06-12-2006, 11:54 PM
[cool][size 1]I ( rookie at muskies ) had a chance to [/size][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Minnesota_Fishing_C34/General_Discusion_F37/gforum.cgi?post=266917;t=search_engine#"][green][size 1]fish[/size][/green][/url][size 1] with a veteran muskie fisherman , my lake and my [/size][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Minnesota_Fishing_C34/General_Discusion_F37/gforum.cgi?post=266917;t=search_engine#"][green][size 1]boat[/size][/green][/url][size 1] ! I was eating up all the information he was throwing at me , when a 43 (25 lbs) incher took his lure , not bad for the first hour of fishing ! We had a few more follow ups , with me having a HUGE one follow my lure , but the figure 8 didnt work on that brute !! Later in the day we went back to that spot , just to see my friend on his first cast nailing that brute , after a long and tiresome fight ( I think the fish won that one !! LOL ) we boated a massive 51 incher , with a girth of 26 inches ( low 40 lbs ) what a fish !! He told me that fish was his best fish from alot of years of fishing , and I got to see it !! What a fish !! O ya , before we left , I caught a 35 incher , not a [/size][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Minnesota_Fishing_C34/General_Discusion_F37/gforum.cgi?post=266917;t=search_engine#"][green][size 1]trophy[/size][/green][/url][size 1] by alot of peoples standards , but it was one for me , plus a memory of a guy getting his his largest fish ever !! What a trip !! Thanks Scott !!!!!!![/size]
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]Stick with sunfish Rat , these things will scare ya !!!