Muskie on Balsam

[balsamj]

Here is a picture of a mauskie I caught a few weeks ago...hope you enjoy. Caught on ulta light tackle with perch pattern shad rap. The real reson for this post is to get some help in finding a spot to fish salmon from shore. I live in the beaches and want to know if there is anywhere close by. Much appreciated.

balsamj

[fatherof3]

nice fish

[helmutt]

Bluffers Park.

 

Evenings and after dark, if you are brave enough to venture to Scarberia that late.

 

Once the leaves really start to turn, the browns usually show up.

[ccmtcanada]

Sorry...cant help you on Toronto locations....beauty muskie!!!

[Rizzo]

can't help you on the salmon but nice looking musky! Looks like something took a chunk out of its tail at some point in its past. One helpful recommendation though: Take the hooks out before posing for the photo - if that fish thrashes around you've got trebles coming at you with a lot of speed, and if the unhooking job takes longer than expected, you can always opt to not take a photo to get the fish back in the water as soon as possible. Either way, nice fish and good luck with the salmon

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Nice musky! I agree. You should take the hooks out of the fish before holding it up! I have been stung by hooks and its not a good feeling....

[balsamj]

Johnny Bass & Rizzo,

Fish was landed boatside and tried to take the hooks out with no plyers. proved too dificult so cut the line at swivel and held her for a quick poto and put her back in the water...took off with a splash and was doing just fine. As far as I know its better to let her go with a little shad rap that will rust off in 3 days than to screw around with the hooks for 20 minutes. I think I did the right thing...and i've got plenty of shad raps! Thanks for the pointers though.

[MuskyBill]

I can't believe people still go fishing without a cheap pair of pliers handy....

[vance]

Fished for 30 years and never needed pliers and then I caught a muskie-now I have pliers-- nice fish

 

 

vance