Fishing Forum

[size 1][font "Arial"]Michigan Catch and Keep program judges fish by weight only...[/font] with the exception of smelt being measrued by lenth only

[font "Arial"]If you set or break one of these state record fish for 2004 and plan on entering it please share your catches here...[/font]



[font "Arial"]COMMON CARP [/font][/size] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]36.00 ..... THEODORE BRINK[/size][/font] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]25.25 ..... OTTOKAR GEORGE MALEK[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]FLAT HEAD CATFISH ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]FRESHWATER DRUM ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]GIZZARD SHAD [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]3.75.....TREVOR DAVID[/size][/font][/li][/ul]



[font "Arial"][size 1]GREEN SUNFISH ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]HYBRID SUNFISH ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]KOKANEE SALMON ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]LAKE HERRING ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]LAKE STERGEION ..... N/A[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]92.25.....DANIEL DAVID BROWN[/size][/font][/li][/ul]


[font "Arial"][size 1]LAKE TROUT [/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]LAKE WHITEFISH [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]9.31.....ERNEST ALBERT BEUTLER[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]8.84.....THOMAS WAYNE NORFLEET[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]LARGEMOUTH BASS..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]LONGNOSE GAR [/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]LONGNOSE SUCKER [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]2.50.....FRED RALPH KAISER[/size][/font][/li][/ul]


[font "Arial"][size 1]MOONEYE ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]AMERICAN EEL ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]ATLANTIC SALMON ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BIGMOUTH BUFFALO ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BLACK BUFFALO ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BLACK BULLHEAD ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BLACK CRAPPIE[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]2.47.....MITCHELL J. CLARK[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]2.31.....DANIEL JOSEPH TURVEY[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]2.03.....CHAD KOHN[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BLUEGILL[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]1.35.....ROBERT KNELLER[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]1.31.....JIMMY LEE LEGGETT[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]1.04.....GERALD EDWARD WILLIAMS[/size][/font][/li][/ul]


[font "Arial"][size 1]BOWFIN ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BROOK TROUT ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BROWN BULLHEAD[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]1.75.....JEFFREY ALAN PLY[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]BROWN TROUT [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]17.12.....MITCHELL SABIN[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]16.31.....DAVID BRUCE COATES[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]16.24.....JAMES WILLIAM BOND[/size][/font][/li][/ul][font "Arial"][size 1][/size][/font]



[font "Arial"][size 1]BURBOT [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]7.59.....SARA MOORE[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]6.44.....JAMES BRUCE BABBITT[/size][/font][/li][/ul][font "Arial"][size 1][/size][/font]



[font "Arial"][size 1]CHANNEL CATFISH [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]13.00.....JOSEPH WASHINGTON WILLIAMS[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]11.19.....MICHAEL JAMES MASTENBROOK[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]10.79.....BRANDON C. SMITH[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

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[font "Arial"][size 1]PUMPKINSEED ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]QUILLBACK ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]RAINBOW TROUT [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]21.00.....NORMAN JOHN SHIELDS[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]20.60.....JEFF CONNELY[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]19.00.....ROBERT JOSEPH STANDHARDT[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]REDEAR SUNFISH ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]REDHORSE[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]7.90.....OTTO STORMS[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]7.50.....OTTO STORMS[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]6.88.....RANDY PATRICK WAHL[/size][/font][/li][/ul]



[font "Arial"][size 1]ROCK BASS[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]ROUND WHITEFISH-MENOMINE[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]2.12.....GERALD KENNETH GRAY[/size][/font][/li][/ul]



[font "Arial"][size 1]SAUGER ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]SMALLMOUTH BASS ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]NORTHERN HOG SUCKER ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]NORTHERN PIKE [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]26.50.....DAVID MICHAEL LYJAK[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]21.50.....PATRICK WALDO[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]PINK SALMON ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]SPLAKE [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]7.50.....WILLIAM BRIAN ANDERSON[/size][/font][/li][/ul]


[font "Arial"][size 1]TIGER MUSKY ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]WALLEYE[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]14.31.....PAUL ANDREW ANTONOWITSCH[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]14.12.....BRIAN RICHMOND[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]12.70.....JEFFREY JOHN STEINPRES[/size][/font][/li][/ul]



[font "Arial"][size 1]WARMOUTH BASS (SUNFISH) ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]WHITE BASS ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]WHITE CRAPPIE ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]WHITE PERCH [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]0.94.....MICHAEL LEON HEREK[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]0.84.....TREVOR DAVID[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]WHITE SUCKER [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]4.38.....NICHOLAS LA FLEUR[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]4.03.....BRADLEY JAY BRADSHAW[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]3.94.....STEPHEN J. GRINNELL[/size][/font][/li][/ul]

[font "Arial"][size 1]YELLOW BULLHEAD ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]YELLOW PERCH[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]1.94.....DAVID LEE VANDONSEL[/size][/font][/li] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]1.94.....ROGER WIRKUS[/size][/font][/li][/ul]



