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manmountain8
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scat: "I never heard of fall spawn smallmouth before. Huh?"
Yeah, they are goofy buggers. The official Bass book says if conditions are poor during spawning they will wait and it could be pushed all the way back to fall.
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QueticoMike
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Fixed your picture for ya.........
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QueticoMike
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TheMadPaddler: " 
This 38 incher hit a little leech on a slip bobber, quite the surprise "
Fixed your picture too :)
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rdmarr
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QueticoMike: "rdmarr: "   
May of 2017 we were on Sunday lake in the Q. pike 38" eye 20" laker 29". Good times for an alabama boy"
In that pike picture, what is that in the background on the right hand side? It kind of looks like a dock." we were at prairie portage we I caught her
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QueticoMike
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rdmarr: "QueticoMike: "rdmarr: "
May of 2017 we were on Sunday lake in the Q. pike 38" eye 20" laker 29". Good times for an alabama boy"
In that pike picture, what is that in the background on the right hand side? It kind of looks like a dock." we were at prairie portage we I caught her"
Thanks for the reply, I thought it kind of looked like a dock. I was wondering how a dock that size ended up on Sunday lake.
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mastertangler
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QueticoMike: "Fixed your picture for ya.........
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Good job Mike, nice fish,
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rdmarr
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QueticoMike: "rdmarr: "QueticoMike: "rdmarr: "
May of 2017 we were on Sunday lake in the Q. pike 38" eye 20" laker 29". Good times for an alabama boy"
In that pike picture, what is that in the background on the right hand side? It kind of looks like a dock." we were at prairie portage we I caught her"
Thanks for the reply, I thought it kind of looked like a dock. I was wondering how a dock that size ended up on Sunday lake."
that was a head scratcher, the biggest pike we caught was on basswood right at prairie portage, but landed a couple 32+ inchers on burk and sunday on the the way to camp. the lakers and eyes were southwest of big island in the northeast part of sunday.
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scat
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I never heard of fall spawn smallmouth before. Huh?
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mutz
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mastertangler: "yellowhorse: "mastertangler: "Didn't get out in the salty stuff as much as I usually do last year.......deep drop trip was a bust and this year looks even slimmer with no trip booked. The Isle Royale trip was very memorable however.  "
Amazing fish! How often do you get to Isle Royale? Bucket list for me but keeps getting kicked to the curb. You transport in from MN or MI?
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I have been to the island 3 times..........once backpacking and twice canoeing. The first canoe trip was a trip which cut across the island via a string of inland lakes. This past trip I went around the island utilizing the park services water taxi to drop me at various places. I come in from Michigan where I spend the summers.
You can read about both trips on my blog (digital scrapbook using journal and pics)
Mastertangler@blogspot "
Where do you summer in Michigan? I’m about 20 mi south of the bridge.
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TheGreatIndoors
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TheMadPaddler: "
This 38 incher hit a little leech on a slip bobber, quite the surprise "
Is that the peninsula campsite just SW of the big island on SAK?
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TwistedCisco
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Nice Fish manmountain8. Really like that Brown
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missmolly
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manmountain8: " Your smile in that bass pic made me LOL! "
LOL. I found a school of fall-spawn smallmouth protecting their beds. I could see huge fish and they could not be spooked. I could've beat the water with a log and they would've come back in 20 seconds. I tried everything in my box but all they would do is push the bait with their nose. So I used some medium live suckers and let them swim free across the beds. The take was so violent that the first 2 snapped me off before I realized that I had to loosen my drag way up. That was the first one I landed after dinking around with them for 2.5 hours so I was excited that I finally figured it out. I got many more after that. Never did get that 6 lb'er I could see though."
The backstory is as good as the smile!
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QueticoMike
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I was just looking at some pictures from last year's trips. Share some of your Quetico or Boundary Waters fish pictures from 2017 if you can to give us all something to look at until we are able to get up there and get 'em again :)
     
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murphylakejim
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Not my biggest but 2017
Not bwca but a fun clip of a bass
Murphy Lake Bass
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shock
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my son and i with a couple of nice lakers out of seagull.  
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tarnkt
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Dinner time!
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QueticoMike
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tarnkt: "Dinner time!
