Re: Biggest fish of my life last night
[Re: Hutchy]
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06/22/23 06:38 PM
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Hutchy,
Did you keep it or release it? I'm okay either way (just curious). Released. Has to be 54" to keep, and even then... why? People whine because they "eat all the walleye"..no, people eat the walleye. lol. Plus , like wolves its cool to have apex predators out there. I like that. CPR here too
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Re: Biggest fish of my life last night
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06/22/23 10:09 PM
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Nice fish Hutchy!
Love those Lexas. I use the 300 models for wreck fishing, fast retrieve makes it nice.
Have a 400 for deeper water, 200 ft tile fishing. Buddy of mine boated a 60 lb yellowfin on a lexa 400
Good job! I have cast and burned shadzillas so hard, and for so long the side of the reel got hot to the touch. Underrated reels...I like them more than the abu garcia beasts
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Re: Biggest fish of my life last night
[Re: Hutchy]
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06/22/23 10:56 PM
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I doubt if you need to worry much bout drag using hundred pound test line,unless you just want to tire it out before landing.
Last edited by Boco; 06/22/23 10:59 PM.
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Re: Biggest fish of my life last night
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06/23/23 06:37 AM
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I doubt if you need to worry much bout drag using hundred pound test line,unless you just want to tire it out before landing. This here is the whole point. Musky are actually very fragile. We don't want to tire them out. The longer the fight, and the warmer the water, the higher the mortality. Into the net, the net stays in the water, cut the hooks (because they are usually wrapped in the net), pull out any embedded hook points, lift into boat for a quick measure, picture, and release. Fish rests in the net in the water for a bit while getting the bump board out and camera ready, and then it's out of the water for maybe 45 seconds total. I do back the drag off just a bit though. A really big fish isn't being perfectly controlled anyway and you need some give. It might seem fanatical to try so hard to be gentle on them, but we really enjoy the challenge of the hunt, so we try our best.
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Re: Biggest fish of my life last night
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06/23/23 07:34 AM
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Boy oh boy..you got.yourself a whopper. Lol
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Re: Biggest fish of my life last night
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06/23/23 07:43 AM
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Hutchy,
Did you keep it or release it? I'm okay either way (just curious). Released. Has to be 54" to keep, and even then... why? People whine because they "eat all the walleye"..no, people eat the walleye. lol. Plus , like wolves its cool to have apex predators out there. Beautiful fish- I always ask the "eat all the walleye" people... Have you ever seen a smallmouth feed?
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Re: Biggest fish of my life last night
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06/23/23 09:37 AM
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Nothing wrong with that Hutchy you're the master of the trade and your right people eat the walleyes not the musky Do musky eat walleye? Sure! Along with bass, sucker, small carp, cisco, whitefish, etc. And then theres the 500 boats on the water every day, each one with several guys who are just out to get a limit every day. Thats a lot of fish! I eat walleye too, and lots of them. They are stocked here by the natives, and we have zillions of walleye. Heck, my buds wife got a 51" musky last fall trolling for musky that had the tail of a 4-5lb walleye hanging out its throat. I guess its just that I feel like musky are allowed to eat whatever they want.
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