Not the species I was seeking

[thatoneguy]

Pulled a 48 1/4" muskie out of Pike Bay yesterday morning on 6 lb fluoro line. That was a rush! Successfully photo's & released the beast. I'll post photos once the guy who took them gets them to me.

My first muskie ever - not a bad way to break in, eh?

[TylerS]

Wow, not bad at all! Get those pics up stat otherwise some guys are apt to have coronaries from the anticipation!

BTW, Pike Bay, is that on Cass Lake?

[jwhjr]

Nice suprise on the other end of the line that's for sure

[thatoneguy]

Pike Bay is part of the Cass Lake chain - it's a separate lake connected to Cass by a navigable channel.

[gill man]

WOW! I've been chasing muskies for a few year now, and my biggest is 48 inches, and that was on an 8 foot rod with 80 pound superbraid...

Great job landing it with light line, and thank you for releasing it safely. Would love to see pictures if you can get them!

gill man

[thatoneguy]

I was so happy to be able to release it safely. If was such a long fight with that light tackle - 20 minutes at least - and the fish was as tired out as me. But after the photos, I eased her in, held her for a couple seconds til she revived, then she swam a few feet, curled into an "S" and took of like a rocket. It was a great sight!

[JBMasterAngler]

Let me guess, you caught it on a crappie minnow and flu flu jig? Very nice fish.

[NCLaker]

Congrats on the great catch! At that size, I would guess it was a pretty tight squeeze just getting her to fit through the hole (8"?). Looking forward to the picks!

[thatoneguy]

JB - it was actually a Jigging Rapala (perch color) with a chub head on the treble hook

[thatoneguy]

My first muskie

[Jim43]

WOW, nice Muskie.

[team wild]

All I can say is WOW nice fish.

[Jari Razskazoff]

Not to be a jerkbait, because I really don't care, but for my own personal information, isn't it illegal to bait a trebel hook?

Nice ski, people go their whole life and never get half that size.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

nice fish

[waterbound]

I don't think it's illegal to bait a treble hook. A quickstrike rig is basically a way to use bait with treble hooks and it isn't illegal.

[DTro]

Not to be a jerkbait, because I really don't care, but for my own personal information, isn't it illegal to bait a trebel hook?

Most jigging spoons have a treble hook.

[tweedlap]

She is a beauty ! A little chubby but I like them that way !

tweed

[herefish101]

the line must have been screamin through your fingers, WOW! that would have been fun, Congrats man nice fish.

[smg04]

looks like a good one for the pickle jar. . .

[MikeEiden]

You can't use just a plain treble hook which they consider using three hooks and the rules don't allow that. But you can use treble hooks on lures (which a lure is classified as a single hook) and you can use bait on lures. That's why most tip-up rigs have spinners on them; that makes them a "lure."

Nice fish!! You might as well quit now while you are ahead in the muskie game. Can't imagine trying to fit that pig up an 8" hole!

[gardn184]

only ever saw one fish bigger than that one come out of hardwater, and that was a 62 inch sturgeon that came out of a ten inch hole, but still thats a real nice musky in anyones book congrats!

[grate8]

sweet fish dude

[skolfoppa]

Nice fish.

Grate8- I like the avatar!

[Jari Razskazoff]

I don't think it's illegal to bait a treble hook. A quickstrike rig is basically a way to use bait with treble hooks and it isn't illegal.

oh yeah, thats what the rule is. I forgot when I posted that, the rule is that you cant use bait, on JUST a treble hook, you must attach something to the treble hook in addition to the bait.... just checkin'... again, dude, beautiful fish.

[JSK76]

I would have been so exited I would have dropped my phone down the hole