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Here's one of our lunches......
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pastorjsackett
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Daughter Hannah on Carp Lake in Quetico last spring. Four months from tomorrow she returns from Rwanda. Can't wait to share more days like this.
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TheMadPaddler
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My first and 2nd to last smallies were my best smallmouth!
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pastorjsackett: "
Daughter Hannah on Carp Lake in Quetico last spring. Four months from tomorrow she returns from Rwanda. Can't wait to share more days like this." keep the pics coming people ;) this pic,,, the smile-the fish-the back round-the canoe , great pic !!!! i'm sure the next 4 months can't go fast enough ;)
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QueticoMike
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Bumstead: "QueticoMike: "Once my thumbs start to bleed and crack I use super glue to cover the thumb and any other holes or cracks I might have on my hands. You know it has been a good trip when it hurts to lip another bass.
I also use super glue to repair Zulus. A drop underneath the nose ( hook tends to rip open the nose after many fish ) and a drop on the back where the hook penetrates the lure makes these very durable lures last that much longer.
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Lips, fins, gill rakers...they all do a number on my hands while up there. Seems like 20 small, sore spots / cuts on each hand is the norm. Maybe a tube of super glue is in order this year. Or a landing glove, which I wouldn't take time to put on while a fish is on.
Do you apply the super glue when the Z-Man is new? Or wait until it starts to tear to add a drop on each spot of hook penetration?
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Most of the time I wait until the lure gets worked in for a bit.
Super glue really helps all of those little cuts. Seals them up and prevents them from getting bigger.
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Cc26
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QueticoMike: "MichiganJohn: "QueticoMike: "Once my thumbs start to bleed and crack I use super glue to cover the thumb and any other holes or cracks I might have on my hands. You know it has been a good trip when it hurts to lip another bass.
I also use super glue to repair Zulus. A drop underneath the nose ( hook tends to rip open the nose after many fish ) and a drop on the back where the hook penetrates the lure makes these very durable lures last that much longer.
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I'm now thinking someone should make a Bass grabber thumb cover!!! This is really great thread, so many awesome pictures!"
They already make these.......
Thumb Glove "
Duct tape works also
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yellowhorse
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mastertangler: "Didn't get out in the salty stuff as much as I usually do last year.......deep drop trip was a bust and this year looks even slimmer with no trip booked. The Isle Royale trip was very memorable however. "
Amazing fish! How often do you get to Isle Royale? Bucket list for me but keeps getting kicked to the curb. You transport in from MN or MI?
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missmolly
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lundojam: " "
Beautiful photo. Meanwhile, my fish are in the bottom of a dirty canoe.
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QueticoMike
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lundojam: " "
I just got hungry looking at that picture :)
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rpike
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rpike: "   "
Anyone know how to rotate these in the gallery?
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rpike
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QueticoMike: I like the wind screen on the stove."
I consider the wind screen to be nearly must-have. Those were some incredibly tasty lake trout last May!
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missmolly
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You look so happy in that photo...and so clean!
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rpike
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QueticoMike
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Lotw: " "
What was on the other end of the line ripping through the water? Pike?
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mastertangler
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Didn't get out in the salty stuff as much as I usually do last year.......deep drop trip was a bust and this year looks even slimmer with no trip booked. The Isle Royale trip was very memorable however.
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missmolly
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mastertangler: "Didn't get out in the salty stuff as much as I usually do last year.......deep drop trip was a bust and this year looks even slimmer with no trip booked. The Isle Royale trip was very memorable however. "
How long was that fish, MT? It looks sooooo healthy!
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rpike
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missmolly: "You look so happy in that photo...and so clean! "
I don't know how my pants are so clean. I was happy! I stayed parked in my camp chair for close to an hour cooking fish for the four of us. Whenever my glass was empty, I'd raise it up and one of the guys would top off the wine. Life was good!
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missmolly
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mapsguy1955: " "
I love big-headed pike.
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QueticoMike
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rpike: " "
I like the wind screen on the stove.
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missmolly
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rpike: "missmolly: "You look so happy in that photo...and so clean! "
I don't know how my pants are so clean. I was happy! I stayed parked in my camp chair for close to an hour cooking fish for the four of us. Whenever my glass was empty, I'd raise it up and one of the guys would top off the wine. Life was good!"
