Muskellunge

Muskie on swimbait

The musky success continues! After class today, I had some time to try for the only fish that’s been on my mind lately. After about 6 miles of paddling and no signs of life, I finally set my hooks into a muskellunge! This guy is my smallest musky ever, which I estimate to be around 24-25 inches. Despite his size, he was extremely spunky, launching himself into the air numerous times during the fight.

An incredible afternoon on the kayak today! Had to get through a tricky exam, but once I was free I booked it to the river. Today I managed to land 2 gorgeous muskellunge coming in at 32 and 30 inches long. The first fish of the day came on the second cast with a brand new chatterbait. I would end up losing it after a near third musky ate it as it was suspended above the water in front of my kayak. The fish almost jumped into my boat before swiftly biting through my 40lb line.

Same lure with different results. K19/84

I saw it in the shallows threw a hard swimbait not saying the name but it was a bluegill model jointed and I kept we casting till it got mad and struck on a bass rod

The AI game plan on here didn't go through as expected. A little recalibration of different lures and approach to a weed shelf/drop off manifested into a good fight with a satisfying looking musky!👌💪🎣🎉