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A reel fish story

MuskieJunkie

By MuskieJunkie
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Thought I'd share a story from last night. A friend and I were fishing a small lake in Eden Prairie with no one else on it, fishing was going no where, one small pike is all I have to show for all the holes I drilled.

We were inside my portable with the doors shut and heard someone say "hey how's it going in there, any fish?" I opened the door to see a very large young guy in tennis shoes, jeans and (aside form the ice armor jacket he was wearing) no ice fishing gear - standing in the ankle deep snow. Keep in mind we were about a 5 minute walk from the landing.

After talking for a while he said "I just got done with a team meeting and have always seen houses on this lake so I thought I'd come out and see what's up".

Between us being right next to the Vikings training facility, him saying "team meeting" and the HUGE diamond ear rings he had on it finally clicked, he's a Viking.

"a vikings team meeting?" I said

"yea I'm Letroy Guion number 98"

He's really down to earth, said he loves ice fishing and was going out this morning. I thought it was pretty cool, how many people can say they met a Viking while ice fishing. After he left I thought "why didn't I ask if he wanted to go fishing with me sometime....."

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Were you fishing Smetana? I can see the lake from my office and the Vikes are right around the corner. I've seen Pat Williams a few times on the road. A co-worker has seen Hutch and Allen at the stop lights. Way cool he stopped by and chatted.

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I met Bud Grant (former Viking coach) and Vern Gagne (All-Star Wrestling) at the same time on the lake ice fishing. It was a corporate event but needless to say it was ice fishing.

You sure can tell the years have gone by fast, my daughter was with me and she asked "Who were those guys". It only seems like yesterday seeing these guys on TV.

Best of all I was able to have both of them autograph my hat.

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Were you fishing Smetana? I can see the lake from my office and the Vikes are right around the corner. I've seen Pat Williams a few times on the road. A co-worker has seen Hutch and Allen at the stop lights. Way cool he stopped by and chatted.

Yea, we tried it for the first time, total bust.

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That lake had a bad winter kill about 5 years ago then again last year. There's not much in there from the last time I tried it which was a couple years ago. It was pretty good before the 1st winter kill with crappies, lots of bass and pike. Maybe it will rebound, but I think it'll take some time and warmer winters.

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