I love your anecdote and am happy you were so happy. Now, if I could just figure out how you stayed so clean. Say, was your paddling partner a bald guy in white pants and white t-shirt?
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missmolly
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CityFisher74: " 
Personal best, 2017 from Lac La Croix. 18.5" even though she's a little skinny and super dark."
I love those dark bass. I love the striped ones best and the light colored ones of Lakes Michigan and Superior the least.
Did you see my second fish in my second row? That bass makes me laugh because its back bows like a bluegill's.
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egknuti
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MichiganJohn
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Wow, I almost didn't want to post mine, after seeing everyone else's gigantic fish... But, what the heck! Here a couple of Large Mouth from Back bay. What a fun day we had on that little section of Basswood!
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missmolly
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MichiganJohn: "
Wow, I almost didn't want to post mine, after seeing everyone else's gigantic fish... But, what the heck! Here a couple of Large Mouth from Back bay. What a fun day we had on that little section of Basswood!"
Beautiful fish!
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QueticoMike
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MichiganJohn: "
Wow, I almost didn't want to post mine, after seeing everyone else's gigantic fish... But, what the heck! Here a couple of Large Mouth from Back bay. What a fun day we had on that little section of Basswood!"
There's some big LMB in Basswood if you can find them. Nice fish!
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CityFisher74
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Personal best, 2017 from Lac La Croix. 18.5" even though she's a little skinny and super dark.
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DeanL
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mastertangler: "Didn't get out in the salty stuff as much as I usually do last year.......deep drop trip was a bust and this year looks even slimmer with no trip booked. The Isle Royale trip was very memorable however. "
That's an awesome pic MT!
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mastertangler
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missmolly: "mastertangler: "Didn't get out in the salty stuff as much as I usually do last year.......deep drop trip was a bust and this year looks even slimmer with no trip booked. The Isle Royale trip was very memorable however. "
How long was that fish, MT? It looks sooooo healthy!"
41"..........I know it looks longer but what made that fish a personal best is how thick it was, a real solid chunk.
Thanks dean.......yea I was a happy camper that day and smacked a few near that size that day. Reliable area, pretty much assured of tangling with fish that size on any given evening. I suspect their momma might be around as well LOL.
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QueticoMike
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I really enjoy seeing all of the fish pictures from last year.....keep them coming!
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missmolly
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QueticoMike: "I really enjoy seeing all of the fish pictures from last year.....keep them coming!"
I wish I had more pics. I formulated my photography plan last spring with a heap of hope, which was to photograph fish against a tape, but the plan sucked. Many fish twitched as I clicked and my camera had a hard time focusing, perhaps because of the reflective water in the bottom of the canoe, plus even the good pics suck because the bottom of my canoe ain't purty. So, I took fish pics the first few days and a few more the last few days, but the middle of my trip went unrecorded, including a 20-inch bass that I caught on my first cast using your swivel method, Mike, with another five bass out of the next six casts with the same method. But here's one more and there might be a few others. It's got a little Cro-magnon bulge above and behind its eye, like an old bluegill or a big walleye, and a thick tail. I look for such indicators of weight.
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QueticoMike
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missmolly: "QueticoMike: "I really enjoy seeing all of the fish pictures from last year.....keep them coming!"
I wish I had more pics. I formulated my photography plan last spring with a heap of hope, which was to photograph fish against a tape, but the plan sucked. Many fish twitched as I clicked and my camera had a hard time focusing, perhaps because of the reflective water in the bottom of the canoe, plus even the good pics suck because the bottom of my canoe ain't purty. So, I took fish pics the first few days and a few more the last few days, but the middle of my trip went unrecorded, including a 20-inch bass that I caught on my first cast using your swivel method, Mike, with another five bass out of the next six casts with the same method. But here's one more and there might be a few others. It's got a little Cro-magnon bulge above and behind its eye, like an old bluegill or a big walleye, and a thick tail. I look for such indicators of weight.
