Pigeontroller

Yeeeehaaaaaa! Congrats to y'all!

My 16' Lund...

Great Pics! Thanks for posting them, looks like Chris had a well derserved good day on the water!

Nothing wrong with trolling with braid, just a matter of setting your drag just right...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzz

Minimum 65 lb. test braid. I have 65 lb. on one reel and I lost a Shallowraider this spring when I had a birdsnest and the line snapped, next year i'm switching to 80 lb. on that reel. My other casting reels have 80 lb. and on my heavy trolling rod I have 100 lb. Now if I could just catch a Muskie...

Thats good.

They should just save themselves the trouble and eat the Cormorants!

I like the horizontal hold and release shot of that Pike! you're ready to be a Muskie fisherman! A Goby in an in-land lake? Not good.

No pics?

That Chinook was near the end of its life anyway...It was a stocked fish and not likely to successfully reproduce naturally. Don't lose any sleep over it. Next time keep it for the garden, your plants will love it!

Awesome first Muskie! Welcome to OFC!

Nice fish! You're lucky to be fishin' with your Dad!

That would be a 4 or 5 oz Beaver Lures Spinnerbait made by Tony Gallucci of Brampton. An excellent trolling spinnerbait as Lew mentioned!

I'm not gonna give you a hard time,BUT, a Muskie caught and fought with light line coupled with summer water temps is much more likely to not recover! The reason serious Muskie fishermen use heavy gear and 80-100 pound braid is to minimize stress by quickly netting the fish!

Nice fish Pete!

Thanks for the heads up! I'm on my second one and continue to have problems, I was thinking it was my battery but I guess its the charger . I'm gonna take it back and get a different one!

Its not cool to lay a Muskie on the floor for a photo...

It is an unusal colouration, part barred, part spotted but not a Tiger. If it was a Tiger the tail fins would be rounded like a Pike!

Interesting, I always thought CO's had way more power than regular Police when it came to search/seisure.

Thanks Joey,Pam,Paul and Pete for your efforts! Lew, I hope you enjoy the painting! It looks great Pam.

Red and/or bleeding fins are an indication the fish has become stressed and will be tougher to revive/release. This is most common in summer when water temps are high. Its best to keep out of water time to a minimum with stressed fish, better yet a water release with no out of water time! Muskie may look big and mean but they are a very delicate animal, and a valuable resourse, a 20 pound Kawartha Muskie is likely 15 years old, not easily replaced.

THAT is why Muskie fishing is so darn much fun, and addictive!

Nice dimples!

I like your attitude!

Great report!