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I...","datePublished":"2017-09-15","dateModified":"2018-06-12","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/#Person","name":"Hector Agosto","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Legendary Whitetails","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","url":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","width":522,"height":226}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MuskyCamp-4-e1505483057386.jpg","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MuskyCamp-4-e1505483057386.jpg","height":600,"width":800},"url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/musky-camp-runnin-buck\/","about":["Fishing","News"],"wordCount":1231,"keywords":["Fishing","News"],"articleBody":"Stacked in a pile on the garage floor laid my duffle bag, cooler, sleeping bag, pillow, and tackle box. I glanced out the window after an early departure from work on this Thursday afternoon, anxiously waiting for my buddy\u2019s truck to come rolling up.\u00a0 There it finally came, a black dodge accompanied by a gray and blue 1990 Lund Pro V 1700.Camp Runnin’ Buck with it’s newly added 2nd storyOur destination: Camp Runnin\u2019 Buck for the annual National Musky Fishing Championship in Eagle River, Wisconsin.\u00a0 It\u2019s deer camp in summer \u2013 just with boats and rods instead of ATV\u2019s and rifles. Thirteen of us pack into a roughly 700 square foot cabin for four days of dawn to dusk musky fishing.\u00a0 Compared to most deer camps around the country, musky camp is in its infancy \u2013 not the physical Camp Runnin\u2019 Buck itself (if you couldn\u2019t tell by the name), but the annual summer fishing jamboree.\u00a0 Though young at heart, the traditions and camaraderie around musky camp emanate as if it\u2019s existed since the 1940\u2019s.Sitting around musky Camp Runnin’ Buck. \u00a0Get some Legendary Angler Apparel for your next fishing trip!After a 4-hour trek north, we finally arrive. One by one, the tiny yard stemming off the dirt road fills in with trucks and boat trailers. Everyone gathers around the front porch sharing stories from the past, only this time they\u2019re about big fish, follow-ups, and the ones that got away (fish and a rod and reel in my cousin\u2019s case).\u00a0 Funny how similar musky fishing and deer hunting stories can be.\u00a0 The aura matches that of the eve of opening day at deer camp. \u00a0One story leads to another, and eventually, one by one, the crew slips off to the bunks stacked along the southern tongue and grooved wall in preparation for a 4am wake-up call.\u00a0 There\u2019s still a few hanging around the table who hope to go to bed a little richer than they arrived, so long as they hit a solid cribbage hand.Like most camps, card games aren\u2019t the only way to earn a few bucks over the weekend. \u00a0The real tournament is the tournament within the tournament. Twenty bucks a head gets tossed into the kitty and the guy who lands the most total inches of musky prevails at the end of the weekend. Of course, it would be nice to bring home the top prize of the actual tournament, but let\u2019s be honest, the odds are much better when you\u2019re going against 13 campmates compared to the 1500 anglers who registered for the National Musky Championship.Musky Mike with his 40.5-inch camp winning musky.This year, it was the well-deserved Camp Host, Musky Mike, who won the pool with a respectable 40.5-incher.\u00a0 A couple other 39-ers were caught, and a handful of big ones, unfortunately, fought their way off before hitting the net – including one I managed to get a strike from right on the boat launch pad, while waiting for my buddy Josh to back the trailer down.\u00a0 As much as the weekend is about fishing, it\u2019s the camp talk after a day on the water that everyone looks forward to the most.\u00a0 It\u2019s the daily\u00a0recaps sprinkled with a little (or a lot of) B.S., the food, cold brews, and the laughs that really make Musky Camp Runnin\u2019 Buck a place we loath to get back to every season \u2013 just like deer camp.We\u2019ll see you again Camp Runnin\u2019 Buck, and maybe next year we\u2019ll have a few more fish to show for our efforts. Here are some more photos from the tournament weekend…Allen with his 39.5-incher on Day 1End of tournament ceremonyJosh with a 39-incherA smallmouth bass I snagged…got my heart rate up for a second  Beautiful morning on the water ripping Dawgs Big Buck Mitch is what they call him"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Legendary Whitetail's Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/musky-camp-runnin-buck\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Musky Camp Runnin’ Buck"}}]}]