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andre the giant could hold that fish behind him ten feet and it would still look big and yes it looks like they are holding it way out. i do the same thing when i take a musky pic. remind me to never put up a pic of a good fish on here.

so am i fishing against just bob and chaut tony or what? solgrande-its on! my suckers will get hit! went through hell to get em. nitro- getting down? doesn't seem as though that many people will be there. tony good luck, will be nice to meet you.

photoshop is ruining the musky world. this one was real though boys so it can be now laid to rest. a dead certified fish doesn't lie about its weight. i think that the red fins on this fish made it look weird. still looks 2x bigger than the 56 incher from chautauqua.

just joking nitro- yeah- looks like a larger wiley knock-off. there are so many that are so similar to the wileys. probally the most copied design out there. pic is in the article, there are 19 pics in the article. they said lure was a musky magnet. googled musky magnet and you just get the jerkbait. maybe its locally made?

i heard it hit the new 5" plastic tuff shad w/ rattle from one person and from another person, i heard it was caught on a x-rap. btw this fish was certified by alot of people, its real.

not to stir the pot but this looks 2x bigger than the 56" from chautauqua. this one was 55".

it is soooooo big. good ole black and silver does it again and the guy was fishing alone. scary big. it says that the guy doesn't even have a car, only this nice musky boat. fish hit the propwash lure also.http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/ga ... ke?photo=0 look through the pics.

a quick strike rig usually involves more than one hook. look at hollie and hellens under quick strike and you will see the rigs, some involve rubber bands. at the very least its a regular hook through the suckers snout and a treble 1/2 way back on the minnow. you hit the musky soon after hitting the bait unlike the single hooks which you let them take for like 20 minutes and stomach hook the fish. this is looked down upon b/c most fish have a problem with a size 10/0 hook in there stomach and it may take there life. ordered big minnows from red creek and they won't be here until wed.

i'd give 4 bucks each for those 12-16" suckers right now. i know in the spring time i can get them in many places but now all my hopes lie in a red creek pond. will call them today (even if they don't have them thanks a ton LANDSHARK for the advice for trying this bait farm). i'm afraid that they may be like everyone else that carries them and they will only run 6-8" oh well. Mr BP Swing a hulcano rig is a quick strike rig. sorry maybe i should have specified before we went this far. btw i have never used a single hook for suckers or have ever waited more than the time it take to clear the rods before setting the hook. this won't be my first time using them for bait. i learned sucker fishing from going on guided trips to eagle lake with herbie (and his crew of guides) from andy meyers lodge with my father years ago. you should see what my ole man when using suckers. he has a tailgunner spinner blade off the back of the sucker and paints their gill cover red with ma's lipstick. i works for him.

called that # in red creek and got the answering machine. gonna attempt to call agin in the am. maybe its close to bobs house? bob if they have them wanna split some? i can whip you up a quick strike if you need out of 125lb flouro. i tie a bootleg hulcano rig.

i think they will be tight to the little structure there is. last time down there it was under post front and i didn't mark as many suspended fish as i have all summer and i did crappy. fronts passing through all week it looks like. my bet is for a tough bite. was @ gander last night and saw a promo for the tourney.

thanks guys will call asap. freakin out man.

i'm freaking out- can't find a big sucker in town. called everyone. striking out big time. "i can get you shiners" is all i hear. "did i ask for shiners or suckers sir" is my response. can anyone help me out?

nitro- fishing is fun, family is serious. we all wish her the best. as for larry and nitro not being there, wow- i may actually have a chance! i'll drag perchbaits for larry since he wont make it. larry what color do you want me to fish for you? looks like rain this weekend.

my father and i used blakes wilderness outposts for 8 straight years- i am not sure if he is still runnung the camp or not. pike, wallies, lakers, smallies and whitefish. no meal plan- no swivel seats. had like a dozen lakes to decide from. you were roughing it though- no meal plans. excellent fishing and we got to see many moose, eagles and we went to sleep almost everynight listening to the timberwolves howling. made some amazing memories with my ole man up there.

i am so impressed. way big! way to go boys, i have never seen one like that in person. congrats. maybe someday and if i do everyone will know. it would be the fish heard round the world, boy. i would then retire that plug forever and tell war stories about the monster that ate it to whomever would listen. awesome job!!! with my luck this monster was probally caught on the new plastic tuff shad that i was talking crap about.

