How Adam got started

    This is a brief profile of my fishing experience and my love for the sport.

    I am originally from Dubuque, IA.  My dad started taking me fishing at the age of five,
    he would take me fishing at a small farm pond for bass and bluegills.  I loved it right
    from the start.  As I got older, I would fish almost every night after school on a little
    creek near my house for smallmouth bass.  When I was older, I started fishing the
    Mississippi River for walleyes.

    In 1999 I moved to Madison, Wisconsin and began fishing the Madison chain of
    lakes. I fished almost every night after work and full days on the weekends, which
    helped me to learn a lot in a very short time.  I began reading every fishing article
    that I could get my hands on.  I became very successful at catching bass, pike,
    walleyes and panfish under almost any conditions.

    The summer of 1999 my father and I were on a fishing trip in Ontario, Canada.  This
    is where it all began.  We were catching a bunch of nice northern pike throwing bass
    style spinnerbaits around weed edges when the biggest fish I had ever seen followed
    my spinnerbait to the boat.  It was a huge musky! I began throwing every big lure in
    my box at this fish.  It followed in three different lures before it sank off never to be
    seen again.  Since then, I have become obsessed with catching this elusive fish.  I
    purchased a bunch of musky gear and upgraded my equipment to handle these
    giant fish.  Madison has a great musky population and this was a perfect place to
    learn all about these mysterious fish.  I began catching muskies on all sorts of
    different baits.  The more I caught, the more equipment I needed to buy.  During a
    visit to a musky expo, I learned about an organization called Muskies Inc. and joined
    the Capital City chapter, which is based in Madison. I began reading everything I
    could about muskies and I spent countless hours on the water to quickly gain
    experience.

    Over Labor Day weekend of 2001, my friend Travis Clark and I went on a musky
    fishing trip to Vilas County WI. One morning while fishing a rock point a large fish
    smashed my lure.  I knew the fish was large as it was ripping drag on my heavy
    musky equipment.  After about a 15 minute battle, we saw the fish for the first time.  It
    was a HUGE musky that had a head like an alligator!  My knees were knocking and
    my heart had a burning sensation from the adrenaline rush.  I prayed that we would
    get the fish into the net.  After a few more long runs, the fish was in the net!  It took
    both of us to lift the fish into the boat.  The musky measured an amazing 55” long!  
    We took some video footage and released the fish to be caught another day.  To the
    best of my knowledge, this fish was the longest musky caught in Wisconsin that year.
    A replica of this fish hangs on my wall today to remind me of the excitement of that
    day.

    After catching that huge fish, my passion for muskies grew.  In 2002, I began
    competing in musky tournaments. They have taken me all over the Midwest from New
    York to Minnesota.  I have learned a lot from fishing tournaments and they have
    made me a better fisherman by forcing me to better deal with pressured fish under
    some very tough conditions.
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