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Hot Musky Action
Sep 24, 2024
The musky action has been on fire lately, most outings resulting in multiple fish hitting the net. This stormy morning was no different. The night before we moved a few really nice fish on some great looking shallow cover so hopes were high when we hit the water the next morning, with the incoming storms we knew we had to work fast to get our fish in before we got forced of the lake. The first spot yielded the fist fish of the morning, right as light was starting to peek through the trees. We were on the board and ready to find another one, so we decided to go back on the bigger fish we had follow the previous night. As we pulled into the second spot, a small cabbacge bed on a large shallow sand structure, the wind was blowing over it and we just knew something had to be ready to eat. About five casts into the spot the lead caster in the front gotrocked by something big, all that made it to the boat was a Chaos Tackle Medussa with giant tooth gashes in its side. We were bummed that the fish didn't get hooks, but we were confident that there would be another fish near by. A few short casts later I hooked into a sporty 40 inch fish that took me for a ride with some crazy jumps right next to the boat. With my Tackle Industries 10 foot XH rod absorbing all the headshakes and acrobatic jumps perfectly, I was able to direct the fish right into the net. After cutting hooks, a few cool pics and a successful release, we got back to work. Time for a different spot, this spot is a complex reef system with high spost, points, inside turns and saddles, all in a relatively small area. We saw a 47 - 48 inch musky here the night before and the wind was blowing hard and straight into it just right, making it great comnditions to chase this fish again. We made it almost to the end of this spot without a follow, right when we were about to move spots, the second caster in line had a dandy 45 inch class fish follow to the boat on a bucktail, but she turned and waved goodbye to us just as quickly as she appeared. After a couple more spot changes and approaching storms, we eventually got forced off by lightning strikes. It was a short 2.5 hour morning but we had some action and got two fish landed, so that's a success in my book!
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