bigcreekdad Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Man that must have been blast latching into that one and hauling her in. Top wager eh ? Great catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsa Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Yeah, finally, lol. That is a nice fish, and the brookie wasn't too shabby either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Very nice fish, but, what's the story? Give us the reel screeching blow by blow recap on the battle leading up to this great pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcreekdad Posted November 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Blow by Blow??? Well, I'll try. We were fishing French River below Chaudiere dams out of Crane's Lochaven Lodge. It was our first day ( mid September), ands it rained all damn day......no shore lunch that day. We took a guide as my two companions had never fished these waters and I thought it would be a good way for them to see several spots. Our guide, Jackie ( who's a dman good guide) uses a pontoon boat. At first this seems a bit ackward, but is really kind of nice, and he moves that thing into all kinds of spots with ease. Caught this guy on a topwater before lunch. Hit right at side of boat. I was actually throwig a smaller bass-sized topwater as we were fishing a shallow weedy area more known for nice largemouth. First spot we went to was in deeper and faster water below the dams for walleye. Jackie was reeling in a small rockbass when a muskie took it. He fought it but it broke off after a few minutes. Coming back to the lodge that day for lunch we sawa guy waving from one of the lodge's cabin docks. We cruised over and fond a guy with a large muskie on that he hooked while casting for walleye with a light spinning rod. Jackie jumped off and helped the guy land the fish ( 46")....his first muskie in 15 years of trying. Saw several others that week. Good spot, and a great lodge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 very nice report & pics way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfanatic25 Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 Nice musky...good job and great pic. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyman Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 (edited) That is a beauty! I can't wait to catch one that big. Nice fatty with great colour. I'm green with envy. Thanks for all the info on location etc. Nice to know you can catch a big one on small tackle. Edited November 25, 2006 by kennyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster4 Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 dayumnnnn nice ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setomonkey Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Nice muskie! Thanks for the story behind the picture too... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 That's a mite good lookin' varmint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookslav Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Nice healthy looking fish...musta been fun Hauling him outta the heavy weeds. Thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Wow....great fish and report too! Thanks for takin the time to write it. I've never hooked into a musky....yet!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevejr Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Beautiful fish, congrates to you. I've been semi-planning a trip to the french next year. Now I think it is a must have trip. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Nice ski, thanks for the reports... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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