The Ones That Got Away....

Wondering why there are no pics from the last couple of days?????  Well, prolly cuz they managed to get off the line.  As quickly as we boated a ton a few days ago, they managed to quickly find their way off the line.  Myself and the large handful of individuals on the lake this week managed to land one smaller muskie and loose several, several, SEVERAL fish before they could get that Kodak moment that I love.  Not to mention the few that shook the hooks boatside topping the scales in the 51 - 54 inches.  Yes that's right, it is muskie fishing at its finest, and Although we were blessed with high suns, no wind and really hot temps, we were still able to coax several fish into eating the past few days.  Heck I even re- spooled new line on my gear because I have now broken my line 2 times in the past couple of weeks, and that is the first 2 times in the last 8 years.  I am not OK with that, so now there will be new line for all of you joining me:)  Arghh!!! I don't like loosing fish.  The fish have been cooperating for us, and not that we haven't been giving it our best try, but sometimes they simply find a way off.  I consider it a short lived funk that will be over with very soon.  No worries, there will be more fish to view in the very near future.

On another note, one of my readers has sent me a few pics from his recent trip to the great lakes where they landed several very nice fish.  Doug and his wife boated 40 some Salmon on Lake Michigan with some great size to boot.  Not only that, they were able to watch the whole process under water with a camera that was attached to the downriggers.  Now that would be a sweeeeeet shot!  Feel free to fill us all in on how that worked Doug.  Looks like they had an awesome time.  I think myself and all the viewers would like to know when we are coming over to your place for the fresh fish!!!  Congrats!

Fish on Y'all, it's the only way to be!

Wow! 102 Kings in 2 days!

Now this is very impressive!  My longtime friend John Lavalle (Chewey) who now resides in a very small town up in Alaska sent me some photos from a recent fishing trip he was on.  As you can see from the pictures, they must have timed things right and dialed in on a fabulous bite, because they boated 102 Kings in a matter of 2 days.  Judging from the pictures and the size of these fish, they probably had some sore arms after doing all that battling.  I would have to say jealousy is an understatement because that looks like one heck of an awesome time. 

Chewey moved up to Alaska some 4 years ago to take his teaching abilities to a small village in the middle of nowhere, to help the natives.  As I recall, he was going to try this for a short period, but after his experiences and finding the woman of his dreams he has yet to move back to his hometown of Waconia.  I hear great stories and pictures from this man all the time, and it is only a matter of time before I will get to go visit him and try some of these adventures.  If he isn't hunting something down, he is probably reeling something in.  Now that is living the dream!  Way to do it up right Chewey and congrats on a great couple of days of Kings, not many people can say they have experienced such a trip.  Keep on livin the Dream!