Best Muskie Fishing - Mille Lacs - 2013 Best of MN

May 20, 2013 at 2:13AM
Hi Doug, Randy Johnson wanted me to get in touch with you to share some pictures and story of my recent catch. This muskie was caught on July 29th on Mille Lacs lake while fishing with Muskie Guide (Mr. Muskie) Gene Miller. We fished all day Friday and Saturday with one lost fish on Saturday night. For some of us, the fever set in, but for two of my two cousins, they had enough and headed for home. I stayed on the boat for an early quick trip on Sunday with my last remaining cousin Rob Thomas an
This muskie was caught on Mille Lacs lake (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Yes, yes, Minnesota is home to multiple handfuls of great muskie waters, not least Lake of the Woods, Vermilion, Minnetonka and Forest, as well as the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers. But Mille Lacs is unique among these producers, because it appears certain to cough up the next state-record muskie. In fact, it probably has, on multiple occasions. But anglers who've caught these 55- to 58-inch specimens in recent years have released them to swim again, rather than hang them on a wall. That, too, makes Mille Lacs special and ensures still more of its muskie fanatics will have big-fish stories to tell. millelacs.com

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