One for the Wall

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    waskish minnesota on upper red lake
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    January 30, 2011 at 1:59 am #1290269

    Nice start to the weekend, Dave landed this 43″ Pike out of Idaho!

    katmando
    Ramsey,MN pool 2, St.croix river
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    January 30, 2011 at 6:20 pm #931746

    not “wall worthy” but nice fish regardeless

    James Holst
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    SE Minnesota
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    January 30, 2011 at 6:37 pm #931750

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    not “wall worthy” but nice fish regardeless

    Only the guy holding the fish can determine “worthiness.” To you it might not make the grade. To someone else it might represent a cherished memory. Congrats to the angler on a fine catch.

    mnhunter3
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    January 31, 2011 at 3:21 am #931885

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    not “wall worthy” but nice fish regardeless

    well what is ” wall worthy ” for you then???????

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    waskish minnesota on upper red lake
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    January 31, 2011 at 1:24 pm #931950

    The pic does not do it justice as they did not have anything long enough to measure it but it was in the 40s according to the best guess.

    Brian Hoffies
    Land of 10,000 taxes, potholes & the politically correct.
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    January 31, 2011 at 8:48 pm #932127

    Doesn’t matter what it measured at. As long as he had a license and it fell with in the DNR regulations then he can mount it up if he wants.

    Lets not judge people for what is a trophy for them. For all we know the guy is from Florida and this was a once in a lifetime trip and catch for him.

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    waskish minnesota on upper red lake
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    February 1, 2011 at 1:27 am #932205

    I think he was from cotton,mn. He said it made the trip. Plus this fish was landed on a small rod and reel not a musky rod and reel design to horse them in.

    jonny p
    Waskish, MN
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    February 2, 2011 at 3:39 am #932610

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    not “wall worthy” but nice fish regardeless

    I specialize in trophy class pike for a living and that’s a dandy! Great fish.

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    waskish minnesota on upper red lake
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    February 2, 2011 at 11:59 am #932638

    So would a fish like that bite after being lost at the top of the hole. Then after being landed bite again and be lost at a hole and then a few days later again bite and be lost at a hole?

    jonny p
    Waskish, MN
    Posts: 668
    February 2, 2011 at 1:38 pm #932670

    Yes they can be very territorial in the winter and I have seen the same large fish caught a couple times in a week. One was so bad we had to move the house as it was the ONLY fish we could catch or see on the camera over the course of a couple days.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
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    February 2, 2011 at 3:11 pm #932725

    Yikes! We had a smaller muskie do that to us on Spirit Lake here in iowa.

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