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

[toothyfishman]

RapRunR,

I'll have to second you......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

[psv]

Hello Red,
If you are out of the list, then my choice is Lee Tauchen.
Regards, Arkadiy

[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.

[allegheny river kid]

This is a tough one but one i often think about
#1 Doug Stange
#2 Marc Thorpe on the St. Lawrence River
#3 Doug Johnson on LOTW

[muskie52]

Newbie here.....been lurking awhile and the winter blues have finally made me decide to post.

Anyway, my top three picks are:
Dick Pearson...LOTW
Doug Johnson...LOTW
Marc Thorpe...ST.Larry & Ottowa Rivers (Again ha ha)

I fished with Marc for 3 days in 2007 and had a blast. My dad, my brother, and myself caught 9 in 3 days.

The 1st day my dad caught the only one (and his FIRST musky) ....but what a fish. It was a 55" pig.

The 2nd day I caught the only one (upper 30"s)

The 3rd day was simply phenominal......7 fish in less than 6hrs. Four of them between 45-48".

I learned more in those 3 days with Marc that I thought possible. Great experience and FUN!!!

[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.

[Larry Jones]

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

[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.

[muskie52]

I fished with Marc during the summer of 2007. He had no problem at all if we wanted to go back to the spots he took us. He just didn't want us (brother, dad, and I) to share the information on the internet for all to see. From what I understand, it's the locals (not guides) that have a problem with non-locals fishing the area. I've read on other boards that vehicles with non-local plates parked at launches have a tendency to get vandalized. Marc did have a problem the second day with locals trying to follow him around on the water.

Tony

[ttabaleulb]

Man, hearing some of this stuff is quite disturbing. I've already had a run in this year with someone "tampering" with my boat while I was on a fishing trip. It had me pissed off for weeks afterward and I still get fired up just thinkin about it.

Even with Musky action over the weekend, one of the highlights was seeing a Golden Eagle (at least I'm 99% sure) while on the lake. Man, if I start losing the enjoyment of just being out there and in the chase for fish, I might as well just be at work. LOL

[Red Childress]

Spence Petros would be another guy who peaks my interest.

As for the other issues concerning someone claiming an area of water as "theirs", it does happen. Having your cake and eating it too is a tough sell when paying REAL money for a guide. (We hired Steve last summer on Vermilion and did not even fish with him but just drove around for 3 hours marking waypoints.....that is all we cared about.) It took me a couple of years to get used to seeing former clients cruising around in some of "my" spots but such is life. I certainly do not own the river.

You just hope that they are C/R guys and respect the area/resource as much as I do. I had promised myself when I started to guide that I would be a "catch and release only" deal for the muskies/pike.....added trout to the list in 2006. Yes, it has cost me some considerable business but that is OK.

Note: I am not inferring that anyone mentioned in this thread thinks they own the water in which they guide.

Some are very protective of their waterway and I can understand both sides of the issue.

[Red Childress]

Larry Dahlberg is another guy who would be great. Fishing for anything in the Amazon river basin with him would be an incredible adventure.

[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