kemper Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Headed out at 4 AM this morning to a buddys cottage for a day of fishing. Location was stony lake, where I had never fished before. We were half awake and on the water at 5 to 6 in the AM The action started with largemouth and never stopped, we were on the fish all day with most around 14" and 5 or 6 coming in over the 16" mark. In total we boated around 40 bass, mostly largemouth with the exception of two smallies and the surprise of my life. I was shooting for the grand slam but lost a walleye at the boat. Fishin largies in shallow water with a green/white spinner bait i nearly had my arms pulled out of the socket on the second turn of the crank by a nice stony lake musky. I am not, nor have I ever claimed to be a musky fisherman so this was quite the experiance for me. After a great battle (short and sweet, even though im a bass fisherman i use 65 pound PP) we had this 36 inch musky in the boat. Fish was very chunky for its size, and really healthy. Kinda cool for a bass guy like me, heres some picture from the day, most didnt turn out because all i had was my camera phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFSC Kevin Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 awesome surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Sounds like a fantastic day - congrats on the musky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 (edited) Very nice!!! I know a couple of Bass men that complain about those pesky Musky taking their lures Maureen Edited July 9, 2007 by motv8tr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 That must of been a real nice bonus for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Great surprise Kemper! Bly and I were out with Fishnsled on that same lake on Saturday. Funny thing though...we were targetting muskie and only got bass....LOL. Great pic...the smile says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Me In Scotty Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Great report. Congrats on the success. Who needs sleep when your reel is keeping you up by going zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......zzzzzzzzzzzz.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookset Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 (edited) Congrats Kemper, That's what fishin' is all about Hookset. Edited July 9, 2007 by Hookset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Congrats on the first Musky. Sounds like you had a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Hey Brady, lots of them in Buckhorn. Better keep your 65 lb PP handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addict Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 nice toothy critter,wtg on the fish man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-max Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 you didn't have a leader on did you? I always wondered how braids stand up to muskie/pike teeth... perhaps since it was 65lb it's a bit harder to cut through? opinions? I use 14lb fireline for bass bass fishing and whenever I get to co-incidental pike, more than half of them cut me off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 very nice, thanks for sharing. Always nice to get a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted July 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 you didn't have a leader on did you? I always wondered how braids stand up to muskie/pike teeth... perhaps since it was 65lb it's a bit harder to cut through? opinions? I use 14lb fireline for bass bass fishing and whenever I get to co-incidental pike, more than half of them cut me off... I was actually worried about that because all that was stickin out of the fish's mouth was one blade on my spinnerbait. Line was fine, but like I said it was a quick fight because i wanted to get him in and then back in the water as quick as I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 If you're targeting toothy critters, USE A LEADER. They can saw their way through mono like butter and can hack their way through braid although it's a lot tougher. Mind you, for bass, 65lb PP is plenty and should take a heck of a lot of abuse before having to retie. Congrats on the surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setomonkey Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Congrats on the fun day of fishing, and the surprise catch. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Congrats on the great day. Stoney sure seems like a fun lake, always something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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