Tionesta, Pennsylvania

I hate this Muskie!!! Not really, but I paid the price after landing this 36 inch beast on 6 pound test. Today I set out on a quest for a birthday Muskie, and I struck gold! However, while landing this fish, he thrashed and lodged all three hooks from one of my trebles into my hand. And in the same motion, broke them all off simultaneously. Two were exposed and I managed to brute force them out of my finger with some pliers, but the other was submerged entirely, invisible under the skin. This unfortunately called for a painful and unsuccessful ER trip as they couldn’t get the final hook out. Looks like it’s gonna be in there for a while. On top of this, I caught a little walleye, a few smallies at the previous spot, and a nice crappie.

Had fun up in Tionesta using a deep diving crank bait.

#catch23 Fished with a friend on Tionesta Lake today. Caught a variety of fish. Crappie, Bass, and Perch. Mostly on minnows. Nothing worth keeping. Very windy and cool conditions for August here. Have a good weekend.

First ever Musky!!! Got this 30 inch beast in on 6lb test below the Tionesta Dam. He ate a 6th Sense swimbait. #Catch23

Waited all day, but finally caught this guy on a cheap deep diving crank from Ollie's on 10lb monofilament. Oh, and believe me when I tell you that there's a story behind this setup.