Author Topic: master anglers. (Read 2373 times)

jdgambler · « **on:** Jan 10, 2018, 08:53 AM »

Just wondering if anyone has caught a master angler fish so far this year. I would love to see the pictures. I landed a 14.75" yellow perch yesterday.

Oscoda Ice · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 10, 2018, 08:58 AM »

Not as of yet. Congratulations! That thing is tank.

-Kyle

Bucket Rump · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 10, 2018, 09:32 AM »

Nice catch! Nothing close to an MA size here..... yet.

jdgambler · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 10, 2018, 09:37 AM »

I like the . YET.!

bev · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 10, 2018, 12:43 PM »

now that's nice

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 10, 2018, 01:07 PM »

I got 2 but both were a few months ago in sept/nov 2017.chinook salmon 39" 23 1/2 pounds caught centerpinning in the river.

and a 33 inch chromer on centerpin that weighed 13 pounds that was released.

jdgambler · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 11, 2018, 09:07 AM »

nice . Would be hard to release that!

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 11, 2018, 11:14 AM »

Quote from: jdgambler on Jan 11, 2018, 09:07 AM

nice . Would be hard to release that!

I pretty much release them all.i couldn't get the salmon revived because it was 80 degrees that day and the salmon were going belly up this year before spawning due to heat and river water temp.the steelhead would've been a great looking mount.nice perch you got too..i never get into perch around here.

jdgambler · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 11, 2018, 02:09 PM »

thanks
I don't get into steelhead around here!

jdgambler · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 05:40 PM »

Well DR, I guess we are the only ones on this site who land big fish!

This is a master angler rock bass from this year I got

jdgambler · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 05:42 PM »

31.5" coho

jdgambler · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 05:47 PM »

34.5" channel cat from 2016 2nd biggest in state that year

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 06:16 PM »

nice channel cat and coho bro.and rocky too I guess lol jk.heres a decent channel cat from a few years back.didnt measure it but it weighed in at 20 lbs.

RyanW · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 14, 2018, 06:52 PM »

I caught a MA bluegill (10.5”) about 5 years ago and the DNR didn’t recognize the body of water it was caught on. Even though I used the name of the lake that they listed on their website in their lake maps section... I never bothered returning my information with gps coordinates so I never got the award. I have the memory though

DickTate · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 15, 2018, 05:23 AM »

All they give you is a patch, I wouldn't wanna fish and tell where I caught a trophy fish anyhow

jdgambler · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 15, 2018, 05:28 AM »

I you get the 1st or second in my case you gat a nice 8"x10" award. Witch I framed. Mabey 3rd place too. not sure. Your name also goes in the dnr master angler data base forever. I think it's neat since I wont be recognized for anything else in my life. LOL

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 15, 2018, 06:53 AM »

Quote from: jdgambler on Jan 15, 2018, 05:28 AM

I you get the 1st or second in my case you gat a nice 8"x10" award. Witch I framed. Mabey 3rd place too. not sure. Your name also goes in the dnr master angler data base forever. I think it's neat since I wont be recognized for anything else in my life. LOL

I get it . definetly something to be proud of.i rarely take measurement or send my fish stats to the dnr for a patch but should've started when I was younger.my fishing vest would be highly decorated.lol.my theory is theres always going to be a bigger fish out there.hope I catch it.lol

Fish-hut · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 15, 2018, 08:00 AM »

Ive caught around 2-dozen master angler fish, most I photographed with a measuring tape and released, since I prefer to eat younger fish with less contaminants and finer texture. Have no more room for mounted fish, anyway...and no desire to publicize my catches or locations. Same goes for my deer. I did enter a bear in the books though, dont know what got into me. LOL One of my fish would have been #2 in the state.

-FH

Iceicemike · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 16, 2018, 08:31 AM »

Me and wife were just talking about that last night. Lol
I get min. one master crappie and gill every year
Been years I've caught many master anglers
I've never turned any in. Got photos with tape though

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 16, 2018, 08:48 AM »

yeah I don't turn many in either.im proud of my catches and that's what counts to me.as long as I get a good pic and weight.one I wish I sent in was a 18"speck I caught when I was younger.it was so big that I won 3rd place in a bass tourney because it was so amazing the judges said.lol.i ate the damn thing..lol.my friend has the pic but ive not seen or heard from him in 20 years..i don't mount fish either I try to release all my trophy fish nowadays.my thinking is theres always a bigger one.like I caught a 21 1/2 bass when I was 16.my dad mounted it and I still have that mount but a few years later I caught a 24" inch 8lb. monster I took a pic and let it go..now that we have killer camera tech I see no reason to keep trophies.

swidnica · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 12:37 AM »

If uploading pictures on this site was easy I would post my pics . I get about ten master angler fish per year , I have never caught a perch that could be entered .

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 06:40 AM »

Quote from: swidnica on Jan 17, 2018, 12:37 AM

If uploading pictures on this site was easy I would post my pics . I get about ten master angler fish per year , I have never caught a perch that could be entered .

you can upload pics right in your post here now..with the add image to post feature underneath the post box.

jdgambler · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 08:11 AM »

It did get 10x's easier to upload pics.

Fish-hut · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 09:05 AM »

Quote from: swidnica on Jan 17, 2018, 12:37 AM

...I have never caught a perch that could be entered .

I have caught quite a few, and since they dont take up much wall space, I got 4 of them mounted and arranged in a "fantasy stringer" arrangement. They were not caught at the same time, I just added fish here and there until there was no more room. 3 of them are over 15", one was just over 14" as I recall. We release quite a few that are over 13" but under 14", too big to eat but too small to mount LOL

-FH

Oscoda Ice · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 09:19 AM »

Awesome mount Fish-hut

-Kyle

swidnica · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 18, 2018, 03:00 AM »

One morning I landed a 14 and 15 white and black crappie , a 16 inch white crappie and I think it was a 23 inch cat .

jdgambler · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 18, 2018, 08:24 AM »

Hey there fishhunt. Explain TO BIG TO EAT? never heard of that. lol

Fish-hut · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 18, 2018, 10:29 AM »

Hey Gambler, we are fish snobs. LOL When fish get "too big", they are a coarse texture and accumulate too many contaminants (mercury, pcb, dioxin, etc.) We just prefer smaller sizes and release the big ones to spawn.

-FH

jdgambler · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 21, 2018, 10:32 AM »

I understand completely.I was just joking.

Pauly · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 21, 2018, 07:59 PM »

Had a 22 1/2" bass taken on a spike and 1lb line yesterday morning.

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Author Topic: master anglers. (Read 2373 times)