brandon Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) As was mentioned in a previous post, I spent the last 2 days jigging for Musky with Bondy Baits on the Detroit River with Jon Bondy and Gord Pyzer...and it was awesome! I think I learned more about fishing in those 2 days then the rest of my life combined. And to top it all off, we all got into some good fish! Wednesday was by far our best day for numbers, going 8 for 11. Two 48"s were the biggest fish of the day and the rest were all lower to mid 40's. Gord and Jon had the hot hands that day and I ended up mostly being the net guy, which is an honour in itself. Here's my only fish from wednesday... Detroit River Musky by bbroderick86, on Flickr Now yesterday was a different story... About an hour into the morning Gord hooked a mid 40"er that got off at the surface....then it got quiet for a couple hours. Thankfully this quiet time didn't last long. I all of a sudden went from the net guy to the "i have no strength left in my arms" guy. Within an hour I had tied my previous best musky (a 48" caught last fall with Bondy) and beat my personal best 2 more times....in an HOUR! Here's my first fish of the day - a fat 51.5" that absolutely slammed my bait. It's incredible setting the hook into what feels like a snag at first. And even more incredible is that we got this fish in the boat...when it came up it was only hooked by one prong of one treble hook...which broke off...BEFORE IT WAS IN THE NET! the hook snapped off and ended up in the net and I'm not sure why this fish didn't just swim back down to the bottom but it flopped around on the surface and Jon was able to get the net under it. This was when i laid down on the bow for a bit to let my heart slow down lol New PB Musky! by bbroderick86, on Flickr After this fish was photographed and released, I decided to update my Facebook status...gotta rub it in a bit right? lol On the next pass I hook into another good fish - the 48". After this fish was released Gord asked me if I was going to update my Facebook status again. I told him I wanted to wait and do it after one more pass....and that's when I hooked my 2nd 50"+ fish of the day! Here's a shot of it - 50"! 50" Musky! by bbroderick86, on Flickr I'm not sure what it was that day but we were all using the same jigs in the same boat and I got the only 3 fish. Hot colours for both days were Black/Orange Flake and Pearl. By far the best 2 days of fishing of my life. thanks for reading! Edited November 4, 2011 by brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Awesome report Brandon congrats that 51 sure looks stressed out I would guess that's why she stuck around? Gotta love the DR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Wow eh. Great time on the water. Amazing colour in the fish. Congrets on the PB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Actually Mike we were using heavy rods with 80#braid and 200lb leaders with the drag tightened as much as it goes....she was in the boat in 30 seconds. I don't think she knew she was free... at that point. But she, along with all the others, swam away to be caught again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I did not mean she was stressed from the fight as we get a lot of them on LSC like that as you know. I have wondered why it is that there are many that come up like that is there still VHS in them or something else as its not a water temp thing this time of year. most seem to have bleeding tail fins also. I dont notice it in the clear musky from tea stained waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mHooked Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Absolutely INCREDIBLE! Those are some of the nicest looking, and BIG fish I have seen! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) i never get the bleeding fins either... even when we get a big girl by accident on walleye gear... i think it has to do with a pre existing condition...like you mentioned mike...VHS? maybe... nice job on the 2 x 50s... havent done that yet myself... Edited November 4, 2011 by Musky Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Pretty awesome Brandon. Must have been a real treat fishing with those guys. Congrats Bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scugpg Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Great job you guys? Jigging for them must be a blast. Killer stache btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 When you say "jigging for musky", what type of jigs are you talking about? Bass style jigs or round head jigs??? Great fish, 2 50's in a day is incredible! I'm surprised you got Gord off LOTW, hes was probably withdrawing, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 we were jigging with Bondy Baits. Pearl and Black/Orage Flake were the best producing colours over the 2 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 we were jigging with Bondy Baits. Pearl and Black/Orage Flake were the best producing colours over the 2 days Ahhh, I see. Thank you. I'm clueless when it comes to musky, so please forgive my ignorance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addy79 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Nice work Brandon! Your boat was on fire Wednesday! I saw you guys net quite a few on your milk run. Bondy bait is my new fav for sure. Jigging for these fish is AWESOME! I’m not sure what's more tiring, bouncing Bondy's off the bottom for hours, or battling giant fish for seconds at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 One word.............WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistaredone Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Happy for you about the pbs, not happy now I gotta go buy 2 more musky baits. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWhite Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Bondy baits, jigging for Muskie? Post pics of bait please Nice fish by the way! Huge! Do our Muskie's bleed from their fins? I'm in shock I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Nice fish and post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Excellent Fish Brandon. That is interesting about the stress colouring on the big gal tho. congrats bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitemikeca Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 WOW. Amazing. Congrats on the PB! I can't wait to get back down there. And thanks again for the photos of my fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunkerhunter Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 awesome pics man! i was out with bondy last weekend. great guy and really knows his stuff. His baits are very impressive and produce fish! good to see you guys got into them while pyzer was there as well. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 congrats guys !!! awesome 50' ski >>!!!! gord will be writing about that in a few days for sure,....cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettiop Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Bondy baits, jigging for Muskie? Post pics of bait please Nice fish by the way! Huge! Do our Muskie's bleed from their fins? I'm in shock I think Awesome fish! you were certainly in good company with those two on the boat.... Its like sometimes people forget to use the internet! lol All you need to know on the bait right here! http://bondybaitcompany.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I hope Jons melting rubber as we speak, cause Bondy Baits will be flying off the shelves, why waste money going to a gym to workout, buy some Bondys and go jigging, youll have arms like popeye in no time, and you wont have to eat spinach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWhite Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) Its like sometimes people forget to use the internet! lol This is the internet lol Thanks for the info Definitely gonna try it soon. Edited November 5, 2011 by SirWhite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocheleauc Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Awesome tanks, beautiful fish. Thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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