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You need to get something like I use when I go solo in the Boundary Waters. I use an ultra-pod and strap it down on the yoke. Then all you need is a quality 35mm digital camera with a self-timer. You probably already have one of those. They make a few different types of tripods that can be wrapped around or strapped to something. I used to take pictures of fish next to my fishing rod all of the time here on my local river and then post them on fishing forums or Facebook. I would hardly get any reaction on a 19 inch smallmouth. Now I take fish pictures of myself with my phone via a self timer camera function. I just set the timer, angle the phone up from a rock, or a tree, or my hip pack and get a good picture of me and the fish. Now that I do that I get at least 5 times more reactions from a 19 inch fish while I'm holding it compared to it laying next to my fishing rod. I think people just like to see my smiling face ....LOL
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missmolly
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LOL is right, you unsmiling sneaky snake! I do own a clamp-on thingy for my camera and my camera does have a timer. Next time!
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BearRaid
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I love all the fish pictures. Here are a couple from our early June Vermilion trip.  
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gymcoachdon
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McDougall Lake in Quetico, it measured 19.5".
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QueticoMike
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MichiganJohn: "QueticoMike: "Once my thumbs start to bleed and crack I use super glue to cover the thumb and any other holes or cracks I might have on my hands. You know it has been a good trip when it hurts to lip another bass.
I also use super glue to repair Zulus. A drop underneath the nose ( hook tends to rip open the nose after many fish ) and a drop on the back where the hook penetrates the lure makes these very durable lures last that much longer.
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I'm now thinking someone should make a Bass grabber thumb cover!!! This is really great thread, so many awesome pictures!"
They already make these.......
Thumb Glove
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mastertangler
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yellowhorse: "mastertangler: "Didn't get out in the salty stuff as much as I usually do last year.......deep drop trip was a bust and this year looks even slimmer with no trip booked. The Isle Royale trip was very memorable however. "
Amazing fish! How often do you get to Isle Royale? Bucket list for me but keeps getting kicked to the curb. You transport in from MN or MI?
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I have been to the island 3 times..........once backpacking and twice canoeing. The first canoe trip was a trip which cut across the island via a string of inland lakes. This past trip I went around the island utilizing the park services water taxi to drop me at various places. I come in from Michigan where I spend the summers.
You can read about both trips on my blog (digital scrapbook using journal and pics)
Mastertangler@blogspot
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anthonyp007
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Here’s a few: the smallie was at Curtain Falls, the Lake Trout was at Fat Lake and the Northern was at LBF. All from last year, but on three different trips.
  
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rpike
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eelpout89: "  
Laker caught on Basswood and the pike was from South Kawish"
That pike is a horse!
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Bumstead
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No stunningly large fish caught for our group in 2017, but a great time had through the Mudro entry point, northwest.
     
That walleye is my best to date...not huge, but was a real surprise when virtually everything else we were catching was 14 - 18" long. This one probably came close to 25", but seemed to be an old, tired, skinny Jack.
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Bumstead
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QueticoMike: " "
QMike, I assume you prepare for trips by rubbing your thumb with 220 grit sandpaper to get 'in shape' for all those lippings!
Great thread. Love seeing everyone's catches & smiles.
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rpike
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TwistedCisco: " "
Are those splake? Pretty and chunky fish!
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QueticoMike
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Once my thumbs start to bleed and crack I use super glue to cover the thumb and any other holes or cracks I might have on my hands. You know it has been a good trip when it hurts to lip another bass.
I also use super glue to repair Zulus. A drop underneath the nose ( hook tends to rip open the nose after many fish ) and a drop on the back where the hook penetrates the lure makes these very durable lures last that much longer.
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rpike
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missmolly: "I love your anecdote and am happy you were so happy. Now, if I could just figure out how you stayed so clean. Say, was your paddling partner a bald guy in white pants and white t-shirt? "
:-D
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TheOnion
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Is that line in those photos straight braid to the hook and Tube? I dont seem to see a leader.
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Bumstead
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QueticoMike: "Once my thumbs start to bleed and crack I use super glue to cover the thumb and any other holes or cracks I might have on my hands. You know it has been a good trip when it hurts to lip another bass.
I also use super glue to repair Zulus. A drop underneath the nose ( hook tends to rip open the nose after many fish ) and a drop on the back where the hook penetrates the lure makes these very durable lures last that much longer.
