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Bruce
Davis caught this 24 LB. King Salmon while fishing on the Katie
Bird with Elite
Fishing Charters. He caught this 4 year old on a Pearl White/Pearl
Scale "Opti-Dodger"
and a Powder Blue "Howie Fly".
Three
more 4 year olds were also caught that day from our boat, all
on Opti-Dodgers
and Howie
Flys.
The
Bank Reef out of Sturgeon Bay has been spectacular for Salmon
fishing the last few weeks.
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Nathan
Sabec and a couple of nice Turtle Flambeau Flowage walleyes he
caught. |
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Here's
Captain Ken Lee from Sall-Mar Resort on Little Bay de Noc, Michigan
with a 12 lb. - 32 1/2" walleye he released.
If
you want to do a little ice fishing you can contact Ken at his
web site http://www.sallmarresort.com.
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Captain Marty Papke from Little
Bay de Noc Fishing Charters has been catching a lot of 8-10
lb walleyes lately. Check out his reports on our Fishing
Reports page. |
Here's Kevin Steiner age 15 with a 15 lb. 1 oz.
walleye he caught while fishing from a charter boat on Lake Erie. |
Here is a picture of a nice fat 45"musky that Scott
Jenkins from Musky U Guide Service popped this past weekend
on a Vilas County Lake. It hit a Bulldawg
10 feet from the boat. |
Here's Matt Michalsen (age 12) with a 39.5"er he caught and
released on a surface lure on a northern Wisconsin area lake!
It's his second biggest; he got a 41"er two falls ago. |
Here's Bob Arnony with a 51" release he just
took an his trip to Lake of the Woods. |
Shelly caught this 27", 7# walleye, on July
1, while fishing Van Vliet Lake near Presque Isle, WI while staying
at Bay View Lodge.
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Here's Erik, our head web
developer, with a nice smallmouth bass he caught recently while
fishing with Mike "Doc"
Sabec on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in Wisconsin.
Here is a nice Menominee
River musky that Tom Peterson just caught while he was
fly fishing for muskies with our Pro Staff Member, Mike
Mladenik.
Here is Jerry Haas of Lakeville,
MN who caught and released this 27" walleye
during the opening weekend of the Minnesota open water season
on Big Pine Lake. Nice fish Jerry and thanks for sharing the
photo with us!
Tom Gildseth from Minocqua,
Wisconsin caught this monster 43 lb. 8 oz. (53" length x 25.75" girth)
musky on the Flambeau Chain on a black Bull
Dawg lure.
This fish is the the largest
musky caught in Wisconsin so far this year and is the current leader
in the Vilas County Musky Marathon.
This fish is being mounted
by Gary Michalsen from Lake Tomahawk Taxidery who was kind enough to
send us this photo.
Jeff "Thrash" Miller went
out with good friend and guide Bob Landreville, from South Shore Guide
Service, and caught 51" musky, 3 1/2 hrs after the P.M.T.T. Tournament,
on Leech Lake Minnesota.
Jeff said, "If you would
like to go out on the water with Bob, he can be reach at (218) 836-2352.
Leech Lake will produce some big fish this fall.
This big steelie was taken
on the Chagrin river, near Cleveland Ohio, by Brian Adams.
This big male was slightly
over 11 pounds. It was taken on a rapala about 3 ft down.
Here are some dandy smallmouths
Don Strle caught while we were fishing on
the upper Menominee River.
The fish were hitting on topwater baits and ISG
Skirted Grubs.
Photo by Mike
Mladenik
Alice Arntzen with a
nice northern pike caught near Ely, MN.
Photo courtesy of WristSaver
Fishing Rods
Seven year old Tyler Hill
of Milpedis, CA. caught a double header at a farm pond.
A largemouth bass and a
bluegill. His first double - He released both.
Vic and Kurt with some
recent Upper Menominee River
walleyes they caught while
fishing with Mike
Mladenik.
