
After much too long I ran into Hans Mann last week on the river. Him and his boat partner had caught and released a beautiful 47" fish jigging (which he asked me to report here). We agreed to fish…
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Report 7/10
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Scuba diving with a $20 sportscam
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Scuba diving with a $20 sportscam
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One that didnt get away
Greetings NMA,
Met my US Army son Jeff in Minnesota for some fishing recently. First time we've fished together in awhile. I was Musky casting most of the day at Leech lake, Minn. and had only 2 fol…
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One that didnt get away
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Fishing Report 7.5.17
Bruce and I went bass fishing this afternoon. We didn't catch a lot of fish, but we did manage a few nice smallies.
After getting sick of casting to docks in UN12 I snapped on a Phantom jerk bait. I…
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Fishing Report 7.5.17
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June 2017
Tagging
Want to report that I have been able to tag a 36", 39", and a pair of 45"ers. Moss is okay sometimes and tough other times.
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Tagging
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