Park Falls Pike - Limit question

[Spinrb81]

Hello

Everyone ! We are about to make our 4th spring trip back into the Northwoods and can't wait to get there ! Will be there from the 20-27th and will be on the hunt for some Pike for eating and some hopefully great smallmouth for some great pictures !

Any reports in the area ? Anyone been on the Flambeau or any of the lakes around Park Falls ? ( Blockhouse or any others )

Also this year my 13 year daughter has decided to give it a shot at a weeks worth of fishing ! Can't wait to get here some of the great action we have had in the past ! I do have a question about limits , we bought a non-res family license and it wouldn't allow me to add her to it , saying only to add 15-17 yr olds . So since I couldn't add her , does anyone know if she is allowed her own limit of fish ? I tried to find the answer on the DNR website with no luck ?

Thanks for the help !

Chad

[Spinrb81]

I should have said the Flambeau flowage around the Park Falls area ?

[ski2313]

yes, she can keep her own limits provided she actually caught them herself of course.

[Spinrb81]

Ski

Thank you ! The plan is for her to catch them herself , this is the first year she has wanted to go and I am very excited to see her catch some Pike and SM . I keep telling her how hard they both fight ! I justed wanted to make sure before we go so I knew if they counted on my limits . Can't wait to see her fighting some of the Northwoods greatest !

Thanks again !

[ski2313]

Good luck!!

[Musky Mauler]

I remember a time when my 13-year-old daughter fished TFF. She was fishing from the shoreline of Al’s Place - - now known as Fort Flambeau Condominiums. She was using a bobber and a juicy, fat nightcrawler for bait. This was back before the smallmouth population became abundant.

She said, “Daddy, did my bobber just go under?”

I said, “Yes it did, honey - - and next time that happens, you should set the hook.”

Sure ‘nuf, it happened again. She set the hook and reeled-in a nice-sized crappie. We took it up to Skully’s in Park Falls for the weekly fish contest. It was the biggest crappie in the glass-topped freezer box for the entire week. She had her eye on a new fishing rod as a prize.

Lo and behold, on the last day somebody tossed into Skully’s box a crappie that was ¼” longer. She was sad all the way home to Chicago. Incidentally, that 13-year-old daughter recently celebrated her 49th birthday. Enjoy fishing with your daughter while you can! Time does fly.

[George]

Great story. Thanks!

[esox1]

Great Story Musky Mauler----Been taking my 2 boys up to the mercer area fishing since they could stand--same thing my father did with me. Just made our annual trip this may and they are now 22 and 19---Yes the time does seem to go by quickly-- and I feel very blessed each time we can get together and go fishing. I plan on keeping the tradition going as long as I can and hope they get to experience it with their own kids someday. I tghink these are the Best times we spend together and the memories are priceless.

[Spinrb81]

Thanks for the Great stories ! I hope to start making those same memories this year ! In fact starting this Saturday when we get there brite and early ! As excited as I am to get back to the Northwoods , I keep replaying over and over in my head Paige hooking into to her first fish of the North ! And maybe a chance to hook into something "BIG".

Any new reports from up that way ?

Vacation mode really set in last night as I couldn't get to sleep , just keep thinking of different places I could wait to get to and start throwing my spinnerbait !!!