PBenson Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 So over the summer I didn't film much musky fishing. I tried a lot of new spots on St Clair and started to learn how to cast the lake successfully. Now that the fish are starting to move into the rivers I'm back fishing hard and filming it. We went out last week and the morning started from really slow. Casted as the sun came up with no luck. After a couple hours we decided to start jigging. Again slow. Finally on the last drift of the day my bait got SMOKED by my new personal best musky. A solid 49" x 19". Just short of 50" but that will keep me hungry for the rest of the fall! Check out the video below! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnote Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Nice ski dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Again the jig!!! I bought a second bondy... now I have a black one and a white one I'm planning to try jogging a bit when it's cold and I don't wanna cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBenson Posted October 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Again the jig!!! I bought a second bondy... now I have a black one and a white one I'm planning to try jogging a bit when it's cold and I don't wanna cast Honestly I prefer casting, jigging hurts my arm and shoulder after a while...however you are right, on those crazy cold days when casting will freeze your hands, jigging is much preferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Awesome. Always great to see folks raising the bar on themselves. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I can troll for hours. I can cast for hours. But jigging? Ten minutes and I'm done. Not sure why, just can't do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUMP KNOWS Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Beast! What rod and reel are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Well done. Nice handling of that girl. When you jig are you marking the fish below the boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBenson Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Beast! What rod and reel are you using? Reel: Shimano Calcutta 400b Rod: St Croix Mojo Musky Heavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBenson Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Well done. Nice handling of that girl. When you jig are you marking the fish below the boat? Sometimes we do, but mostly we just jig different depths until we contact fish. If we get one we do the same drift again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucktownAngler Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Nice thing with jigging muskies is the later in the fall, the lighter the gear and smaller the jigs you can get away with. Great fish, congrats on the PB PB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBenson Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Beauty! Love the colours on those St.Clair muskies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshS Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I've got a few Bondy's ready to go... have yet to clip one on but have a few spots in mind this fall to try it. Nice ski! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) I can troll for hours. I can cast for hours. But jigging? Ten minutes and I'm done. Not sure why, just can't do it You lived on Simcoe, jigging is the way. Well not for musky. LOL Great fish and ya, those colours are awesome. Edited October 27, 2016 by Brian B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) Great Muskie! Great video! Awesome net! Edited October 28, 2016 by Pigeontroller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBenson Posted October 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Thanks! Heading out again in the morning. Water temps have dropped 7 degrees in the past week so I'm thinking they should be biting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark demmery Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 How did you make out? bit better with the colder temps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBenson Posted October 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 How did you make out? bit better with the colder temps? Yes sir just got in, between three of us we went 6/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark demmery Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 nice work! We are trying to make the trip down in the next week or two.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Great vid, looking forward to more, waters cold, muskies starting to chew flies as well, 10 and 12 wts getting a workout, would love to head to LSC best chance at a 50 on the fly, but fall is so unpredictable weather wise, and its a 5 1/2 hour drive for me, went there once in the fall Nov and went for 4 days and only the first day was fishable, the rest we sat at the mouth of the Thames and drank whisky which wasnt bad either, and watched the dudes fishing the mud, which been a steelheader muddy rivers is not a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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