This is a 22 inch, 7 lbs
Largemouth Bass my sister Andrea caught while
bluegill fishing in Horseshoe
Lake near Omaha Nebraska.
Released after photo to
be caught another day.
"Bambino
Jig Conquers Classic Waters"
Jeff Snyder catches 6 lb.
plus Largemouth Bass
on waters to be fished
in the
2000 Bass Masters Classic
in Chicago!
Dan Small from Wisconsin
Outdoors, and two guests Katherine and Jamie form left to right.
They ended up on twelve
fish on this trip while fishing with Captain
Fritz Peterson
Andy Michalsen -
6-10-00 = 29 1/4" Walleye
on a 10" Hughs River Jerk
Bait = RELEASED!!
Mike Gumiela caught this
big
largemouth with Mike
Mladenik.
The fish was caught on
an
ISG Intimidator skirted
Grub.
They caught it while smallmouth
fishing.
Mark Schuitema
with a nice walleye he took last December from Lake Michigan.
He caught it on a Rapala husky jerk at night. Official weight is 13.11
pounds - 33 1/4" long.
Ken Lee fished with good
friend Fred Wilbee today (5/24/00)
and had a ball despite
the tough windy conditions.
All fish came on jigs and
minnows.
They only fished for three
hours...but the fish were biting the whole time!
Photo courtesy of Sal
Mar Resort
Captain
Marty Papke is off and running for 2000
this photo is from a weekend
on Little Bay de Noc, Michigan.
John & Debbie caught
a nice stringer
of walleyes with
Mike "Doc" Sabec
on the Turtle Flambeau
Flowage.
Terry was real happy to
get this wall hanger walleye on May1.
It bit on a 13 Rapala flat
lined off the side of the boat.
Terry was fishing with
Captain Fritz Peterson from
JE Fishing Enterprises.
Captain
Fritz Peterson from just sent me this great photo of
a couple young ladies he
had out this spring.
Eric Rogers caught this
musky on Cave Run lake on April 1, 2000. Eric said, "Awesome battle
on a jerk/twitch bait."
The fish
was released for another day's battle!
Rob Flood from Wildwood,
Il caught this
10lb. 6oz.- 31 3/4
inch walleye
on a jigging spoon, at
the East shore of
Little Bay de Noc in the
mid morning on Feb. 20th.
Eric Jirikowic, from Presque
Isle, Wi. age 11, caught
a nice walleye while fishing
the Turtle Flambeau Flowage.
Nathan Sabec (age 6) outdoes
dad on the Turtle Flambeau
Flowage with the biggest
walleye of the day.
David Horning caught this
giant musky on Pewaukee Lake last Saturday, Nov. 13. It was 51 inches
and weighed 37.3 pounds. He was using a baby shallow raider in 7 ft.
of water. Congratulations, David!
Here's a fish Ken Lee,
Sall Mar Resort, caught
and released Monday afternoon (Nov. 8th) using jigs and minnows. The
walleye was 29 inches 9 3/4 pounds! Life is good in Yooper Land!
Kevin Joustra fishing with
his dad Steve of
Elgin, IL caught and released
this 28" walleye.
Jim and Bob from Milwaukee,
fishing
Little Bay de Noc on Nov.
6th.
Photo courtesy of Shorewood
Motel
Captain Marty Papke just
sent us this photo of
Michael David of Necedah,
WI who caught this
28 inch and 7 pound 10
ounce walleye while
casting a shad rap with
his Dad.
 Well
the pike fishing is still great here in the Netherlands, but my record
of 122 cm is not broken yet . However this is a photo of a friend, Erik
van der Toorn, with a very fat pike. Only 107 cm, but estimated 26 pounds.
If we catch any bigger I will send it to you.
......Ruud Luthart the Netherlands......
Sarah Howell
caught and released this 5 pound, 20 inch, smallmouth bass
while fishing
with Captain Darrell Mittlesteadt
on the Rainbow Flowage.
