Elephant Lake, and Benoir River Musky from a Kayak....

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Elephant Lake, and Benoir River Musky from a Kayak....

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Me and pike_pipes went out onto elephant lake on Sunday afternoon. The wind was blowing hard from the north, and we were in search of the elusive musky. After fishing the wind blown, cabbage filled banks of an island, we decided to take refuge on the other side of the island. Slowly drifting down the shoreline, we were casting our bucktails when suddenly my rod was shaken... I reared back and set the hook into what turned out to be my biggest musky...
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...caught on a meps bucktail. measured in at 47inch. anybody have any idea of the weight. didnt scale it...

After pounding the water searching for musky, we decided to take a break and find some pike....
pike_pipes and one of the northerns...
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...caught on a 7inch perch Rapala and kept for the table.

Then i managed this 3lb smallie on a mepps aglia5. Unfortunately this fish inhaled the spinner and so he too was harvested.
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We managed to find some cabbage that was still green, in about 11ft. of water and landed some lgm...
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On monday afternoon we took off to Benoir River on the kayaks in search of pike feeding in the river. Unfortunately most of the weed growth was already dead in the river, so we concentrated most of our fishing around the river mouth. We landed only one pike and a hybrid musky. Sorry, no pics. not taking chances with the digital and the kayaks.
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Thats a nice lookin' muskie man! WTG!!! :D :) That would've been quite challenging to land in a 'yak. Dangerous too!!!! :o :o
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Man, GOOD JOB!!!
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I must add that that muskie almost took his finger when taking the hook out (fish twrilled around his finger), close call eh....
and also that i've never been kawyak fishing before, and when u told me we were going pike hunting in dem i have to admit I was a bit nervous. but as u told me, there very stable> now that the ice is broken.. bring on the kawyaks! I had a great weekend.
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Post by joco »

HI FISHMANDUDE

those are great picture,,,,,,,,,great looking fish,,,,,,,,,,, :wink:

always nice to see some nice fish like that,,,,,

did you said kayak,,,,,,,? seems like a small boats on the picture....


keep those picture coming this way,,,,,,,,

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HI FISHMANDUDE

now i see only the other lake wit kayak,,,,,,,,ok

better watch yourself body,,,,the water will get cold soon,,,,,,


but musky in a canoe,,,,,,,,,,that a true chalenge,,,,,,, :wink:


good luck next time,,,,,,,,,


keep us informed body,,,,,,,,,

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Post by fish_man_dude »

the musky we landed in the kayaks was a hybrid, and was only in the 9-10lb range. and we only went out in the kayaks on our second trip of the wknd. no pics from then/

Thx for a great weekend pipes.
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Post by Wall-I-Guy »

Nice shots fish_man_dude...

but us "vintage" guys, need bigger pics... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Serioulsy though, nice shots...

Here ya go...

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...caught on a meps bucktail. measured in at 47inch. anybody have any idea of the weight. didnt scale it...

After pounding the water searching for musky, we decided to take a break and find some pike....
pike_pipes and one of the northerns...
Image
...caught on a 7inch perch Rapala and kept for the table.

Then i managed this 3lb smallie on a mepps aglia5. Unfortunately this fish inhaled the spinner and so he too was harvested.
Image

We managed to find some cabbage that was still green, in about 11ft. of water and landed some lgm...
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Post by pike_pipes »

haha much better there,
just thought i'd mention that im the one holding the pike (grey jacket)....
and even though i was plannin on loosing my muskie virginty, i still had a awesome weekend... thanks fish-man
p.s. -the first day was on elephant lake (rented a small tin can), and caught the 47inch muskie, pike, and 3 bass

-second day was on the river in kaywaks, caught a hybrid and a pike!

*cant wait till next season!
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Post by Little Cleo »

Wow, that's a gorgeous pic!
And I love the idea of a fishing kayak...! I'm want to try that (but next year, I need better weather).
Great report Dude!
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yea monday was my first experince fishing from a kayak, and on my first cast with a husky kerk i almost tipped the thing haha, but quickly got the hang of it and it not that hard to land a fish and keep ur balance! but yea its definatly extremly relaxing, especially in the benoir river!
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Post by wolfe »

Nice assortment of fish -- impressive landing a muskie like that from a kayak! Yikes!

Excellent outings, guys!

W.

PS: WIG, thanks for the enlargements on the pics. Much better!
Thanks, Dad, for taking me fishing when I was a kid.
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Post by fish_man_dude »

once again that musky was NOT landed from a 'yak...
a smaller 8lb hybrid musky was landed...but no pics....the digital camera is to precious to come out on the kayaks...

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Post by pike_pipes »

haha i didnt think our report would become so confussing lol...
anyways, after this weekend i'll have a more "down to the point" report
entitled "MY FIRST MUSKIE" ..... :shock: nock on wood... but yea great weekend

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Post by bottom feeder »

nice pics
I remember my first muskie like it happened yesterday--lol ( it did)
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