Personal
Records
This
album showcases my personal records of trophy fish I have caught
over the years. Most of them have been released.
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50"
Musky
Date:
June 21, 2011
Location:
Lower Manitou Lake
Lure:
#5 Mepps Aglia (Hot
White)
Just
before dinner my brother and I decided to venture into a small
bay and fish for northern pike on Lower Manitou Lake. I was
casting a Mepps
#5 Aglia over submerged cabbage when the musky hit my
spinner so hard the water boiled around it. I set the hook
and connected. I could feel my heart pulse racing. The fish
swam and stayed deep for a good couple minutes. I glanced
over at our small bass net and thought my goodness there was
no way we could land this beast. After about a three minute
battle and some big runs underneath that had me circling the
boat the fish slowly came to boatside. An got to the edge,
reached over and with his arms cradled the monster into the
boat. We laughed in joy and I was almost in tears. The fish
measured 50 inches! I released the fish after a few quick
photos. It was a memorable day!
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27.5"
Walleye
Date: June 4, 2011
Location: McMahon Lake
Lure:
Mister Twister 3" Curly Tail Grub (White)
My
friend and I fished McMahon Lake for the first time early morning.
We approached a patch of reeds and I made a cast with a 3"
white curly tail grub towards the edge. About two cranks of the
reel handle I had an instant hit and set the hook. The fish fought
hard and stayed deep for about a minute. When the fish finally surfaced,
I was very surprised and excited to see that it was a big walleye.
The funny thing is my friend had one of those small hand held nets
and I had no idea how he was going to get the fish into it. After
a short battle, he put his net in the water and scooped the big
fish with its tail dangling out of the net. We laughed. It was a
great day!
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21"
Smallmouth Bass
Date: August 28, 2007
Location: Moose Lake
Lure:
Mister Twister 5" Curly Tail Grub (Pumpkin
Pepper)
Grand
Prize Winner in the BoatU.S. Angler "Bass of the Month"
Fishing Contest for the month of September 2007. This
fish was featured on Kent Hrbek Outdoors on Kare 11
and printed in Star Tribune "Fish Tale" Outdoor Section
(Wednesday, May 7, 2008).
Nam
was also featured on Bass
Club Digest Online.
For
in-depth story of this smallmouth tale, click
here.
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21"/4.8
lbs. Largemouth Bass
Date: July 18, 2004
Location:
Lake O'Dowd
Lure:
Gary Yamamoto 5" Senko (Blue
Pearl/Silver)
Printed
in Star Tribune "Hook & Line" Weekly Section (Wednesday,
July 28, 2004) and featured as "Catch of the Week" for
August 30, 2004 on the North American Fishing Club.
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2
lb., 10 oz. White Crappie
Date: May 11, 2002
Location: Prior Lake
Lure: Mister Twister 3" Sassy Shad
(Black/White)
This
photo was taken by Mike Kurvers of MK Fishing and printed in Burnsville
Thisweek Newspaper.
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