Nice Muskie
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:51 pm
My dad was showing me some photos he took over the summer as he toured the rideau system, when we came across this unknow individual, not sure who he was, but great fish!!!
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:07 pm
Nice pic, great fish!
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:15 pm
awesome pic !
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:08 am
beauty of a ski
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:22 pm
Nice fat summer Rideau fish right there.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:57 pm
he has a bunch of pics including the release
That's me Dude!!!
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:10 pm
Your dad was great when he took the photo. I don't know who was more excited me or your old man!!! That fish was 49.5" x 22". My biggest last year!!!Re: That's me Dude!!!
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:23 pm
Nice fish bud!!Grinder wrote:
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:22 pm
That is one huge fish!
That must have been a fun time!
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That must have been a fun time!
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:29 pm
Beauty of a muskie.
That is one great ol' river for producing fish over the generations.
My Great-Great-Grandfather fished that river, no pics but lots of stories down the family line. lol
Thanks for sharing
Troller
That is one great ol' river for producing fish over the generations.
My Great-Great-Grandfather fished that river, no pics but lots of stories down the family line. lol
Thanks for sharing
Troller
Re: That's me Dude!!!
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:38 pm
...beauty 'ski lad!Grinder wrote:
Re: That's me Dude!!!
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:24 pm
Good to finally put the name to the fish! lol He talked about that fish for weeks!Grinder wrote:
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:26 pm
Thanks everyone I caught it propwashing a spinnerbait on one of the busiest days that I have ever seen. (August 3 holiday monday) It was on a pretty narrow stretch of river and with all the huge boats going by creating big wakes it made the release difficult. It took 45 minutes until that fish swam away. I was worried for awhile because it would swim off and then go nose down and belly up. Persistence paid off though. I stayed in the area for awhile and I even went back the next day but I think she made it. I think alot of people would have given up after a few tries and harvested the fish. To be honest it went through my mind that I might have to keep it but I'm really glad I stuck with it. This season there will be another 50" out there 
I caught it propwashing a spinnerbait on one of the busiest days that I have ever seen. (August 3 holiday monday) It was on a pretty narrow stretch of river and with all the huge boats going by creating big wakes it made the release difficult. It took 45 minutes until that fish swam away. I was worried for awhile because it would swim off and then go nose down and belly up. Persistence paid off though. I stayed in the area for awhile and I even went back the next day but I think she made it. I think alot of people would have given up after a few tries and harvested the fish. To be honest it went through my mind that I might have to keep it but I'm really glad I stuck with it. This season there will be another 50" out there Re: Nice Muskie
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:31 am
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Must be pretty cool to see a photo pop-up of that experience out of the ice-and-cold of winter...
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EQUALS a champion!It took 45 minutes until that fish swam away. I was worried for awhile because it would swim off and then go nose down and belly up. Persistence paid off though. I stayed in the area for awhile and I even went back the next day but I think she made it.
Must be pretty cool to see a photo pop-up of that experience out of the ice-and-cold of winter...
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:27 am
My dad was pretty impressed with the fish, i don't know how many he took, did he send them all along to you?