08-05-2008, 10:08 PM
Wiperhunter and I put my Crestliner in at 6:15 am.WH tied on a 2 hook muskie killer Mepps and I put on a 4 1/2 inch red & white Daredevil 1 1/4 oz.
My 10th cast hookup 10 feet from the boat. I watched the 44 in. tiger take the spoon and the fight was on. About 5 min later I had the fish along side the boat and WH took a pic with my cell phone. (He's a great guy but no photographer [unimpressed] ) My fault for forgetting the digital.
He put the tape on the fish and came up with 44 in. It had a good girth and looked to be in excellent shape.
We released the fish in the water without netting or bringing her into the boat.
This was going to be a hot day for muskies, " WRONG ".
4 hours later it was the only fish we had other than a big one I missed at the boat. The fish followed the spoon in and I jerked it away from her.
We spent the next 5 or 6 min. casting to the same cover but she wouldn't come out and play.
The last 1 1/2 hour we spent trolling big dardevils and J 13 Rapals.
Finally WH hooked up with about a 27 in. fish on a firetiger J 13. I took a couple of pics and we released the fish without bringing it into the boat.
Not to bad a day [
] Had good company, caught a few tigers and best of all most of the PV crazys stayed home today.
I actually got off PV without my blood pressure going through the roof.
Gonna have to go back and knock on that big fishes door in the near future and see if she'll give me another chance.
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My 10th cast hookup 10 feet from the boat. I watched the 44 in. tiger take the spoon and the fight was on. About 5 min later I had the fish along side the boat and WH took a pic with my cell phone. (He's a great guy but no photographer [unimpressed] ) My fault for forgetting the digital.
He put the tape on the fish and came up with 44 in. It had a good girth and looked to be in excellent shape.
We released the fish in the water without netting or bringing her into the boat.
This was going to be a hot day for muskies, " WRONG ".
4 hours later it was the only fish we had other than a big one I missed at the boat. The fish followed the spoon in and I jerked it away from her.
We spent the next 5 or 6 min. casting to the same cover but she wouldn't come out and play.
The last 1 1/2 hour we spent trolling big dardevils and J 13 Rapals.
Finally WH hooked up with about a 27 in. fish on a firetiger J 13. I took a couple of pics and we released the fish without bringing it into the boat.
Not to bad a day [
] Had good company, caught a few tigers and best of all most of the PV crazys stayed home today.I actually got off PV without my blood pressure going through the roof.
Gonna have to go back and knock on that big fishes door in the near future and see if she'll give me another chance.
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] but I really felt lucky to even catch one that late in the morning. Thanks for a great day on the pond Roger, I really enjoyed it[