 
James Mahaney
just sent us these photo's recently. Here is what he had to say: The
first photo (with my bleeding hand - I attached myself to the net
and split my little finger open on the teeth!) was a 47 1/2", the
second was a 48 1/2" (no casualties with this one!), both were caught
and released within 3 days. I was using a Jackpot at Clearwater
Lodge on Clearwater Lake (also called Burdett Lake).
Here is, Chris
Aguilar, with just one of many walleyes he caught and released late
last november. It was caught at about 5:00 a.m., after a banner night
of fishing on Lake Michigan. Chris and his brother put 14 fish in the
boat that night with eight of them topping ten pounds! This was the
biggest at 31 and 3/4 inches. It weighed in just under 14 pounds! Chris
said, "It's taken my brother and I ten years to refine these techniques
for big 'eyes at night but it has paid off huge!"
Steve Mueller
was fishing on Bone Lake in Polk County
on 8/16/99
and caught this nice 42 inch muskie.
Mark Schuitema
with a nice walleye he took last December from Lake Michigan. He caught
it on a Rapala husky jerk at night. Official weight is 13.11 pounds
- 33 1/4" long.
Photo courtesy
of Sall Mar Resort
Dan and Kim
Wallis from Cadillac Michigan, caught some nice walleyes including these
5 that measured 22 to 27 inches. They were casting husky jerks at the
north end of Little Bay De Noc in 6 to 9 feet of water. The full moon
made for a beautiful night to be on the water. They could have caught
fish all night. The wind was blowing pretty strong, but it sure turned
the fish on.
This is a Leech
Lake, Minnesota muskie caught by Gerry Castagneri,
of Cherry,
MN. Released unharmed after photo.
Shawn Sabec
caught his biggest walleye ever, while fishing with his dad Mike Sabec,
on his first
trip to canada this year. I heard Shawn taught
his dad a few
new tricks and will be back next year to teach him a few more!
Chris Hess from Lakewood
Products sent us this photo of her Dad.
He got this Laketrout on Big Green
Lake, 38 inches, 17.62 pounds!
Dave Blersch
of Eagle River, Alaska caught
this late season
king at Sheep Creek using a yarn fly.
Thanks to Ruud Luthart from the Netherlands
for sharing this recent catch of
his Northern Pike of 1.22 meters
(48 inches).
Terry Lindblad
with his 42 1/2" Cass Lake musky he caught on 7/30/99.
Rainbows and Brookies from Georgetown
Lake, Montana.
Brad McDermott just caught these
beauties with a green wolly worm.
These are just a few of the many
he caught a released
during his week long stay at Seven
Gables Resort.
Molly Joustra, Elgin IL., caught
this nice smallmouth bass,
not maybe the biggest fish but a
"fun-fish!" on June 28th.
Photo courtesy of Captain
Marty Papke
Here is fishing
Guide Mike "Doc" Sabec
with a nice bunch of walleye he
and his clients
caught on 7/5/99 from the Turtle Flambeau Flowage.
Phil Rolfe,
Witch Bay Camp walleye pro,
with a 31 1/2"
walleye taken off
Starter Island
on a spinner in 23'
Roy Arseneau
with his first Wisconsin River Northern Pike, The fish was 29"....
Nice first
catch, Roy!
Mike Montgomery
with an eight pounder (released) caught with jig and crawler
in shallow
water at Witch Bay Camp on Lake
of the Woods.
Bob Camanini,
fishing with Captain
Keith Wils,
caught this
nice bunch of walleyes on Little Bay de Noc Michigan.
Photo courtesy
of Shorewood Motel
Jerry "Muskie"
Myers caught this musky on 04-28-99 from Woodrum Lake, WV. The fish
was 46" and 30 lb. 08 oz. with a 23" girth. This was Jerry's largest
West Virginia release.
Captain
Scott Gutschow with one of six nice walleye he caught at night
on Sturgeon
Bay Wisconsin on 5/9/99.
