If you could choose anyone........

[Red Childress]

If you could choose any fishing partner (for a day of fishing) who would it be??

Included in this dream vacation would be:

1) Utilization of his/her boat
2) Fishing his favorite spots on his favorite water

[Little35]

I was thinking, Al Linder.

[BACALA]

Mike Ikonelli....i Know I Could Out Fish Him And Teach Him A Couple Of Pointers...

[Trooper]

I would have to go with the legend, Babe Winkelman.

[b.bent66]

if i was after musky pete mania
for walleye ted takasaki

[RapRunR]

Linder or Stange

[muskie24/7]

This is a loaded question fellas! YOU RED, OF COURSE!!!!! You other guys who said someone else, nice knowin you! You'll be blocked from the site by NOON TODAY!!!!! LMAO

Brian

[Red Childress]

The guy has to have an IQ over 75......that excludes me from the competition!!


I am still thinking about my choice.....Got it narrowed down to 3 guys so far.

[Jim_Bortz]

Jessica Alba. I don't care if she fishes or not! I'd probably run the boat aground staring at her butt. HA!

[R Findlan]

Doug Johnson on LOTW, 45years of guiding experience on this water, what a trip that would be.

[Red Childress]

I will have to go with Mike Lazarus on Ontario/Quebec waters. He is the real deal and loves to chase HUGE fish.... plus, Jody Mills speaks very highly of him.

[the yeti]

steve voigt
jack burns
dick pearson

maina (minus that loud guy thats always with him).

[muskie24/7]

Hey Red, I saw him on Musky Hunter! His style of holding the rod and using the reel sure looks uncomfortable. He has a unique style for sure! There are probably others who hold it this way, but its the first time I ever saw it!

I think I would go with James Linder! He just seems like he would be alota fun, and he knows how to catch fish. He would have to leave his buddie Dan Shura at home though, For some reason that guy gets on my nerves!...LOL

Most of the others that you guys have mentioned have been calling me like crazy to take them fishing, I don't wanna have to show'em up though...LMAO

Brian

[Mark G.]

Since Red is off the list I am going with Jim Bortz and Jessica Alba if he can get her onboard. This way if Jim gets knocked overboard I will be there to throw him a PFD and get his boat and Jessica back to the ramp!

[Red Childress]

Since you are talking about how JB "might" get knocked overboard, you need to be careful since it sounds very much like you have a premeditated strategy for his demise...

[Mark G.]

JB knows I would be there 100% for him and to ensure his boat and gear were safe just in case that were to happen. Jessica's tending to would be purely secondary...the musky fishing comes first!

[luke]

I could not find somone better that Carl Owner Ciccone. Carl ownes a camp above Kennerdale and has shown me how to catch monster bass off his lucky rock. He is slowing getting into Musky fishing now that I showed him how it is done. He is working on getting a new jet boat to take us up river where the big brown trout and Musky hang out.

[HBmusky]

Man thats a tuff one , I would like to go with Mike the Ike, if he woould trade his bass rod for a musky rod .I think that would be a crazy wicked good time .I would probaly have to were my helmet , you Know the one I use at home.

[catchandrelease]

Doug Stange? Really?

Lee Tauchen without a doubt. Jason Hamernick and Joe Bucher would round out my top three. I'll post my real list of who I'll share the boat with when I win the lottery.

[suskymusky50]

That's a tough question. I would like to fish with all the great fisherman listed above. I am sure they all do things a little differant than each other, and I'm sure they have a niche where they excell. The learning possabilities would be endless.

[McDunnoftheAllegheny]

i'm gonna have to go with tanner wildes since i'm a river guy

[Ivan]

I would also choose to fish with Mike Lazarus. He's the man as far as numbers of big fish go and it's like he's got some type of sixth sense or something. You just don't hear much about it and that's the way he wants it. I am surprised to see him on Musky Hunter and in the magazine now. That must have taken some serious convincing on Saric's part. I had a chance to go out with him through a freind that had a trip booked, but I decided not to go. I've heard that he and Marc are very protective of the waters they fish and certainly would not ever want to see you back where you fished with them. I figured someday I'll just try those areas on my own, but even that will most likely ruffle some feathers at the very least, from what I've heard.

[Trauts]

I've heard that he and Marc are very protective of the waters they fish and certainly would not ever want to see you back where you fished with them. I figured someday I'll just try those areas on my own, but even that will most likely ruffle some feathers at the very least, from what I've heard.

I certainly understand not showing a client ALL the good spots, off the bat. I have been guided by a person who became a good friend, almost family member, and have been going on trips with him for 11 years, and he STILL hasn't shown me all of them, but he doesn't get bent out of shape if I hit one of them when I am not with him.

