Finally.....this S/b The Topwater Muskie

[bigcreekdad]

[Rich Clemens]

Man that must have been blast latching into that one and hauling her in. Top wager eh ? Great catch.

[tjsa]

Yeah, finally, lol. That is a nice fish, and the brookie wasn't too shabby either.

[jediangler]

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.

[bigcreekdad]

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.

[fishindevil]

very nice report & pics way to go

[bassfanatic25]

Nice musky...good job and great pic.

 

Patrick

[kennyman]

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

[bassmaster4]

dayumnnnn nice ski

[setomonkey]

Nice muskie! Thanks for the story behind the picture too...

 

Mike

[Clampet]

That's a mite good lookin' varmint!

[Cookslav]

Nice healthy looking fish...musta been fun Hauling him outta the heavy weeds.

Thanks for the report.

[ccmtcanada]

Wow....great fish and report too! Thanks for takin the time to write it. I've never hooked into a musky....yet!!!!

[Stevejr]

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

[b2kptbo]

Nice ski, thanks for the reports...