A nice smallmouth
bass, sent to us by Captain
Darrell Mittlesteadt, from a guide trip he had over the weekend
on Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior. He said the fish are starting to
stage for spawning.
 
Jim Sitta,
Mark, Al and Dave Wickland with a limit of walleye from opening day
in Wisconsin
while being guided by "Ranger"
Rick Krueger
Travis Wanke, age 11, with a 27.5"
walleye he caught
on a jigging Rapala. He also caught
a 28.25" on a tip-up.
Both fish were caught within 3 hours
of
each other on Little Bay de Noc in
Michigan.
Photo courtesy of Shorewood
Motel
This male sturgeon
is 60" and 60 lbs, speared off of Brothertown on Lake Winnebago on
Feb 13th, 1999 at about 2:30 pm by Mitchell Gebheim (son) guided by
Mitchell Gebheim (dad).
Ken Lee with
a nice pair pf walleye caught
while ice
fishing Little Bay de Noc on Feb. 5th
(one of these
is a 31 incher)
Photo courtesy
of Captain Marty Papke
Congratulations
to Brian Whitterns who caught this
40 lb.
King Salmon while fishing near Soldotna, Alaska.
Mark Oakley from Chilton,
WI with his
30 in.-10lb 2oz walleye
caught January 1, 1999
off of Center Reef.
Photo courtesy of Shorewood
Motel
This
musky fisherman recently traveled all the way from Colorado to fish
with David Christian and Cave
Run Muskie Guide Service Inc. The result was a mid thirty incher
and this beautiful 48 3/4 inch muskie, a career best for this angler.
 
Here is Bill
Davis, one of the founders of the Chicago Musky Show, with a couple
nice musky he caught this past summer while fishing Lake of the Woods.
 
Eric Skell
caught these 2 nice walleyes on December 5th and 6th on Little Bay de
Noc. The larger walleye weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz.
 
Captain
Darrell Mittlesteadt and Steve Lindahl, of Shimano Tackle Co., with
a bunch of 29" walleyes they caught last Saturday from Bay de Noc, Michigan.
Darrell said, "These are only some of the walleyes we caught. The action
was hot for most of the day with many double headers." ( All
fish were released)
Mike Eckland with a 12 lb. 2 oz.
walleye he caught recently rom Bay de Noc, Michigan.
 
Captain
Darrell Mittlesteadt sent us some photos of just a few
of the walleyes he has been catching
lately. (November, 1998)
Niagara River's Trophy
Musky
Captain Larry Jones, who guides on
the Niagara River, just sent us some photo's of the fish that he and
his clients have been catching this fall. All these fish were caught
on Hi-Fin Tackle's 9" Jointed
Trophy Diver, in Sparkle Shad color, trolling at the slow speed of 1.8
mph while crunching bottom in 31 feet of water. Captain Larry said that,
"With the big lip on the Trophy Diver, you can go slow, still keeping
good action and get the depth."
Above is Andy Luchovick and his 53
1/2" x 28 1/4" - 47 lb. musky
released on November 28th at 1:00
pm.
Eric Hinckley fishing the Niagara
River on November 27th, at 11:58 am, caught this 53" x 27 1/2" girth
at 46 lbs musky, this and the one below were caught within one hour
of each other, both were released. (Photo from Captain Larry Jones)
Reese Scott (6"-4" and 320 lbs) with
his 53" x 27" girth at 45 lbs. caught on the Niagara River, at 12:50
pm, on November 27th. (Photo from Captain Larry Jones)
Scott VanDerwater and his fat 50 1/2"
x 28 1/2" girth - 40 lb. 4 oz. Niagara River musky November 7th at 1:30
pm (Photo from Captain Larry Jones)
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Lonnie Eslinger caught this
50" - 33lb. musky on November 10th while fishing the Manitowish
Chain in Wisconsin. The fish was caught on a homemade crankbait.
Congratulations - Lonnie
!
