Super User MN Fisher Posted December 25, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 So the wife saved this one until this morning. She got me a 4-hour guided trip on Tonka for the middle of June While it IS my home lake, and I do fairly well on it - this is going to give me personalized details on when/where/how as well as some more detailed lure selections. How she scraped up the money for it, I don't know...but she did and I'm almost in shock here. 24 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darnold335 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 That’s awesome buddy enjoy it! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator roadwarrior Posted December 25, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric 26 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Looking forward to hearing all about the trip 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted December 25, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 Just now, Eric 26 said: Looking forward to hearing all about the trip 👍🏻 I'm planning on making sure my Vision-4 camera is working properly and filming the whole thing. External lapel mic, 256gb card, external battery good for 12 hours - long as everything is good, I should be set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 25, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2022 What a woman! Going after green bass? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted December 25, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: What a woman! Going after green bass? Ya - while there are brown-bass in Tonka, they're few and far between. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 25, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 minute ago, MN Fisher said: Ya - while there are brown-bass in Tonka, they're few and far between. Hope you get a biggun! Are there monster esox and walleye in there ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Mobasser Posted December 25, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 Very nice! Merry Christmas! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted December 25, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Hope you get a biggun! Are there monster esox and walleye in there ? Tonka's got quite a wide variety of fish in it. This is stated as a bass trip, but we might tag into some ESOX or Walleyes 2018, a guy pulled this 54" musky out of the lake. Some big northerns have also been caught And the walleye aren't bad either 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 25, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, MN Fisher said: Tonka's got quite a wide variety of fish in it. This is stated as a bass trip, but we might tag into some ESOX or Walleyes 2018, a guy pulled this 54" musky out of the lake. Some big northerns have also been caught And the walleye aren't bad either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted December 25, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 Tonka!!! never heard of. it but have a great great time. bring a pocket GPS. just sayin..and a notebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 25, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said: Tonka!!! never heard of. it but have a great great time. bring a pocket GPS. just sayin..and a notebook. Clearly you never watched chapelles show episodes with prince in them……… it’s right there in the twin cities, you’ve probably landed near it on a plane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted December 25, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: you’ve probably landed near it on a plane. You could land on it - there's 4 'seaplane' bases on the lake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Billy Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Nice!!! Congrats Ken!!! Merry Christmas to ya!!! Love the colors on that muskie. Besides being a monster, it's also a gorgeous fish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 25, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 minute ago, MN Fisher said: You could land on it - there's 4 'seaplane' bases on the lake. Seaplane…….. that reminds me. I saw one of those this fall right near my house haha. Wild. I guess you’d have to call it a riverplane. I’m just fishing some riprap and here she goes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 What a great gift. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaSpothunter Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 5 hours ago, MN Fisher said: Tonka's got quite a wide variety of fish in it. This is stated as a bass trip, but we might tag into some ESOX or Walleyes 2018, a guy pulled this 54" musky out of the lake. Some big northerns have also been caught And the walleye aren't bad either Pardon my ignorance but do big Northerns get the same size as Muskies.....I see pics of big Pikes and many times think they are Muskies. That pic above makes the Musky look a bit heavier, but generally they look quite similar. I hear Pike aren't good fighters, is that true? I know Musky are awesome fighters. 18 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Seaplane…….. that reminds me. I saw one of those this fall right near my house haha. Wild. I guess you’d have to call it a riverplane. I’m just fishing some riprap and here she goes That's some kind of experimental "sea plane". It's like a paramotor on steriods combined with a ultralight combined with pontoons. What a weird cool, and I'm sure extremely fun plane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User 12poundbass Posted December 25, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 Wow! Congrats, that’s a heck of a gift! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted December 25, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted December 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: Pardon my ignorance but do big Northerns get the same size as Muskies.....I see pics of big Pikes and many times think they are Muskies. They're close cousins and while Pike can get big, on average Muskys are bigger. State Records Northern Pike: 45# 12oz Purebred Musky: 54# 0oz 7 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said: I hear Pike aren't good fighters, is that true? I know Musky are awesome fighters. All the pike I've caught or lost have been good fighters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 MN Fisher is correct, however there is a caveat: European pike grow ginormous. They're the same species as North American pike, but I'm guessing it's a northern strain/southern strain LM deal. Here's one: https://www.advnture.com/news/world-record-pike-claimed 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryH Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I’m glad for you Ken. She’s showing her hero how much she appreciates all you do for her. Have a great time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted December 26, 2022 BassResource.com Administrator Share Posted December 26, 2022 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User NorthernBasser Posted December 26, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 26, 2022 That's an awesome gift, for sure! She must really like you! 🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted December 26, 2022 Author Super User Share Posted December 26, 2022 One of my gifts to her this Yule-tide wasn't quite the expense - but it did bring happy tears...she loves it. An insulated travel mug - personalized (names in image replace by ours) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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