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Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 17744345)

Tornado nearby maybe? When I was really little, maybe only 5-6, there was a tornado that picked up some small fish off of a lake then dumped them across parts of SE Tulsa, miles from where the tornado actually tracked. My buddy told me they were still flopping when they landed in his grandmother's backyard.

I can't remember last time it even rained here in Springfield.

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Originally Posted by philfree (Post 17744350)

I can't remember last time it even rained here in Springfield.

Welp, I'm out of ideas.

No wait. Sometimes Game and Fish will stock certain waters using a small plane and just dump them from a hundred feet off the surface. Sometimes they miss. Sometimes they accidentally stock a random neighborhood. Got any fishable water nearby?

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Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 17744331)

On my list as well. Good friend of mine has extended a permanent invitation to come down to FL to go tarpon and bonefish flyfishing. Seriously thinking next year will be the year.

Get good gear. You’ll need it for tarpon. If you can swing one, Mako reels are worth it. And Loomis NRX or Scott Meridian rods. Good thing about top quality gear: it doesn’t need replacing. Once you get it, you’re set for life. But fishing for massive salt water fish is not the time to scrimp. You’ll curse yourself if you lose a lifetime tarpon because your reel’s drag breaks or you don’t have the spine on the rod to tire the fish.

Also, if you’re interested in coming on our annual SW Alaska fly fishing trip in early to mid September, drop me a PM. We are already setting up next year’s trip.

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Originally Posted by frozenchief (Post 17744402)

I get to pick our summer vacation next year....so will I pick something beachy and carribbean (for tarpon fishing) or something moutnainy and cool (for trout fishing)? Because every vacation I choose has fishing at the root and I always take a day or two to myeslf for that.

https://www.startribune.com/muskie-m...eler/601177652

Fishing record-chaser Arthur “Art” Weston has seen his share of big catches with nearly 40 yet-to-be-beaten world records under his belt. But when Minnesota muskie expert Nolan Sprengeler took him out on Mille Lacs last week to go for a new muskie record, Weston tried something he never had before — night fishing.

“Having never night fished before was a wild experience for me,” Weston, who lives in Kentucky, said in a statement to the Star Tribune on Thursday. “Casting these massive lures into the darkness and the depths is frankly a bit unnerving.”

But the experiment worked.

On Oct. 29, his second night on Mille Lacs, Weston, with Sprengeler as his guide, landed the mother of all muskies, a 54.33-inch or 138-centimeter fish (measured from the tail to the fork) which he believes is likely to set the all-tackle length world record for the species. The record is currently pending and under review by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA). The fish measured 57.5 inches from the tail to the tip.

Weston had never fished with Sprengeler before, but had heard good things about him from other anglers. Weston, who last year made headlines for catching a 283-pound alligator gar, contacted Sprengeler to come up with a plan to try for the all-tackle length world record for muskie. They agreed to fish at night, Weston said, because the bigger muskies can often be the most “lure shy.” Possibly they’ve been caught and released before. Or they are old enough and smart enough to recognize an artificial lure.

After no luck the first night, the pair set out at about 6:30 p.m. on the second to a few of Sprengeler’s favorite spots. Weston’s lure “got smashed” about 30 yards out from their boat just before midnight. The hit made him let out an audible “Ooof,” Weston said.

“The strike was not what I was expecting, it was like a Mack Truck grabbed my lure and headed the opposite direction,” he said.

Sprengeler had told him to reel hard and fast and as he began to see the torpedo-like silhouette come to the surface, Weston yelled, “It’s big!”

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To that Sprengeler yelled back, “I know!”

After netting the fish, the fishermen looked at each other and Weston remembered shouting in excitement, “It’s long!”

In similar fashion, Sprengeler responded, “I know!” telling Weston “I think this is the one.”

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 17792857)

Holy shit thats a MONSTER, dude just put Jeremy Wade to shame :eek:

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I'm going to Turks and Caicos in June. I'm going to do some bonefishing and i'll do a day of deep sea as well. Lets' go!

TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!

That's a ****ing huge musky. I bet it was a hell of a fight.

Nice bump Hog, a good reminder that I need to get some new line on my reels

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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 18000043)

Nice bump Hog, a good reminder that I need to get some new line on my reels

Yeah, for sure, starting to get the itch.

I got the itch. Been 2 years or so and my bother gave me my Dads old boat. Needs a transom since a 1984 sea nymph but prime condition other wise.

I did something new this winter. I had an opportunity to get 200 rainbow trout for free and out them in my pond and another.

The last nice weekend with ice I had about 20 kids here for some ice fishing. They caught 5-6 trout and a half bucket of bluegill and bass. My parents came over Thursday afternoon to fish because it was super nice out and caught 2 larger trout.

I grilled them in a foil boat today and we ate those for the first time. It was good and I’m looking forward to catching and eating more while the water is clean…and before water temp gets too warm and kills them.