Made me first and hopefully not my last trip to Lake of the Woods. It was a very memorable trip with family and a good friend who manage to make it over for a day of fishing. We were only able to fish 4 days due to weather, but manage to land 14 muskies and lose handful of other fish. No real giants, but we did get some good fish. Unfortunately, the one real big fish of the trip didn't make the net. I had her up twice earlier in the day. Finally at sunset, she grabbed in the 8. This was my first time seriously fishing with "gear" for muskie. I lost every fish I hooked in the 8. I'm sure it wasn't bad luck. Still a memorable moment that I won't soon forget.

I'll start with my favorite fish of the trip. My son has been obsessed with landing his first muskie since losing a couple on suckers with Will last fall. Both the kids casted hard on the last day. Part way into the morning we went back on a fish we had up earlier. On the second cast Miles had the fish come out of nowhere on the eight and grab his shallow raider near the surface. The hooks didn't stick but his reaction was awesome. He freaked out and then started cracking up. In the afternoon he had a fish kiss a top raider near the boat. He was excited but still really wanted to land one. Late in the day my brother hooked a fish out away from the boat and handed the rod to Miles. He was grinning ear to ear from that second until the day was over.

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It was by far the best day of the trip. I got a fish on the 5th cast of the day which was my first fish with both of them in the boat. I also got a good fish later in the day and it was fun to see their excitement over that it.

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A few more muskies…

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We had some pretty crazy weather the first full day. Sustained winds over 30mph with gusts over 50. The kids had a blast playing outside in the wind. Sucked to miss a day of fishing, but it ended up being one of the more memorable days.

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We got a few decent pike, including my daughter's PB.

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My parents also successfully each shot a bear for the fourth year in a row up there.

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