Simcoe Musky OOPS! I am so sorry and embarrassed

[Cudz]

My fishing partner went out to our bass spot with a mutual friend of ours today and they managed to catch a 17 pound musky. You don't see that very often on Lake Simcoe. THe bass fishing there has been a bit slower than usual. Hmmm, wonder if a big musky was scaring away the bass.

I have not seen the pictures yet and my friend is not the best at identifying fish but he swears it is a musky and not a pike. (He once confused a chinook salmon with a steelhead)

 

EDIT: I am so sorry about this. You have to forgive me. I can't believe that I came on here after my buddy tells me it is a musky and I see the pics and it is a pike. I don't know who is dumber, me for posting here before I saw pics or my buddy for his inability to identify fish species.

I am so embarrassed. The fish looks nice and healthy but IT IS A PIKE NOT A MUSKY! I am going over to his house to punch some sense into him.

Edited July 10, 2009 by Cudz

[Joey]

That would definately be nice to see.

 

Ron will be interested in this and to see the pic. See if you can get it.

 

Joey

[Tom McCutcheon]

Muskies Canada has been working on reintroducing Muskie into Lake Simcoe for a number of years. This could be a good sign that they are healthy.

When they get released the fingerlings are about 8 to 10 inches long and will generally take about two years to reach 24 inches. After that there isn't too many predators around, large enough to bother them.

 

Tom.

[BillM]

Wow, a 17lb'er? That's been in there a while. That definitely wouldn't have been a result from the restoration project I worked on 2 years ago in the Pool with the MNR.

[steverowbotham]

I would love to see photos of that! I rose a big musky on a jerkbait at the north end 2 years ago, never bit and never saw her again.

[Cudz]

I will have pics tonight at 11pm. I will post them. I am anxious to see them as well.

Oh , and here is the kicker. It was caught on a 2" crankbait using 8 pound mono, no leader!!

Edited July 9, 2009 by Cudz

[misfish]

No leader required,just photos.LOL

 

They are in Couch,so Im not surprised he got one in Simcoe.

There are stories still of guys getting them on the flats in the north/east part of simcoe.

 

Looking forward to the back ground shot.HAHA

[Cudz]

No leader required,just photos.LOL

 

They are in Couch,so Im not surprised he got one in Simcoe.

There are stories still of guys getting them on the flats in the north/east part of simcoe.

 

Looking forward to the back ground shot.HAHA

LOL.

I will fix the background shot. IT will exactly the same as all the bass/perch photos.

IT was in the Barrie Marina

[BillM]

The Barrie marina produces some monsters!!!!!

[misfish]

You would know.LOL

[Greencoachdog]

If there aeren't any pics.. it's just a "fish story"!!!

[Ron]

Oh well Cudz.

 

Prolly still worth posting the pics of this Pike. Must have been a nice sized Pike.

 

Cheers, Ron....

[BillM]

Post it anyhow, we can argue if it's a musky or not

[kickingfrog]

TIGER TIGER

[Cudz]

Post it anyhow, we can argue if it's a musky or not

Bill, I just got off the phone with him and he swears up and down it was a musky. I have since imposed a rule about identifying fish. He is not allowed to ID any fish or send out emails until I have seen the pics.

I will post them. LOL!

I should get banned from here for starting such a story. I have heard of a few musky taken in Simcoe and a few in Couch so it wasn't as far fetched as one might think. When I was on the phone with him I asked him again and again if he wasn't confused and he said he was 100% positive it was a musky. the only 100% he was, was wrong.

[Cudz]

TIGER TIGER

Not even Rob. I wish.

[TerryC]

Prolly an Atlantic....

[Cudz]

Ok,

Here is the fish. It is a really healthy looking PIKE. Fat and all fins seem to be in great shape. He didn't have a measuring tape but he figures 40+ inches. He is 6'2" tall so that should give you some perspective.

 

[(I have another pic but you can see exactly which boat in the Barrie Marina it was caught near)

Edited July 10, 2009 by Cudz

[Joey]

Well it certainly is a nice pike!

[ciceri]

That is a Monster. But how do you mistake that for a Muskellunge? You better start sending him pictures and quizzing him.

[Cudz]

That is a Monster. But how do you mistake that for a Muskellunge? You better start sending him pictures and quizzing him.

Don't even get me started. He sent an email to eveyone saying how he caught this nice rainbow and when I looked at it it was a chinook. Then when he caught a rainbow he thought it was a chinook. Go figure.

[Beats]

I think some ppl just think if it's that big it's automatically a muskie. Great fish, no doubt, but it's clearly a pike!

[taz4432]

Wow...that's a beautiful pike! Definitely not a musky, but definitely nothing to sneeze at.

 

As for him not knowing his fish...some people just can't seem to get them right.

[BillM]

That's easily over 40, probably pushing 45.

 

Get him one of those fish charts, laminate it and make sure you tape it to his boat

[Cudz]

That's easily over 40, probably pushing 45.

 

Get him one of those fish charts, laminate it and make sure you tape it to his boat

It is a big fish. And as much as I am ragging on him I have to give him some props too. He managed to catch and land the fish using 8 pound mono and no leader. He also did not have a net! Good effort. Too bad it wasn't a musky.