Finally the musky season decided to begin. We hit the Mad around 6am and had our lines wet and trolling by 6:30am. It was a pretty wet start to the day but when it is the first day of the season who gives a crap? We trolled around for a few hours washing different lures and trying different spots but to no avail. We finally landed at a large weed flat that produced a few fish last year on the opener, with no one around!
We casted everything we had when I had a missed strike boatside on an inline spinner. A hundred yards down river we had another follow, but no strike. My brother was casting a topraider when a fish came and tried to grab it but it missed leaving nothign but a large splash! After an hour or so of casting we went back to the troll to give our bodies a break. We worked our way back to the weed flat where, while casting a glider, I had another miss. I was working the glider and giving it some erratic action when during a pause a musky tried to strike it but missed! I changed to a double cowgirl and had another follow but no strike. 5 fish on the opener with nothign to show for it!
We continued casting when I finally had a strike that actually stayed connected! It struck about 15 feet from the boat and after a quick battle it was in the net. A few pics later and off she swam. A nice 42 1/2" musky to kick off the season! Hopefully more to come in the next few weeks if I can manage to get out sometime soon!
We casted everything we had when I had a missed strike boatside on an inline spinner. A hundred yards down river we had another follow, but no strike. My brother was casting a topraider when a fish came and tried to grab it but it missed leaving nothign but a large splash! After an hour or so of casting we went back to the troll to give our bodies a break. We worked our way back to the weed flat where, while casting a glider, I had another miss. I was working the glider and giving it some erratic action when during a pause a musky tried to strike it but missed! I changed to a double cowgirl and had another follow but no strike. 5 fish on the opener with nothign to show for it!
We continued casting when I finally had a strike that actually stayed connected! It struck about 15 feet from the boat and after a quick battle it was in the net. A few pics later and off she swam. A nice 42 1/2" musky to kick off the season! Hopefully more to come in the next few weeks if I can manage to get out sometime soon!