What a great way to start the season.... Personal best 48.5 x 25

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What a great way to start the season.... Personal best 48.5 x 25

Post by Dex » Mon May 18, 2009 7:45 pm

Hey gang,

Well, I finally got out on the water today and after a slow start things turned around with a great fish and my personal best. Anyway, while trying to get her to the boat she didn't look like the monster she turned out to be in the water, but once we got her to the boat we noticed how big she really was. (48.5 x 25) My ace net man scooped her up it took two of us to pull in the net, no BSing here...This baby was a strong a hefty to say the least. Of course we CPRed her to be caught again when after she grows another 1.5in. All in all it was a great day on the water my buddies and my first fish of 2009. Now I'm just hoping it a sign of good things to come this year. :bounce:


Thanks for a great day on the water, see you all soon

Better picture to follow.......
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RE:What a great way to start the season.... Personal best 48.5 x 25

Post by mtsiview » Mon May 18, 2009 8:09 pm

Congrats Dex! How can the pictures get any better than all fish and no face! Here's to a long and productive season for all of us.
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Post by Anyfish » Mon May 18, 2009 8:09 pm

Dex, you got a fat pig there! :cyclopsan Good job
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RE:What a great way to start the season.... Personal best 48.5 x 25

Post by Dex » Mon May 18, 2009 8:17 pm

mtsiview wrote:Congrats Dex! How can the pictures get any better than all fish and no face! Here's to a long and productive season for all of us.
Well my partner is great on the net, still working on the camera skills.... lol

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Post by swedefish4life1 » Mon May 18, 2009 8:20 pm

Dex very strong, Great job, better fish :-$ better camera skills:cheers:

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Post by Rosann G » Mon May 18, 2009 8:46 pm

:bounce: Wow, what a great fish. Glad you guys got to go fishing today! Good luck at Curlew and happy fishing.:cheers:
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Post by muskyhunter28 » Mon May 18, 2009 9:12 pm

Hey man!
I took that with the Iphone!!
I was just focusing on the fish!
Its not everyday, a guy is Netting and taking a pic of a STATE RECORD!
37.89lbs!
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Post by dlt074 » Mon May 18, 2009 9:38 pm

GOOD JOB D!!!!

why can't you do that when we're in a tournament? wish i could of been there for that! i trained your net-man, that's why he's the best!

way to set the standard!

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Post by KUP » Mon May 18, 2009 10:22 pm

Holy Smoly, Dex! She is HUGE!!!
Congratulations... to both of you! =d>

so, now, um... does this mean there ARE muskies in Merwin?
What? :study:
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Post by Dex » Tue May 19, 2009 5:43 am

[quote="KUP"]Holy Smoly, Dex! She is HUGE!!!
Congratulations... to both of you! =d&gt]

I was lucky to catch the only one....:-"
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Post by muskyhunter28 » Tue May 19, 2009 6:19 am

[quote="KUP"]Holy Smoly, Dex! She is HUGE!!!
Congratulations... to both of you! =d&gt]


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Post by BassinBomber » Tue May 19, 2009 6:33 am

Nice fish bro,..I am so curious about these fish,.."Passion-4-Bassin" but I am researching as we speak,..I know there's allot of Muskie Anglers on the site so I will be asking questions,..great fish!

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Post by Dex » Tue May 19, 2009 8:39 am

BassinBomber wrote:Nice fish bro,..I am so curious about these fish,.."Passion-4-Bassin" but I am researching as we speak,..I know there's allot of Muskie Anglers on the site so I will be asking questions,..great fish!

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Feel free to ask away and if you ever want to hit the water with one of us let us know. We have allot of good people here that would love to take out someone interested in these fish.
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Post by davidwat1 » Tue May 19, 2009 11:15 am

Dex that's a real beauty Congratulations!!!! BassinBomber, I'm with you man, I have lake Tapps Muskie fishing on my bucket list of things to do, and every year I just don't seem to get it done! I've fished for Nothern Pike before but never Musky. That is just a beautiful specimen! - Dave
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Post by Lucius » Tue May 19, 2009 2:52 pm

BassinBomber & Davidwat 1,
We are having a Chapter 57 Muskies Inc, members meeting this Thursday and you guys are more than welcome to come. No obligations. Just come, hang out, meets some good folks and talk tiger muskie and obviously get the full account of Dex's fish Right DEX. Just so you know Dex you will be the center of attention come Thursday so bring your water bottle because you are going to be talking a lot. There also might be quit a bit of talk about our upcoming members only tournament at Curlew, but we are always more than willing to share our info. Hope to see you guys there.

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Post by BassinBomber » Tue May 19, 2009 4:07 pm

Dex wrote:
BassinBomber wrote:Nice fish bro,..I am so curious about these fish,.."Passion-4-Bassin" but I am researching as we speak,..I know there's allot of Muskie Anglers on the site so I will be asking questions,..great fish!

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Feel free to ask away and if you ever want to hit the water with one of us let us know. We have allot of good people here that would love to take out someone interested in these fish.
Mighty fine Dex,..TY! And you 2 Lucius!

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Post by muskyhunter28 » Wed May 20, 2009 5:43 am

BassinBomber wrote:
Dex wrote:
BassinBomber wrote:Nice fish bro,..I am so curious about these fish,.."Passion-4-Bassin" but I am researching as we speak,..I know there's allot of Muskie Anglers on the site so I will be asking questions,..great fish!

BB
Feel free to ask away and if you ever want to hit the water with one of us let us know. We have allot of good people here that would love to take out someone interested in these fish.
Mighty fine Dex,..TY! And you 2 Lucius!

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Post by Dex » Wed May 20, 2009 6:07 am

Nice plug Dj.....

I guess your thinking that since this fish was hooked on your boat that your now a guid......lol

On a different note, are you coming to the meeting tomorrow night??? I'm sure there will be some great stories to tell. Let me know

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Post by muskyhunter28 » Wed May 20, 2009 6:15 am

Cant make it!
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Post by Dex » Wed May 20, 2009 6:17 am

muskyhunter28 wrote:Cant make it!
Got some tourist in from MN!I am taking them out on the water!

LOL......you got issues dude !!!!:-$
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