DaveRoach

Greatly appreciated......

wicked!!!!

Keep up the great posts Rick, I'm guilty of reading and not posting, but assure you your efforts are appreciated by this member. Dave

what a meal, mmm.............

And they were laughing and laughing about Mayor Ford!!

Nice catch, thanks for the read.

Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard......

I find I can cast a baitcaster much quicker without having to open the bail in between casts, and I have better control over the fight, the spinning reel certainly has it's place but for Muskie it's a no brainer for me.

Great report and pictures, you almost have me thinking about switching back to bass from Muskie, ok maybe not but what a haul.

Welcome aboard....

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wow!!!!!!!!

FisherPete in action helping out a fellow angler while we were out last year he was paddling with a broken oar against the wind

Most of these people try to row themselves back, I just can't watch that without helping after all I am human

second that

Last week was on balsam, towed a boat with motor problems, last month buckhorn same deal, just common courtesy as far as I'm concerned. Dave

Great read and pics. Thanks

Yesterday I was lucky enough to head out with FisherPete once again. We met at 4:00 am (yes 4 am) at his local Go station so I could park my vehicle and hop in his. After and hour or so we arrived at the launch and set out on what was to be a great day of fishing.The mosquitoes were really bad and I got bit a few times in short order. It was still very dark out but Pete managed to find some bug cream to my relief. We headed out casting up the shoreline. As usual I was throwing double 10's and Pete would alternate between blades and other baits (suicks etc.) Sunrise came about 45 minutes later and we headed North towards towards some of Petes spots, The weather couldn't have been better, overcast with a nice cool breeze, but the water temperature was a little high as one could have expected with our hot summer A few moments later I had a nice hit, set the hook and after a surprisingly hard retrieve Pete netted the first on of the day. Let me tell you I was expecting a mid forties based on the fight this girl gave me. It turned out only to be a thirty five. Shortly thereafter we headed to the next spot, and within a few casts I couldn't believe my luck slam. I don't want to over exaggerate but this was my best Musky fight to this day. She jumped out of the water and I knew she had some size to her. Pulling my rod under the boat several time as I walked hurriedly from the front to the back of the boat a couple of times she surfaced only to be quickly netted, unhooked, measured, couple of photos and then healthily released, It was at this time Pete noticed the battery on his camera was toast (thanks to Iphones no big deal) This was my second biggest to date at 43" beating out the 42" that got me addicted to this species. We hit a couple more spots with no luck and then headed more north and sure enough Pete had put us on a couple more fish, Pete landed this nice ski which he considered too small to lay on the board. My guess would be 34-35". I followed with another fish shortly thereafter, again I don't know why but these fish were fighting for their lives. A big struggle at the net and the fish never made it in the boat. It was decided that the fish would be considered caught (to be debated) as it was boat side on the net, but not in. (Pete blamed himself, but as we know s..t happens when dealing with these beasts) I am positive this fish was at least 40". Photo would have been here...... We had spent enough time at this spot and decided to move on to the next. After arriving I switched to orange black from orange yellow which turned out to be a great move as within moments I had another fish on. Adrenaline pumping through my veins again another great fight this was going to be another Kawartha biggie (to me), After another struggle with the net we landed this 40.5" Beauty. The weather started to change, clouds disappeared, wind dissipated and my biggest fear had arrived, The dreaded Bluebird skies. Pete to the rescue with some 60 sunblock. We fished hard for the next few hours without as much as a follow. It was previously decided we would head to Lew's house (fellow OFC'er) to pick up some gear Pete was purchasing. We arrived at Lew's, stories and gear exchanged, and some time later we headed back for some more time on the water. (Thanks Lew for the great deals and time spent). Shortly after launching Pete caught a baby about the size of his bait (recently acquired from Lew), No pics. We headed North again and spent the rest of the day and evening searching for just one more, to no avail. The sun went down we packed up and headed home. Hopefully after throwing double 10's all day I have conditioned myself for my upcoming trip to Witch Bay, LOTW's Thanks Pete for yet another epic day on the water. That's it for now, Dave

Congrats, great looking muskie.

why am i hungry?

I'll drink to that

Great looking set up........Congrats

It does rub off, Pete has put me on many Muskie.....