After catching a limit of the fatest browns I have ever seen by 9:30, I hooked on the boat and drove up to the chain… Fished from 3-9 on Sat. then 7-5 on Sunday. Caught 2 bucketmouths on a suick, and a 10" jake, both were 20+ and FAT, then 2 Smallies also around 20 and FAT (fat seemed to be a theme for the weekend come to think of it…especially at the pubs 😡 ) Then 4 walleyes in the 18-24 range, on cranks…. As for the Muskies, I had one on at boat side, looked 40-45, It hit a suick about 5' out from the boat and after 2-3 head shakes it popped off and I almost hit my buddy in the head witha rocketing lure! Then had one hit the wrong end of my live bait [smilie=attention.gif] and couldn't get a hook set into it, I tried pulling it away, and it just ticked it off…about a 36", then had one long distance hit on a hellhound, and just saw enough to tell it was the right species.
All in all a decent weekend, with I would have gotten the net wet, but considering the wind and the 46-48 degree water, I was pleased. One of the walleye was actually still actively spawning in 18 feet of water!
"Mayhem" said:
I think your confused as to what year it is.
Ha I just realized what you were talking about…no idea how/why I did that! maybe someone can move it???
Anyhow it was great action, the smallies came while trying for walleyes, on minnow raps. The bigger largemouth I caught I actually saw come from under the boat, in about 8' and hit on the figure 8…I got really excited when I saw a fish head coming up at a lure near boat side…then it hit on the first turn of the 8. I basically held it in the water for a minute hoping it would fight, but on the 8'6" sling blade it was pretty much like a bluegill on a cane pole.
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