This really is a tough one for me....sheesh
One of them has to be the day I was out with 2 buddies and we were fishing for Wallies. Told them about my hot spot near the cottage to which I received the usual, ya right
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with the eye roll and all
Well it was an overcast day which turned into a steady drizzle for the whole time we were out. We started trolling at about 1:00 pm. By 3:00 pm we netted, released most of the 47 wallies we caught...The look on their faces was priceless
Now truth be told, I haven't had that good a day again since but, that's because I rarely have 3 of us in a boat anymore. When my young lad and I go out, we typically get 4-10 Wallies....not to mention the Smallies and cats which we don't keep. Then again, we catch a fair number of crappies some days too
The other instance is when I brought out my older brother for some Wallie action. He loves eating them. I told him it was quite likely we'd catch a Muskie if we got lucky. Again with the eyes
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ya sure! We couldn't catch a Muskie with these 1/4 oz jigs if we tried. Even after assuring him I get quite a few on jigs throughout the season.
Well we had fished about 2 hours with no takers (Wallies). I had made a comment in passing to my brother that there might be a big Pike or Muskie in the area as the fish just seemed to be shut right down and we had a couple of "bite offs". You know, when they bite once and there goes
everything !
Sure enough, guess who catches a Muskie? After he gets over the intial shock, which was like a 15 minute period, he takes another 10-15 minutes to land the thing. 1st Muskie he's ever caught. 45" and I estimated about 27 pounds, unfortunately no scale.
Fortunately I had the camera, we took a few photos which he still gladly shows to anyone wishing to see them. Released the fish and had a great feed of Wallies for dinner.
One big fish caught, but what a day
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