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Lips, fins, gill rakers...they all do a number on my hands while up there. Seems like 20 small, sore spots / cuts on each hand is the norm. Maybe a tube of super glue is in order this year. Or a landing glove, which I wouldn't take time to put on while a fish is on.
Do you apply the super glue when the Z-Man is new? Or wait until it starts to tear to add a drop on each spot of hook penetration?
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missmolly
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QueticoMike: " "
Mike, did you catch all these last summer?
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missmolly
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Bumstead: "No stunningly large fish caught for our group in 2017, but a great time had through the Mudro entry point, northwest.
That walleye is my best to date...not huge, but was a real surprise when virtually everything else we were catching was 14 - 18" long. This one probably came close to 25", but seemed to be an old, tired, skinny Jack. "
Your smiles are friggin' huge!
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QueticoMike
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TheOnion: "Is that line in those photos straight braid to the hook and Tube? I dont seem to see a leader.
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Is this question directed towards me or someone else? If it was geared towards me I don't use braid except when fishing a Lucky 13. I only use a mono leader if I am fishing with ZMAN ShadZ ( aka Zulus ) or ZMAN RaZors. If this question is for someone else, please specify.
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QueticoMike
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missmolly: "QueticoMike: " "
Mike, did you catch all these last summer?"
All of the fish in this post were caught in Quetico in late May or early June of 2017. All of the fish in the pictures from the original post at the top of this thread were caught on the same trip in 2017 except for one of them was caught in late August in the Boundary Waters last year. Fishing was tough last August for me and many others who fished during that same time frame.
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TheOnion
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nope it was for you. In 2 of your pics you had a very white looking line coming out of the fishes mouth. It did not appear to be the run of the mill mono.
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AmarilloJim
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Not the biggest but my wife's first trip and LT
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QueticoMike
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TheOnion: "nope it was for you. In 2 of your pics you had a very white looking line coming out of the fishes mouth. It did not appear to be the run of the mill mono. "
Just plain old clear colored Trilene 10 # XL - maybe just the way the sun was hitting the line?
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TwistedCisco
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rpike-top picture is brook trout bottom is splake.
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Bumstead
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Little added comment about Berkley XL Smooth Cast:
10# XL will land about anything BW freshwater will throw at you. A few years ago, I hooked a big redfish in LA...my 6'6" MF St Croix Premier rod, Shimano Sahara 2500, XL 10#. Set drag tight enough and slowed him down, then was reeling him in, only to have "the line break". Reeled it in and it was actually the guide's kahle hook he had given me that bent to let the fish escape. At that point, I was very confident in landing most smallmouth, walleye, and pike (beside occasional break off due to teeth) on even 6 or 8 lbs. XL smooth cast line.
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walllee
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Don’t take a ton of fish pics anymore unless it’s a very large fish. Didn’t catch anything this season that was “picture worthy” , but I thought this was a descent pic... 
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walllee
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mastertangler: "QueticoMike: "Fixed your picture for ya.........
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Good job Mike, nice fish, " Yes, thank you mike I didn’t even look after it was posted...
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scat
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Not mine, but a buddy caught this walleye on the Rainy River last April. World class fishing. Gear up boys, and one of these could be yours...
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scat
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Wow -those fish are HUGE! Beautiful.
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QueticoMike
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Must be my week to rotate pics :)
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arnesr
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From our June Quetico trip:
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scat
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Caught in one hour last opening day. In the BWCAW.
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missmolly
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Mike, you score on both quantity and quality then!
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MichiganJohn
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QueticoMike: "Once my thumbs start to bleed and crack I use super glue to cover the thumb and any other holes or cracks I might have on my hands. You know it has been a good trip when it hurts to lip another bass.
I also use super glue to repair Zulus. A drop underneath the nose ( hook tends to rip open the nose after many fish ) and a drop on the back where the hook penetrates the lure makes these very durable lures last that much longer.
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I'm now thinking someone should make a Bass grabber thumb cover!!! This is really great thread, so many awesome pictures!
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eelpout89
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Laker caught on Basswood and the pike was from South Kawish
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rpike
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TwistedCisco: " rpike-top picture is brook trout bottom is splake."
