Muskie Photo Gallery

[porterhouse]

Nice fish Bronzeback!!!!!! Got to love those river monsters!!!!!

Brian

[HuntBigFish]

A few from last week...44, 45, and 50

44"

45"

50"

[Peachy]

congrats to Hunt! :-)

[BassAholic]

Check out the muskie I caught last week on tonka. Makes you not want to go swimming around Big Island(was caught within view of the island).

I had actually hooked about a 3lb bass that I had about half way back to the boat. All of a sudden my line went slack for a second and then it just took off and I realized a big ole muskie grabed my little bass and the fight was on. It took about 20 minutes to tire the beast out with just a spinning rod and 10lb line.

[bronzeback]

I've always wanted to see that happen but I haven't had the pleasure yet. Nice that you landed it though and got a few pics.

A friend of mine that posts here as well(riverkid21) just got on the board a couple of days ago so I figured I'd put his picture up here. We've been having some good luck fishing the river so we decided to try a new stretch, from the nokasippi landing by Fort Ripley on down. It's a pretty hairy stretch and we found the best fishing to be within about a 100 yards of either side of the landing. We had gone way down river without seeing a single fish and somehow made it back up and he managed to hook into one around 7 or 7:30.

his first of the year. now that's he's broken the seal there should be a few more to come.

[tearin' lips]

We went up on the Canadian Side of Lake of the Woods last night mainly just horsing around fishing walleyes and crappies, but when you are in Muskie territory you gotta throw for them!

The buddy I was with hadn't hooked a muskie yet in his two years fishing for them, so I was happy to put him on this fish! This beautiful girl hit a Top Raider at sunset on a cabbage edge. Of Course She was CPR'd successfully!!!

49.75" x 25"

[copterjohn]

Little puke. 46"x22. Twitchin jerkbaits. Had a 55" hooked on a black and red DCG earlier, but turned and pulled off. Just the sight of that fish will give me nightmares for a long time. Biggest I have ever seen. Watched it hit, was already thinking replica mount, buddy was going for the net and it was over. Swam away like nothing had happened. Confined to work till Labor Day weekend, so don't catch em all.

[bronzeback]

faaat fish. nice.

I know what you mean about having nightmares after seeing that fish though. Seeing a fish about that size is what really got me into muskie fishing. A friend(riverkid21) and I were out fishing about this same time of year last year. And he had a muskie follow him up on a rattle trap that he was throwing for bass. He told me over and over that this was a huge fish, biggest thing he's ever seen, scary big, etc. So both of us equipped with relatively light tackle (heavy bass rods) and a few muskie lures proceeded to cast for this fish for about an hour and it followed us up 4 more times after that. It was the most ridiculous fish I've ever seen and if it would've bit there was no chance we were landing it. One of the 4 follow ups was on a small gray shallow invader that i twitched all the way back to the boat just a few inches under the surface of the water. i saw the fish on my bait and i completely froze. Knees began to shake. And i freaked out. Needless to say the fish didn't bite. I can still see that fish though just under the surface of the water less than a foot from me. Easy 55" with a head about as big as my 8 horse outboard. Frightening. But awesome. After that I equipped myself with all of the necessary gear and I just cant seem to stop.

[copterjohn]

Exactly. Musky Affective Disorder (MAD). No know cure. Only treatment is time on the water. My partner on Monday had never fished for muskies, let alone seen one caught or attack a bait. He got to see both. I think he has been infected.

[bassNspear]

awesome looking fish! Those are some nice photos.

[bronzeback]

Fished today in 20 mph wind gusting up to around 40 mph and it was totally worth it. Riverkid21 and I were fishing the river again with a friend and after 15 minutes of fishing he'd already lost a big fish that hit boatside and boated a smaller fish a few casts later.

This fish came just a little after sunset on a big black and red Buchertail. She hit a ways off from the boat and the fight was a fantastic one to watch. I missed a very early opportunity to net the fish, actually I pulled back last minute because i didn't want to risk anything, and managed to get her in on her second pass by the boat. This fish was very green when she entered the net and literally almost jumped out of it. Hook removal was easy and if this fish had the mind to open it's massive jaws for any reason she could've spit the hook in a second. All in all though a great day out on the water and it just goes to show that fishing in rough conditions like this is completely worth it.

New personal best at 50" it was hard to get a precise measurement because the fish literally did not fit in my boat.

perfect release. even stuck around a few minutes just in case she resurfaced. Couldn't stand to lose a fish like that in that area.

[cjac]

Very nice, congrats again! You're having a great season, keep it going!

[copterjohn]

The smile says it all. Great work being out there in the right weather. You are on a roll up there and the best is yet to come.

[Fishin Dan]

Your definitly having one heck of a year! Congrats!

[bronzeback]

Thanks everyone. We spend a lot of time on the water, but I can't say luck hasn't had anything to do with it. Vague knowledge of what these fish like to hang by and a lot of casts have helped us put some big fish in the boat already this year.

It's just too bad the both of us have to go back to college at the end of this month.

oh well, if everything goes well today I'll be back in here with another picture for you folks.

[cjac]

Luck may be a factor, but I can assure you that I have 0% chance of catching one now in the home office! Packing for a Leech Lake trip in my defense.... Give yourself the due credit for putting in the effort and having a lot of success. Your learning curve is on a stte incline!

My advice to you is to record what you've done and what has produced. Time of day, weather conditions, lures, water levels, etc. It'll pay dividends next year when you're trying to recall what worked and when. Sounds a little excessive, but you'll be glad you did.

Good luck heading back to school and I'd be happy to take the spot specifics from you and send reports when you're back at school!

Again, congrats on a great summer and keep involved here even when your back on the books.

[Tippman]

Here's a couple I got pics of while on Vermillion last week.

44"

49" which was a crappy alone picture

Had a couple friends up for 8 days during part of the time I was up. They got 13 fish including a 52,53, and 53.5!

[cjac]

You're another guy putting in the time and having a great year, congrats.....again!

[Andrew Erickson]

41.5 on a weagle

[bassNspear]

nice looking fish!

[JRedig]

Friend of mine got this one this morning!!!

[hanson]

OK... I LOVE that photo.

Big Muskie + Small Jon Boat = my kind of fisherman!

Very Nice!

[Cecil]

Went up to Vermillion for bass tournament and decided to go out for a few hours with my brother-in-law and his uncle Musky fishing and I ran into these two. First is 49.5" and second is 46.5". They were less than an hour apart.

[Tippman]

Nice fish there Cecil. Bet those muskies were a lot more fun catching than those pesky bass that are everywhere huh?

[Cecil]

At the time they were way more fun. Caught a ton of bass though and they were all pretty nice fish. Could of caught 20 bass a day around or over 3 pounds. But yeah, that was an unreal hour and will likely not happen again. Kind of have the Musky bug a little bit but still have some more bass tournaments so can't go to overboard with skies yet...