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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Any WF'ers get one? If you did show us!! |
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Location: Freedom, WI | It was a tough opening weekend for our group of 11 shacks! Nobody saw a Sturgeon, just lots of Shiners and the occasional Shad. The highlight of the weekend stare down was watching a plump Walleye around 25" slowly swim through the hole about 8' down in 18fow! I am back at work and hope to get back out this weekend if the season continues which I think will be the case. Good luck and throw straight! I posted a short video on cutting in as well as some pics of the process on my blog at http://midwestfisherman.blogspot.com/
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Location: Berlin | Good lord, look at the back on that one!! It is so big it takes 3 spears to get it in. |
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| Congrats Jason LETS SEE SOME PICS OF THAT BIG GIRL!!!
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| Thanks, Tyee. Here's one picture. Thanks to Steph Wisnet for the photo. More pics can be found at http://winnebagosturgeon.wordpress.com/
A BIG THANKS goes out to my friend James Thomas. He's a long time spearing friend and helped me get this big girl out of the hole. And a big thanks to the Sturgeonville Spearing Team, it's always a pleasure to spear with you all!
156.1# 73.3" long one and a half tines. More pics and video to come soon
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Location: Menasha, WI | Congrats Jason!
Did you see any other species up there?
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| I passed a smaller legal fish on saturday. saw lots of shad, saw a big ole carp on sunday, and 1 perch yesterday......Some people in my group saw bass, perch and walleyes. |
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Location: Darboy USA | Nice fish Jason! Time to give up that horseshoe!! I'm pulling up stakes on the north end and heading east for this weekend..... |
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| A couple more pics
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | Nice fish jayman, I guess that writing "Mr. Lucky" On the side of your shack is true. |
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| Congrats Jayman. Awesome fish! |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | Wow smokin fish.
Here is one from a couple of years ago. Outta pipe. Speared by one of the neighbors.
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| Wow, nice fish Jayman. You got me by 22 pounds. So far just the daughter with her first fish at 52.5 inch. You just raised the bar. Good job. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Nice job Jayman!!! |
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Location: Appleton wi | WOW, Thats a nice bony fish ! |
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Location: Neenah, WI | Great job Jayman!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll be tough for you to top that one. |
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| Jayman - 2/16/2011 10:13 AM
I passed a smaller legal fish on saturday.
That's code for "I had the head-bobs, and saw it too late to chuck at it"
Wow, great fish, Jayman. Guess my call was lucky again this year! |
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| Actually I had plenty of time to throw on the smaller one, it was moving slow along the bottom from under my feet and straight away slightly on the left. Not a grandma shot, but a 20# class fish. "Not on opening day" is what I told myself.
video of the fish.
http://www.vimeo.com/20066455 |
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Location: Oshkosh, WI | That is a sweet video - Awesome fish! |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Did she happen to have a firetiger flicker shad in her back? Lost it trolling last year on one about that size and wanted it back! lol........ Nice fish Jason!
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Location: Menasha, WI | In case you haven't heard, travel conditions have gone down hill, FAST. At least 10 trucks through so far today with one confirmed fatality. The plowed roads are the worst areas, stay away from those areas but a better idea might be to stay off the lake until conditions improve and the clubs can re-assess.
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| Jayman, After seeing that video I thing you lied about the weight. That fish doesn't look over 155lbs to me. |
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| 156.1# and 73.3" per the DNR. What can I say?
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| That video was cool Jayman. I'm heading out tomorrow with the sled. Still got plenty of ice by me but I don't want to hit an unmarked hole. We have to get out fishing this year. I want to here more about that monster. Take care. |
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| Good Luck Andy, Be safe. I pulled everything off on saturday.....too many vehicles through the ice for me. |
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