Float tubed Pineview on Saturday morning for a few hours. Smallmouth action was good until all the ski boats started showing up late morning. About 8:30 something big grabbed my little bass jig (3" pumpkin curly tail grub on a 1/16 oz head) and took off. It towed me around for several minutes. I though it was a carp or something until it finally surfaced and I could see it was a tiger muskie! Not a big one by muskie standards (about 26"), but it looked plenty big there next to my tube! It was hooked in the very tip of the snout, so I was able to gently fight it without slicing my 6 lb mono off on a tooth. It eventually tired and I was able to grab it behind the head and lift it out of the water. What a spectacular fish! I wish I would have had my camera. My son and I admired it for a bit, unhooked it, and then it thrashed once and I lost my grip. Once it was back in the water it flicked its tail, splashing water all over my sons face, and was gone. What a rush!
My first muskie. Now I want more! Addictive little critters...
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Hey Libertized congrats on the first musky!!! That's awesome!! I've been dying to go try my luck with the tigers up there since I was like 17 years old, but still haven't been up there due to the distance from home. Now I live in Payson, it's quite the drive. Would have to make a weekend out of it.
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I too would also like to hook into a muskie sometime. I've never seen one up close.
How was the bass fishing?
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if you ever catch one just watch out for those teeth i was releasing one back into the water by its tail when i let go it spun around and bit my thumb took out a nice chunk too !!
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Way to go Mike, it's great to catch a tiger muskie when you are trying to but to catch one when your after smaller fish, using light line and no steel leader is quite an accomplishment. WH2
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Its not the un-common to hook your first like that. Infact I've caught three while fishing for crappie on 6lb and a 1/16 oz jig.
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...How was the bass fishing?... [/reply]
We caught & released about 5 or 6 bass that morning as well, biggest being about 14". It wasn't fast action, but steady enough to keep us going.
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That's an awesome accident!
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Way to go! It's nice to have great surprizes when you're fishing.
congrats on the first musky
now you want to go back everyday now.
I had the same thing happen to me with a 3' pumkinseed curly tail.
when i noticed that it was a musky it broke the line it looked about 36 inches. i was using 8 pound mono.
My dad caught a musky with a deformed back it was weird if it didn't have the form it would have been about 45 inches but it only was 39 inches so we releashed it. they are alot of fun.
congrates
tight lines[laugh]
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