just in.... i was looking at one of the many zach baker fan-club websites and it said that zach's partner most likely will not make it for the fishing tournament, something about responsibilities that came up or some garbage excuse like that. it also said that zach won't let this get him down and he will keep moving forward even if its alone. zach himself plans on attending to make his many, many fans and followers around the world happy and may even break out his casting equipment for this special event. we can only wait and see what happens. i was told he was forcefully fed a huge piece of humble pie last time down to see his woman waneta. zach doesn't like his humble pie to be shoved down his throat by his woman waneta from the times i have spoke with him. doesn't it seem that he has had trouble keeping a partner lately. i have heard that it may have something to do with him never shutting up while in the boat, even during 12 hour marathon days. he just keeps blabbing away all day, never shutting up. always saying something like- if they can catch 'em why can't i... what are they doing differant than me? wah, wah, waaah. look for zach to be there alone. you will probally hear him complaining before you actually see him fishing. this time down to see his ole lady he has a seceret home made weapon (he doesn't want to get skunked again). if you do see him ask him about the new 10" zach shad which he is messing around with and will show his woman waneta to see what she thinks. i heard that its his first bait (cherry popper) and that there are more to come. the new zach shad aka the colton crusher looks like it may hit 25-30 feet with a violent wobble because of its huge lip and not being over-weighted. most likely won't go over 4mph though, this is not a casting lure unless you like pain; i know some of you do out there. its got a lip the size of a field plow! first color is a basic silver and black. this baby moves more water than rosie o'donnell doing a belly flop off the high dive. other than the trials in the backyard pool this will be its first time out from what i understand. good luck everyone!

has been- my name is zach and i work in the car industry and i can get you a great price on the fuel pump if you want. i live and work in rochester- i sell AC Delco and Carter pumps and i would hook you up @ employee price if you want- 585-414-0138. just cause you are a musky fisherman like myself. i don't make money off those deals so its just a hook up if you want

what is a good tiger from conesus? size? got skunked at waneta last night with 2 rips trolling and saw one caught and conesus is alot closer to me but i never seem to fish it. alot of driving last night for 2 rips and thinking i may try here sooner than later. its only a 30 minute drive for me to conesus compared to 1 1/5hr to waneta. do you throw smaller musky stuff or normal musky lures for the tigers. do tigers like brighter colors than muskies? i thought that somewhere i read this?

got skunked last night at waneta- 2 rips over open water and thats it. i have been doing at least a fish a trip down there this year and got a nice big slice of humble pie to eat last night.

did you go with musky joe charters?

brown pike is the best color in my boat (didn't see it on the color page). white has been good lately, and lex's favorite is orange tiger. we have done multiple fish on each. just when i thought i had enough lures these came out. btw i thought a plastic tuff shad was named the KRUSHER (damn near exact copy of the tuffy). after seeing what happened with joe buchers products after he changed manufactures and outsourced i think i personally will hold off for a while and see what happens with these. bucher had alot of boken lips and quality went staight down the toilet. lets see if that happens here also. i will fish my wooden plugs as long as they are working and still intact before i take a chance on an outsourced china made lure that used to be proudly made in west virginia. lets see- my line and leader come from china- my snaps and splits come from china- my rod was made in china- fishfinder from china- trailer tires from.. u guessed it china. can't i have atleast one american made product on while i fish? will we be fishing muskies in china next also? not a fan. i like the old ones and probally will not purchase any of these. i am tired of wasting my money on chinese made pieces of sh*t. make the wood ones again and i will buy them. 6 of the last 7 muskies i have caught have been on the old style (STILL MADE OF WOOD) tuffs, so i am a fan (they are my #1 fish catcher this year) not just a basher. at the happy hooker they had a good looking wood shad style bait by newman called the triple x. maybe i will buy some of these instead. buyer beware- i wouldn't want his first batch. maybe i am the only one. watch how expensive the old wooden tuffs get on ebay now, if anyone is even getting rid of them. am i the only one disappointed to hear that they are plastic? is dale wiley gonna make a plastic crankbait now, so all of my favorites will now be made of plastic- wait those are call stalkers. 95% of my lures are wood. i am very partial to my wooden lures and very biased so maybe that is what is coming out in this post. thanks for listening to me vent!

then is all white a natural color? looks pretty bright in the water.

not trying to change the system- i have always used a swivel on my leaders and its now that i am wondering about it.

bucktails would be a good idea for the weeds, but there is also a suspended fishery that i think deserves as much attention if not more than the weeds. good luck. if you don't get them on the weed flats or edges you then go to the open water. good luck. mid-october you may see the fish starting to go deep so weed edges may be better than the flats.