Favorite Fishing Picture(s)

How about posting one of your favorite fishing pic's once a week.

I got lot's of em....... here you go, 43" pike caught on channel lake while 

musky fishing.

get. the. net, going back to a picture of your son from September I hope that you were able to remove the arrow from his head without complications. Lol

3 muskie day on father's day...... looking good

#3 son with a beautiful Merkle lake ( TFF  ) smallie... great markings

Fishing with two of my best friends!

haven't posted in a bit..... my favorite times were camping & fishing.... old man got crappie cleaning duty, couple bass, & son's PB. I got it mounted & gave to him for christmas, oldies but goodies......

This one has a special place in my memory.  It is by no means the biggest musky I have ever caught, but the circumstances around it were pretty cool.

My son was 11 years old at the time and a chunk of our summer was spent in tournament baseball.  We had just concluded a series of baseball games one evening and it just happened to also be a great moon phase window.  Knowing that there was no way I would be able to get to one of my favorite musky waters, I told my son we were going to head home, ditch the baseball gear, grab 2 rods and a couple of musky baits and head to a spot we could cast from shore for 30 minutes.  I grabbed a needle nose pliers, but did not take my musky net.

It was getting dark fast.  About 10 casts into our little adventure a large fish inhaled my lure.  I knew it was a decent one on the hookset.  I could have kicked myself for not bringing the net as I had to hand land the fish from a fairly precarious spot on the shoreline.  I got it unhooked, took a brief measurement (45"), snapped some photos and released it.  It was a fatty.

While holding it up I could feel something running along its stomach.  When we reviewed the digital photos I could clearly see a floy-tag and a radio telemetry antennae coming from its belly.  I forwarded the pic to someone in the know and they confirmed it was a musky in their particular radio telemetry study.  The personnel involved had netted the fish a couple of weeks before I happened to catch it.  They told me its weight then was 27 lbs. 

Dad & Brother hit a west central northern wisco. lake to go un-named..... lol.

Musky pushing 48" & my dad still getting it done at 80 years young!! way to go guys!

Released.

Europeans can dream.

couple of ski's from the Fox Chain, the good old days when we use to have time to go fishing..........

Nice picture vegas.... good catch!  Here are a few from a day on silver lake, kenosha w/my kids. would love to have some of those days back, Jack oldest, works with me, second oldest is 1/2 way thru 4 year stint in marines, & daughter is starting college this fall. enjoy your kids & spend time with them, it goes by in a flash......