Caught a 40"er without makin a cast. Took my uncle on his first musky trip, he brought the fish up and to the boat. He wasnt payin attention and didnt give it a good chance on the figure eight. He thought the fish had left and fired out another cast. I saw her go under the boat, and stuck my bait in the water. Second turn, she ate. Wish he would have got her, but oh well, lol. I'm never gonna let him forget her, either. 😈
Ken M.
Wills always "dancin"around questions 😯 
1.getting a 43 on a top prop…my first..
2.Scarey night of topwater with Tom…my first..(seemed like they were everywhere…
3.Lost myself…and found myself….fixed a problem
4.Got comfortable with my boat/trolling motor/boat control..after year two.
and i don`t worry about getting the boat on the trailer perfectly
Dave
can`t wait for next year !!
Look out Ken..!!! I may take a shot at the mens division…Might make me fish harder,more,and smarter.The lack of competition on my part taking myself out,not entering fish,I think booby trapped……and I fished like some redneck idiot !! 
Lots of good memories…
Dramatic clearing of water at Osterhout pre-turnover revealing lush growth that I'd been casting over all year without knowing it
Mustard-colored shovelnosed pig coming out of the junk weeds at Campau to remind me that all it takes is one cast
Feeling those big head shakes while hanging onto a 7-foot fly rod
Watching a muskie go from lazy to a torpedo in two tail strokes as it covered maybe 40 feet in a fraction of a second to pick off a spawning sunnie at Bankson
Discovering a pile of big drum off the Heinz pickle plant on Macatawa when they were not to be found elsewhere; we got 10-lb'ers on 4 of the first 5 times we fished it in August
Coming under the intoxication of the north country, drifting gently under a light drizzle and failing light at Harris Lake in Vilas county, thinking that this was where I belonged
Nephew getting his 1st and 2nd muskie casting 40 & 42 on the same day.
Running aground w/ Bomba dodging lightning on LSC
Seeing the biggest friggen muskie I have ever seen on LSC w/ Tim D
Watching Mike S. figure eight a mid 50's on Ottawa
Loosing a VERY BIG FISH trolling w/ Mike & Tom – I had a temper tantrum…
Hookset and fish coming in the net on the 53.5 on Ottawa
Multi fish day casting LSC w/ Phil in Nov.
One Big Fish Day (48") casting LSC w/ Greg in Nov.
Launching my new boat in the spring.
Ruining my first prop on my new boat due to low water conditions.
Surface temps of 86 degrees.
My first deep-diver figure 8 fish… very cool hit.
My first (and second) break-offs… not even a little cool.
3 very good trips with buddies.
Landing fish on back-to-back casts.
An awesome fall after a terrible summer.
I had many memorable things happen this year. Twice I had young boys catch Muskies trolling and both raised muskies and performed thier first figure 8's. KID BOSSE AND KID CRABTREE. You better watch out Kelly there are two new (KIDS) on the block .. Catching the biggest fish of the Ice up outing at Thornapple. Getting to know Kid Coulson. Meeting John Esox on Lake -x ,Watching my wife catch 14 fish and average 41 inches. Catching fish on a P.M.S Lure. Getting ,building and fishing from our new little modified JON boat. Finding the best numbers lake on this continent and making plans to fish it 8) 8) 8) . catching a 24" Smallmouth bass on a 7.5" prototype Little Claw. But MOST AWSOME thing was when I watched a 50 inch Musky try to eat my wifes 29" pike while it was tied to my anchor rope. Thrashing teeth, foam and one very distressed Queenfisher . Kingfisher
Getting one on one lessons with a couple of the great ones,the Kings.
They are good people with a tremendous love for fishing.They are
no doubt "musky crazy".(excellent name for a new line of lures King…
Talonz musky crazy kid coulson limited edition)Thats got a ring to it!
Fishing with cool Dave Ulrey.What a nutty day on Mac!Your vest must
be 3 sizes to small for me so we trolled all day after the storm lookin
like the village people.Good fun though!
Doing well in the ice up after talking a bunch of smack.And theres more where that came from!
Spending time and having a few words with a true Musky man Big Will Schultz.Im finding out he really is a big player in the musky world.And
did I mention his wife is HOT!!
Of course the Stinson Bros.
And my last highlight………Michigan whooopin michigan st. 😈
happy new year ladies!!
-kid
1. Opening Day on LSC, went out with about 5-6 boats. Everyone got fish! Great way to start the season. 😀
Part of that opening day was losing my FILs first muskie at the net
2. Got my nephew his first muskie, we were setting lines and he was holding a board rod, when the fish hit, before the line was in the clip, he thought that was pretty cool…
Watching Chad catch back-to-back 40" fish casting.
Watching my friend from Iowa catch his first LSC musky.
Watching a 50" class fish spit my lure after clearing the water by 3'.
Losing a very big fish, possibly the mid-50" fish we had seen several times earlier in the day.
Watching Chad catch twin 47's casting.
Catching my first 50 incher on LSC.
Going double-digits in a day.
Phil
"NSTAGATOR" said:
Wills always "dancin"around questions 😯
OK, Nstagator how about this?
Things that were memorable in my boat in 2005:
– over 250 fish landed
– an eleven fish day with an average size of 44.75”
– more than 25 days on the water with four or more muskies landed
– catching a 50” then loosing a 50” two minutes later
– saying this bait is going to catch a PIG, then catching a 52 on it five minutes later
– saying that I need payback for loosing a mid-50, then a minute later putting a 51.5 in the net
– loosing a 51-52” within the first few casts of the St Clair opener
– hooking and then loosing a muskie on December 31st 2005
– knowing, as it's happening, that none of it really matters…
[size=150]Things that were memorable and really mattered in 2005:
– being able to fish with Tyler
– being able to fish with my Dad
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For me it would have to be Jake's 52 incher. That will for ever be burned into my memory! We didn't make it out as much as we thought we would, but most trips produced. Just being in the boat with the kids was great, we always find something to laugh about. 😀 They have really come around the last few years.
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