Same fish 3 weeks apart!

  • scti0502
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 41
    July 11, 2010 at 11:54 pm #1240102

    On Fathers day i took my dad out to western MN for his first musky fishing trip. That weekend he was greeted with his first musky, which happened to be a 50. We used a measuring tape and got it at 53 with a 23 inch girth. This weekend i went back out on the same body of water, and after 12 hours of fishing got hooks in my first 50. It boarded out at 52 with a 23 inch girth. I noticed the same black scars on this fish as on my dads, but didn’t really think it was possible that i caught the same fish. After comparing pictures i am 100% positive it is the same fish. The only negative thing was breaking it to my dad that we taped it out an inch too big and his fish was actually only a 52. Just goes to show the wonder of CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING!!!

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13292
    July 11, 2010 at 11:57 pm #885982

    Cool pictures. There is no doubt that is the same fish. I would bet you measured wrong and that fish is 53″s.

    Think of how stupid that fish is feeling falling for the same trick twice.

    a.j.-wiesner
    Ely,MN / Rochester,MN
    Posts: 929
    July 12, 2010 at 12:08 am #885986

    unbelievable fish man. it happens more than u think when practicing good catch and release. i caught the same 43in fish 2 nights apart on the same exact spot on the weed edge at the same exact time which was 10:35 pm. it had hook marks in the upper lip from the night before and it bit on a different bait but both dc12’s. was your fish on the same structure or did it move? thanks for the report and practice good cpr!

    Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    July 12, 2010 at 2:01 am #886006

    That is awesome. Makes me wonder how many times it has given people the thrill.

    shaley
    Milford IA
    Posts: 2178
    July 12, 2010 at 2:50 am #886019

    We boated the same fish 2 weeks apart a few years ago to, same spot and almost to the minute, different baits though.

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    July 12, 2010 at 1:52 pm #886071

    What a great story! Congrats to you and your dad! How far away did you catch it from the first time?

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    July 12, 2010 at 4:18 pm #886104

    Way cool, great fish you two

    scti0502
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 41
    July 12, 2010 at 4:26 pm #886108

    The fish was about 100 yards down on the same piece of structure.

    armchairdeity
    Phoenix, AZ, formerly from the NW 'Burbs, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Posts: 1620
    July 13, 2010 at 1:05 am #886261

    Quote:

    The fish was about 100 yards down on the same piece of structure.

    Too cool.

    jakeh
    White Bear Twp
    Posts: 997
    July 13, 2010 at 2:36 am #886302

    Thats cool Tim.

    rvrrat
    Posts: 3
    July 16, 2010 at 2:43 pm #887341

    nice catches. like father like son.

    Bob Bowman
    MN
    Posts: 3544
    July 27, 2010 at 7:29 pm #889421

    Very cool and congrats to both of you

    Catch and release is a wonderful thing

    scti0502
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 41
    July 29, 2010 at 2:22 am #889760

    Thanks guys! It truly was a memorable fish!

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