Twist of fate leads to giant...

[Tim_Anderson]

Almost went bass fishing last night, but my partners crapped out on me.

Almost didn't go musky fishing, but found a partner short notice.

Forgot to put the plug in the boat, so had to go back and put the boat on the trailer, wasting some valuable fishing time.

But sometimes I wonder about timing? Feeding windows are short... sometimes only 15 to 45 minutes. The Good Lord had it all worked out for me though last night as it's pretty plain to see now.

Hooked into this monster during that magical hour. One of the heaviest fish I have ever caught at 53 X 24, and girthy for a long way through its length. Lots of white in the belly, which means it has been stretched a bit like a pregnant woman haha.

This one's a cow now... imagine what it's gonna look like in November!

Rushing right now to get back out on the water. More details of the catch on my site if you are interested.

Big fish biting right now. Give me a call if you want to get out!

Tim Anderson

Big Fish Hunt

www.bigfishhunt.com

218-232-6067

[Cooter]

Very impressive fish, congrats and thanks for sharing the pics!

[DTro]

Great fish Tim!!

Congrats

[RuKiddingMe]

Oink Oink, congrats Tim...

[JimBuck]

What a glutton! Congrats!

[Shoot2Kill]

WHOAH! Fatty!

[harvey lee]

Nice fish Tim.

[catfreak]

Very nice fish.

[Nate McVey]

Great fish and pics! Congrats!

[Andrew Erickson]

nice fish!

[SimilarIsland]

Nice fish!

[HugoBox]

Great story and Congrats on a true pig Tim! It sure seems like you have a knack for sows. Not asking about spots or even the lake but I'm curious if you've seen this monster before this trip. It seems like often times these biggies have a bit of "Nessie" legend to them... If that makes sense.

[tweedlap]

Nice Porker. She sure is carrying a lot of weight for July.

tweed

[nater]

Nice work Tim. That's a big big fish!

[Fish Head]

WOW.. what a pig! Nice job.

[Tim_Anderson]

Hugo,

I've got a theory that fish travel and feed in size specific schools or packs. Sort of like they hang out with their own year class (we tend to do that too haha). I've seen this alot with walleyes on the rainy river for instance. You'll catch a bunch of 19 inchers on one spot, and then a bunch of 28 inchers on another spot and a bunch of 24 inchers on a third spot. And even though we don't necessarily think of muskies as being a "schooling" fish, I think that they do hang out together often. They might be working together as a "wolf pack" as they feed, or they might just be drawn to a particular spot because it's got plenty of food opportunity and good ambush cover. Whatever the reason, I have learned that when I see a big fish, there is often more lurking nearby.

To answer your question, I had never seen this fish before. But we did see a 50 inch class fish nearby earlier that evening, so I had committed myself to working that general area at primetime. We never did see that 50 incher again, but what a nice surprise to catch this one instead!

[cbrooks]

nice fish. I like your theory on fish hanging out with there year class.

[PurpleFloyd]

Excellent fish. Congrats

[bisekb]

Impressive fish Tim! I saw you out on Wednesday night, i was out there too tryin to pick up a fish but no luck for me. We have a cabin on that lake and i fish it often. Any luck that night? If you ever are in a pinch and need a partner let me know id love to head with ya some time. All in all a very nice fish.

[HugoBox]

And even though we don't necessarily think of muskies as being a "schooling" fish, I think that they do hang out together often. They might be working together as a "wolf pack" as they feed, or they might just be drawn to a particular spot because it's got plenty of food opportunity and good ambush cover.

Thanks for the insight Tim. I'm a pretty simple minded guy and that makes sense enough to me. It seems like there are enough stories of big fish on back to back casts to support it.

Regardless - even after a couple days that fish still looks darn big!!

Nice work.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

That thing is a beast...congrats.