Last I checked the water belonged to ALL OF US, and pin heads who try and claim they "own" a certain section or body of water really ruffle my feathers.

You pay good money to a guide to learn 3 things:

1. Where to fish.
2. What techniques to use on that body of water to be successful.
3. How to refine those techniques to become more successful.

Given what you said about those guys I wouldn't go out with them no matter how good they are.

Give me my buddy and Red any day over them.

Just my humble opinion.

[Larry Jones]

I would also go with Mike Lazorus in December on the Ottawa River and Steve Herbec on Eagle Lake in late October!

[EMA-SON]

My choice would be Jeremy Wade (the guy on River Monsters). It would be nice to catch some once in a lifetime exotic fish and experience differnet culture.

[McDunnoftheAllegheny]

I would like to hit the water with Jerry Sondag, the guy catchs tons of big fish.

[SportJet120]

I don't always have to catch big or many fish to have a great day on the water. I think I have the best fishing parnter right now. Besides she owns the boat ! LOL

[Stinky Finger]

I would choose my Great Uncle, Warren Brown. He passed in '94 just shy of his 100th birthday. Uncle Warren spent his entire life on Sherman's bay, lake Chautauqua. I loved his stories of fishing on the lake in the old days, before outboard motors came into use. They used wooden boats with two sets of oars to troll spoons mostly (what we would call a bucktail spinner today). They also used june bug spinners ahead of live chubs, perch or suckers. The old timers had a technique called skittering that they did with long bamboo rods (no reel) to sweep a live sucker back and forth over the weeds. The sucker would be hooked through the mouth and out one eye so it was at an angle to impart action. Some of these rods had a large cork float about the size of a volley ball just ahead of the butt. When a muskie hit and the hook was set the rod was thrown in and the anglers rowed along following it until the fish tired. Catch and release didn't exist then, they ate every muskie they caught.

[wvmuskychick]

Anyone who wanted to go fish for some Alligator Gar in TX!!!!! Any Takers!!???

[ShutUpNFish]

I remember watching a guy by the name of Jerry McGinnis and remember how he was a no nonsense, non BSing type personality. He seemed honest and fished for species most guys on TV weren't after at all. I have a few choices for various reasons really....reasons of integrity and ballsiness combined....

Stange??? You've got to be kidding me...Lindner??? Maybe about 10 years ago...he is just a poster child for advertizers/christianity anymore...ICK! Theres a time and place for everything! Stange Joel???? OMG! I'm so surprised at you!

So #1 for me would be Jerry McGinnis and #2 would be Jose Wajebe the king of saltwater....he is just a cool a$$ dude man.....I'd just love to hang out with him and drink some good wine, eat some good seafood and BS about fishing!

I guess I should address a good muskie related fisherman...None of the ones I see on TV impress me really...Nor any of those guys in search of fame...Pete Maina or Spence Petros would probably be fun to fish with since they seem down to earth, but my first pick would probably be Ed Latiano. Ed died a few years back and lived in my local neighborhood...Hell of a fisherman and hell of a lure maker. I did get to know Ed, but never really got to fish with him since he was too old by the time I picked up the sport heavy 20 some years ago. He was certainly one innovative character for sure....I miss Ed.

Those are my choices...

[muskie24/7]

I remember watching a guy by the name of Jerry McGinnis and remember how he was a no nonsense, non BSing type personality. He seemed honest and fished for species most guys on TV weren't after at all. I have a few choices for various reasons really....reasons of integrity and ballsiness combined....

Stange??? You've got to be kidding me...Lindner??? Maybe about 10 years ago...he is just a poster child for advertizers/christianity anymore...ICK! Theres a time and place for everything! Stange Joel???? OMG! I'm so surprised at you!

So #1 for me would be Jerry McGinnis and #2 would be Jose Wajebe the king of saltwater....he is just a cool a$$ dude man.....I'd just love to hang out with him and drink some good wine, eat some good seafood and BS about fishing!



I guess I should address a good muskie related fisherman...None of the ones I see on TV impress me really...Nor any of those guys in search of fame...Pete Maina or Spence Petros would probably be fun to fish with since they seem down to earth, but my first pick would probably be Ed Latiano. Ed died a few years back and lived in my local neighborhood...Hell of a fisherman and hell of a lure maker. I did get to know Ed, but never really got to fish with him since he was too old by the time I picked up the sport heavy 20 some years ago. He was certainly one innovative character for sure....I miss Ed.

Those are my choices...

Its a sad day for fisherman when someone would say that about Al Linder! The man is a true Icon!!!!! Having God in your Boat doesn't hurt either! JOSE WAJEBE! P- LEEEEEEEZE! Although it does sound like a nice evening you have planned with him! (TOTALLY KIDDING) LOL!
Brian