Nice photo to share

  • eleclady
    Posts: 64
    October 3, 2005 at 9:55 pm #1227712

    My husband caught & released this barred muskie on Sunday. It was his first muskie ever ( it took me 3 muskies over a series of years to get one the size of this!). I also found out I don’t do so well when I’m on the netting end of things when it comes to big fish. Ultimately he reached into the water & lifted it out of the water suffering a few cuts to his fingers in the process.

    All’s well that ends well. We got to try out our ‘marine first aide kit’ and the muskie got to go back into the water to live on. Length was 37 inches but it was a hefty fish coming in bigger than my earlier catch in the year.

    I finally got the photo to post!! Sorry for the delay.

    eleclady
    Posts: 64
    October 4, 2005 at 1:44 am #351576

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    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    October 4, 2005 at 2:32 am #387708

    thanks for sharing. love to see ‘Croix muskie!

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    October 4, 2005 at 4:07 am #387726

    Yes, thanks for sharing and good seeing you post another Croix Muskie

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    October 4, 2005 at 5:01 am #387732

    Nice fish…nice post…great photo!

    eleclady
    Posts: 64
    October 4, 2005 at 1:08 pm #387772

    Thanks Guys. I like seeing those Croix Muskies too.

    eyejacker
    Hudson, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1890
    October 8, 2005 at 8:21 pm #388750

    Great fish! How about a vague hint as to location, such as caught above Taylors Falls or below?

    eleclady
    Posts: 64
    October 8, 2005 at 9:09 pm #388752

    I purposely didn’t put any of those details in my post, you know how that goes, but a hint? Is this a trick question, like you already think you know the location, but your trying to verify your guess? Well, the Croix does cover a lot of territory, so okay, I’ll give you this much: it was below Taylor Falls and it was caught in about 14′ of water. That’s ALL I’m saying. Good Luck figuring it out from there.

    eyejacker
    Hudson, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1890
    October 8, 2005 at 9:45 pm #388753

    Good enough, Thanks! I’m happy with that much detail. I know there are muskies above Taylors Falls but have not seen or heard much about those below the dam. I know they gotta’ be down here also, however, I have only hooked into a small one (22″) several years back while trolling cranks for ‘eyes. I have not really fished them much on the SCR in the past, but, alas, my interest has been rekindled!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 9, 2005 at 8:04 am #388787

    Whoa! That’s some Silver Bass! He’s a mean looking sob…er the fish…I mean!

    Now…as for the location….EVERYONE knows there isn’t any muskies in the St Croix…or bass…so where did you guy catch it?!

    Very nice pic EL!

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