[font "Arial"][size 1]SMELT [/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]10.00[size 2](inch) [/size][size 1]WARREN ROBERT JENKINS[/size][/size][/font][/li][/ul][font "Arial"][size 1][/size][/font]


[font "Arial"][size 1]MUSKELLUNGE Great Lakes[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]WHITE BASS (HYBRID-STRIPER) ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]PINOOK SALMON (HYBRID) ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]CHINOOK SALMON ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]COHO SALMON ..... N/A[/size][/font]

[font "Arial"][size 1]MUSKELLUNGE (NORTHERN)[/size][/font] [ul] [li][font "Arial"][size 1]36.63.....SHAWN RYAN WAIT[/size][/font][/li][/ul]
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[size 1]I sent in this entry this past week[/size] [ul] [li][size 1]Name of the species[#ff0000] White Sucker[/#ff0000][/size] [li][size 1][#ff0000][#000000]weight [/#000000]5 pounds 12 ounces (5.73lb)[/#ff0000][/size][#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [li][size 1]Date caught [#ff0000]April 1st 2004[/#ff0000][/size] [li][size 1]City and state caught [#ff0000]Commerce Twp Michigan[/#ff0000][/size][/li][/ul] [center]
[/center] [center][/center] [center]The State Record for this Species is 7 pounds 3 ounces. The holder of this record is Tim Engler at 22.5 inches in lenth, was caught on 4-15-1995 at 4 pm out of the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County Michigan [/center] [left]The minimum size for Master Angler entry for this species is if caught and released is 20 inches and if caught and kept goes by a weight and that is a minum of 3 pounds 0 ounces[/left] [center]This fish was positivily Identified as a master angler entry by the Department of Natural Resources Lovinia Michigan April 1st 2004[/center] [center]worthy of going in the michigan record books for white suckers caught in the state of michigan for 2004 and as an entry I will receive a patch to sew on to my vest.[/center]This big sucker was caught in the rain using a werm that was picked up off the ground from spring's first worm rain.
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good luck AL hope ya get him in the net... the monster I chased last year avoided me untill ice season this last winter when we met face to face on a 2 pound test line with a knot in it.

this old pike is on my list this year again... hopin to hook up with him soon.
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here is my next master angler fish I am planning to enter.

minimum entry Length is 32 inches, minimum entry weight 5 pounds.

this entry is 37 inches in lenth, weight to be determined by registered scale.



I now have met 40% of my goal for this year... (2 of 5 masterangler entries for 2004) any one else want to get in on the action and meet at next years pratical sportsman fishing award show in bath michigan?

lets show o'l Fred trost that Bigfishtackle rules!!!!!!
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nice gar dave !

hey last year the local news had a story about one . it was about 7 inches long and washed up on shore of one of the big lakes , local residents had never seen one . they had a dnr biologist come in to identify it .

yep , common long nose gar !

your gar will be top dog in the 16 species freshwater division for sure ! howed you get him in without it snapping your line ? those things sure like to roll over a lot when you've got them hooked .
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the roll over was his down fall.

he rapped the line around his jaws so he could not get the chance to cut the line...

man you want to talk about needle nose. those teet are sharp as a needle and about as thick, I am glad I did not have the pup in the boat with me....
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there are only two places that i know of where a person could go to have a very good chance at hooking into one of these gars . one is the backwaters at flatrock , the average size is around 24" . the second is in lake erie out behind the cole power plant in monroe . the average size is 3 to 5+ feet in length .
truley these fish are an underappreaciated adversary in the fishing world . it takes a lot of patience , skill and knowhow combined with a bit of good fortune to land one of these fish with a rod and reel . even those of us that bowfish concider this fish to be a prised specimine worthey of bragging about .
good job dave , that patch will make an excelent addition to your collection .
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my patch for the big sucker came in today, I am currently standing in first place this year for the biggest white sucker. I knew it was a wopper when I hooked in to him...

he broke several lines and slipped off the hook a dozen times before I finnaly got a good hook in him. what is realy funny is I et 4 master angler White suckers before I realized I was eating master angler fish....[sly] I have to remember to put place a laminated section of that book in my tackle box for future refferance...


I will scan it and edit it in tonight so you can see what this years modle catch and keep patch looks like...
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Well I gotted bumped [pirate]

I have respectivly been knocked in to second place status for the michigan White Sucker for 2004. By less than a Quarter of an ounce. I knew I should have hung around for that big female full of eggs....

the one that bumbed me was caught a week earlier and was a Quarter inch shorter in lenth than mine.....

so I guess I will have to stick my tail back under my leggs till I get me another first place wopper!!!!!!!!
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ye-ouch ! so close to first place !
the closest i have come to the state record this year is the walleye that could eat a football and muskey that thought that 22" pike was a light snack .
all i got to do was see them swim away .

so how are you laminating your fishing booklet ?
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the funny thing is if I had just taken a picture of it an let it go I would still be in first place...
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