Very impressive brookie!
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missmolly: "
That walleye is my best to date...not huge, but was a real surprise when virtually everything else we were catching was 14 - 18" long. This one probably came close to 25", but seemed to be an old, tired, skinny Jack. "
Your smiles are friggin' huge! "
Not sure I've ever laughed so much in 5 days as I did with those 3 dudes! A truly great trip for the memory books.
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Bumstead
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AmarilloJim: "
Not the biggest but my wife's first trip and LT"
Awesome pic! Had to be a great first experience for her!
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TheMadPaddler
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This 38 incher hit a little leech on a slip bobber, quite the surprise
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QueticoMike
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Cc26: "QueticoMike: "MichiganJohn: "QueticoMike: "Once my thumbs start to bleed and crack I use super glue to cover the thumb and any other holes or cracks I might have on my hands. You know it has been a good trip when it hurts to lip another bass.
I also use super glue to repair Zulus. A drop underneath the nose ( hook tends to rip open the nose after many fish ) and a drop on the back where the hook penetrates the lure makes these very durable lures last that much longer.
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I'm now thinking someone should make a Bass grabber thumb cover!!! This is really great thread, so many awesome pictures!"
They already make these.......
Thumb Glove "
Duct tape works also"
I've done that before in the past for just thumb coverage :) Super glue makes it easier to cover all of those little holes and cuts all over the hands and fingers.
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rdmarr
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May of 2017 we were on Sunday lake in the Q. pike 38" eye 20" laker 29". Good times for an alabama boy
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QueticoMike
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rdmarr: "
May of 2017 we were on Sunday lake in the Q. pike 38" eye 20" laker 29". Good times for an alabama boy"
In that pike picture, what is that in the background on the right hand side? It kind of looks like a dock.
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missmolly
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rpike: "eelpout89: "
Laker caught on Basswood and the pike was from South Kawish"
That pike is a horse!"
I thought the same thing.
Say, here's a suggestion for fishers who want to protect big pike to catch them again: Don't pose them vertically. Big fish can suffer organ damage from squishing when they're held vertically. Look at photos of big muskies posed by dedicated musky fishers and all those fish are horizontal or given some sort of body support.
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Cc26
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QueticoMike: "rdmarr: "
May of 2017 we were on Sunday lake in the Q. pike 38" eye 20" laker 29". Good times for an alabama boy"
In that pike picture, what is that in the background on the right hand side? It kind of looks like a dock."
waiting to hear where there is a dock in the Q
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Deacon
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Top water walleye...with my sincerest thanks to Quetico Mike!
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QueticoMike
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Deacon: "
Top water walleye...with my sincerest thanks to Quetico Mike!"
No problem, those Zulus are magic up there :)
Welcome to the BWCA.com forums!
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scat
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My only decent fish last year. From a local lake. I didn’t get out much. Going to this year though.
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manmountain8
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Someone was asking for a pic of my Dad's 24.5 inch Smallmouth from Jackfish in another thread, but I can't find that thread anymore. Was it you QM? This is just a pic of the reproduction. In the pic he has of the fish he's holding it right up against his body and he's worried people won't believe it's as big as it was. It still looks like it goes from his chest to his knees but whatever. His buddy has better pics but apparently he doesn't know how to attach a pic to an email.
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manmountain8
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Bumstead
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arnesr: "From our June Quetico trip:
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Yeah....now that looks like fun! Nice catches!
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manmountain8
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These are my 2 favorite fish pics of 2017.
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missmolly
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manmountain8: "
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Your smile in that bass pic made me LOL!
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manmountain8
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Your smile in that bass pic made me LOL! "
LOL. I found a school of fall-spawn smallmouth protecting their beds. I could see huge fish and they could not be spooked. I could've beat the water with a log and they would've come back in 20 seconds. I tried everything in my box but all they would do is push the bait with their nose. So I used some medium live suckers and let them swim free across the beds. The take was so violent that the first 2 snapped me off before I realized that I had to loosen my drag way up. That was the first one I landed after dinking around with them for 2.5 hours so I was excited that I finally figured it out. I got many more after that. Never did get that 6 lb'er I could see though.
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manmountain8
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That one in the water is a 22" Splake.
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