So after Tuesday's Musky, it's all I can think about. I woke up at 3AM this morning and drove a little over two hours back towards school to meet up with a friend and float the river for Musky. The conditions were perrrrrrfect. Slightly misting, overcast, the day after a full moon, good water levels, decent clarity, etc.....needless to say we were feeling good. About an hour into our float I had a 40+" Musky follow my fly up to the boat. I figure 8ed and and swam big circles for about a minute but it was not interested. We were floating at a pretty good clip and there was no stopping so that didn't help. Until next time!
One thing that was a nice change of pace though was we hammered smallies. From my experience in the last year and what I've read, the Musky seem to like smaller flies this time of year, so the bigger smallmouth weren't shy. It was really nice to catch fish when the musky aren't cooperating. We saw one redd and the last fish of the day was a tad bit marked up, so we called it. This next week or two it'll be better to let them be and do their thing. Anything to help the reproduction process! If you do tag into one, please handle with care and release it in the same hole you caught it in. It makes all of the difference. Anyways, here are some pics! Hoping to get out every day next week so stay tuned folks.
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| Brainiac |
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| The Ludwig, wet |
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| Biggest fish of the day |
