First muskie of 2005

[LuckBites]

I was fishing crappies on a NE metro lake Tuesday night with a 2" plastic and a beetle spin on 1# fireline, WHAM! She jumped twice and hunkered in the weeds for minutes at a time. The second time she came by the boat there was a second muskie just below her which dwarfed her in comparison! After breaking the crappie net I was able to grab it by the gill. She taped off @ 39.75". It took about 15 minutes to land and a few minutes to revive. That fish was as exhausted as any I've handled so it was quickly revived after a couple photos. You should have seen my ultralight doubled over!!!

[Cooter]

Sounds like quite the ordeal, musta been fun! You obviously hooked that one just right!

[whitewolf6647]

Congrats on teh first muskie of the year. I also caught one on April 23rd over at Amsden lake in SD. Being there is no closed season on them in SD that's what I was fishing for. she was a 36 incher on a musky buster bucktail. Not a bad to start for the season only fishing for 4 hours. If you get a chance to go over there and fish them I would recomend it especially pre MN season it's a good way to shake the rust off.

[musky hunter]

Great musky story and a thrill of a catch. I accidentally lucked out on one yesterday while fishing walleyes on the St. Louis. This was a rather short fight, only 2-3 minutes long. Surprisingly, the fish stayed in the hole, there was strong current all around. But only because I never horsed the fish and was able to get it up to the surface for an instance behind the boat. I plunged the net down and it swam right into the mouth of the net. It measured 40" and was released unharmed. I was using 2#-10# power pro, a 15# leader, and a 3/16 ounce jig and a minnow, considerably underpowered for musky.

[Ortlo]

Luck - I've got a "Muskie" master I need to introduce you to. He needs a fishing buddy. I've never went after muskies and don't have a clue where to start, but I may need to have you two meet.

Later,

Don

[scsavre]

38 incher, 2 feet of water in a small rocky reed bed last saturday northern fishing with a husky jerk. Quick release next to the boat didn't even bother touching her. She was pretty tired after the battle.

Only a couple a weeks from now and I probably would have taken a nice little picture.

[MuskyBill]

where is a good opener hot spot? I am just curious how many hit up a certain spot. Scott when do you think we will hit up that special lake.

[scsavre]

Bill,

For opener I'll hit P and LW up north, I'll be up there all of june, Im going up on Monday to scout for the week.

For july I'll move back to St. Paul and get you out to Tonka. It can be one of the only lakes I like in July.

I saw a mid 40 on Owasso today northern fishing.

I also saw Sunamis' 50inch mount, WOW. looks great.

Im going for 10+ in the month of June on P.

As excitting as an opener can be, for Muskie it isn't a huge deal if you don't throw any baits unti summer. I usually have one awsome weekend in JUne and thats it. (first 90degree day)