This past Saturday I was fishing at Brushy Creek Lake during a bass tournament. The morning started very slow, until I got a small tap on my bass jig and trailer. I set the hook and immediately tell my partner "this is a big fish!". I gave my reel a couple turns to bring the fish away from the trees and it took off towards deeper water. At that point I said, "this is no bass". I was disappointed, but now my curiosity took over, was it a big walleye? A big muskie?
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It took me several tries to gill-grab him,
but mission accomplished! |
I kept fighting the fish, and soon it showed itself, a BIG MUSKIE! I quickly said, "get a camera" to my partner Doug. I didn't know if we would see it again or not, so wanted a picture just in case. I loosened the drag a bit on my QuantumPT Accurist reel and fought the fish for approximately 5 minutes. Up and down, up and down it came. It took about 4 or 5 tries, but finally I was able to get a hold of the giant fish and bring it on board.
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We clicked a few pictures for the memory, and to make some guesses as to how long it was. It would have measured about 40-45 inches. I soon got ahold of my friend Thomas Allen, who is a muskie fanatic, and asked how much a fish like that would weigh, he said anywhere in the range for 20-24 pounds.
A fish I will never forget.
Equipment used:
Rod- Quantum "Biffle Stick" 7-foot, 6-inches in length
Reel- Quantum Accurist PT
Line- 15 pound test Berkely Big Game
Nothing like a big 'ol toothy critter! Nice work!
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