Note: You still have a couple
more weekends, left in the season, to try for that trophy musky
in Wisconsin. The reports we have been getting say that this
is the time to get on the water.
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Photo courtesy of Shorewood
Motel |
Dale
Stroschein, Captain Fritz Peterson
and client, fishing November 13, from 11:00 AM to Dusk. Caught
a nice catch of walleyes from 18" to 30", releasing all over 23"
trolling the upper bay with AJs. The guys said they had a "Good
daytime bite". |
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Andrea
Moore, with her 29 inch walleye boated on the Red River on October
22, 1998. She caught this trophy on a charteuse rattling jig with
live minnow in 15 feet of water. It was not weighed, but her dad,
Ed, guesses it to be around the 11 pound mark since he recently
caught a 29.5 incher was 11.5 lb. walleye. |
| Nick Kasap, Wheaton Illinois,
fishing Lake St. Clair, Michigan on October 28, 1998 caught this
47" - 33 lb. musky. A total of four muskies were boated with this
one being the largest. Nick said, "This fish was returned to become
next seasons 50"er." |
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Captain
Marty Papke and Captain
Tim Dawidiuk
with a couple
walleye that they caught on
their October
26th outing on Little Bay de Noc.
Here is Ed Moore
with an 11.5 lb Walleye he caught on the Red River in Manitoba on October
21, 1998. Ed's bait was a 3/8 oz rattling jig with a large live minnow.Congratulations,
Ed !
Photo courtesy of Shorewood
Motel
Bill Fischer with a 10 lb - 30 1/2"
walleye he caught on October 24th. Bill was fishing with his son and
son-in-law and caught the walleye about noon in 34 feet of water on
a DAJ red and black thunderstick. They were fishing up toward the northend
of the bay.
Dick Schroeder wanted to share this
picture of a 48"er he boated 9/16/98, on Leech Lake. He was fishing
the week after the tremendous tournament held in the area. I guess they
didn't catch them all ! The fish hit at 2:30 pm on a hot windy day in
about 5 foot of water. Dick was casting a Northland's Bionic Blade while
fishing with guide Jim Flesch and his partner Dave Claussen.
Dick said, "What a beautiful fish,
and it was a pleasure to release it. My personal best (so far), hope
you get her when she's 50+ !"
Above are newlyweds
Roland and Joeleen Schwarzk with a nice walleye they caught while honeymooning
at Andy Myers Lodge.
Here is Terry Padgett with his "fish
of a lifetime". This giant musky was 54" - 36 1/2 lbs. and was taken
on 8/5/98 using a perch colored spinnerbait form Long Last Lures. The
fish came on the first cast to shallow water. He caught this
fish mid-morning on a bright sunny day, but there was a little wind.
Terry had been fishing weedlines and
drop offs using standard musky topwaters and divers, but was not having
any success until he changed his location and presentation.
Congratulations to Joe Fish who caught
this great bunch of walleyes while fishing with our staff member, Captain
Darrell Mittlesteadt. These fish were taken on an Oneida County
lake on 8/6/98 in northern Wisconsin. What happened to the "Dog Days
of Summer"?
 
Brad Smith (In the yellow) and Mike
Malchow with a muskies that they caught on a visit to Mercer, WI. I
thought that muskies were a fish of ten thousand casts? These guys don't
even look tired!
Some nice walleye taken on August
14, 1998
Photo courtesy of Shorewood
Motel.
Leonard and Elaine with a 14 lb.
- 32" Lake Trout taken at Higgins Lake, MI
Guide Gus Tzavaras and his huge muskie
which was caught while fishing a Vilas County lake on 7-08-98. The
trophy musky hit a Hi Fin
Trophy Minnow just before midnight on a full moon.
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Andy Klein, Jim Reininger, Bob Courtney
and, my wife, Julie with a nice bunch of walleyes.
These fish were taken in the beginning
of July from Witch Bay
Camp on Lake of the Woods.
  
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