50" - Aug 31/06 41.5" - Aug
31/06
Day 1 of the Labour Day extra long muskie weekend started off well for Team WFO as the first spot of the first morning gave up Dusty's 50 incher. Mike bagged the fat 41.5" muskie above as well.
<== Scott Hanson ==> Dusty
Day 1 of the Labour Day extra long muskie weekend started off well for Team WFO as the first spot of the first morning gave up Dusty's 50 incher. Mike bagged the fat 41.5" muskie above as well.
<== Scott Hanson ==> Dusty
47" - Sept 2/06 45" - Sept 2/06
41" - Sept 2/06
<== Mike ==>
51.5 inches - Sept 2, 2006
<== Mike ==>
51.5 inches - Sept 2, 2006
Day 2 was a little slow, but Day 3 more than made
up for it with 5 nice fish, including Mike's 51.5 inch HAWG that puts him
out front for the largest muskie release of 2006. Day 4 was again slow,
but it looks like a pretty successful weekend of fishing to me. I learned
the secret to Team WFO's success on Lake of the Woods as well. Fish
in your boxer shorts. Right guys?
Mike also put in a good word for us with Joe Gross, who came up for some Labour Day Weekend fishing as well. I think the will be glad they did. Here are some of their fish.
Randy N Joe G's first muskie ever Steve A
Mike also put in a good word for us with Joe Gross, who came up for some Labour Day Weekend fishing as well. I think the will be glad they did. Here are some of their fish.
Randy N Joe G's first muskie ever Steve A
40" - Sept 1/06
44" - Sept 2/06
Sept 2/06
Andrew N Randy N
Andrew N Randy N
37" Northern
41" Northern
<== Sept 4, 2006 ==>
<== Sept 4, 2006 ==>
After going hard all day for 3 full days (morning til
almost dark,) Andrew was finally rewarded with a big fish. A big blow
up didn't result in a hook up the night before and he thought that might have
been his last chance for something large. However, the fish gods rewarded
the youngesters perserverence when he landed a very nice 37 inch northern
the last morning of the trip. His Dad also caught a great 41 incher
northern that morning. It's a good thing they went out for a few more
casts. Well done. Great results, especially for their first time
up to LOW.
Randy B was back for a muskie long weekend and they put a few fish in the boat as well. Well, Ronda did anyway. Randy's lost his mojo the last couple of weekend trips it seems. Oh well, trolling time is coming soon, Randy. That's your time. Here are two of Ronda's fish from the weekend.
<== Ronda B ==>
22"
walleye
When Allan arrived from Saskatchewan in July for a couple weeks of fishing, he claimed he had caught pretty much everything Lake of the Woods had to offer, except a muskie. So that was his goal. Despite giving it more than the good ole college try, he came up empty handed. Having a couple strikes and some follows.
Allan Nichols's (Saskatchewan) first ever muskie
43" - Sept 3, 2006
A return trip for the Labour Day weekend meant the pressure was on. I took him out for a few hours on Saturday night and we got blanked, except for a decent sized northern. It looked like a northern weekend for Allan when he landed 3 northerns on Sunday while we were out fishing with my Uncle George, who does some guiding on the lake during the summer. However, around 3 pm on that Sunday, after numerous nice fish followed several different of Allan's baits up to the boat, something grabbed his spinner bait about 3/4 of the way out on the cast and didn't spit it out until it was safely in the bottom of the big beckman net after a very good hard fight. Congrats, Allan. It was a lot of fun watching you land that fish.
I managed a 44 incher that day as well. My 5th muskie of the year and the 3rd on a figure 8 so I was pretty excited about that. I had a chance for my first ever 2 muskie casting day, but I blew it when I thought a little tug on the bait right up against the shoreline was a weed. Weeds don't make big splashes when the let go. DAMMIT!
Randy B was back for a muskie long weekend and they put a few fish in the boat as well. Well, Ronda did anyway. Randy's lost his mojo the last couple of weekend trips it seems. Oh well, trolling time is coming soon, Randy. That's your time. Here are two of Ronda's fish from the weekend.
<== Ronda B ==>
47.5" - Sept 2/06
40.5 - Sept 3/06
Josh Mills bagged a nice 22" walleye
on Sept 1. Josh was my net man for the 49.5 inch muskie I caught in
June. It's nice to see the fish gods give him a little reward for his
efforts.
When Allan arrived from Saskatchewan in July for a couple weeks of fishing, he claimed he had caught pretty much everything Lake of the Woods had to offer, except a muskie. So that was his goal. Despite giving it more than the good ole college try, he came up empty handed. Having a couple strikes and some follows.
Allan Nichols's (Saskatchewan) first ever muskie
43" - Sept 3, 2006
A return trip for the Labour Day weekend meant the pressure was on. I took him out for a few hours on Saturday night and we got blanked, except for a decent sized northern. It looked like a northern weekend for Allan when he landed 3 northerns on Sunday while we were out fishing with my Uncle George, who does some guiding on the lake during the summer. However, around 3 pm on that Sunday, after numerous nice fish followed several different of Allan's baits up to the boat, something grabbed his spinner bait about 3/4 of the way out on the cast and didn't spit it out until it was safely in the bottom of the big beckman net after a very good hard fight. Congrats, Allan. It was a lot of fun watching you land that fish.
I managed a 44 incher that day as well. My 5th muskie of the year and the 3rd on a figure 8 so I was pretty excited about that. I had a chance for my first ever 2 muskie casting day, but I blew it when I thought a little tug on the bait right up against the shoreline was a weed. Weeds don't make big splashes when the let go. DAMMIT!
