Uninvited Guests to Crappie Party

[papaperch]

I thought I went crappie fishing today. While we had some success at that mostly was smallmouth bass , bluegills , bullhead , warmouth , walleye and then this rascal

Thought well muskies are rare on occasion , I tie into another one about 15 minutes later. The one in pic was only 24 inch or so. The second one was about 18 inch. Came home with 10 decent crappie and 1 keeper walleye.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Fun is Fun !!!!

 

[Radtexan]

Nice !!! Id love to have access to some Musky or Pike !!

 

[ScottV]

That looks like a fish you wouldn't pick up by the bottom lip. Lol. I'm sure you had a good time.

 

[toadfrog]

I'd like to get to go catch anything even a freak'in snapping turtle.

 

[Jig Man]

Looks like a big time... Walleye are dang delicious... IMO

 

[BucktailJiger]

A day well spent

 

[Hawnjigs]

Wow, even 24 is impressive! Speshly since I've never seen one up close yet.

What did the muskie bite?

 

[Squeakyboatcaptain]

Nice looking toothy critter!!! But I see a hook.....wheres the JIG???? lol

 

[AtticaFish]

SWEET! Are you fishing Berlin? Never knew there were muskie in there - and 2 on the same trip, wow........ you must have made 20K casts since they are the fish of 10K casts!

 

[StumpHunter]

That is a good catch and sounds like a good time on the lake.

 

[Fatman]

Great catch and my kind of intruder!!!!!!!!!! but DON'T grab the bottom lip you'd be really unhappy LOL

 

[papaperch]

AF- yes it was at Berlin. There is a healthy muskie population at Berlin and Milton. The best muskie lake in my area and maybe the whole state is West Branch though aka Michael J. Kirwin.

I have caught and lost muskie at all three. I Usually lose them as I use ultralights almost 100% of time. Few years ago at Milton I hooked a 40 " + and it went airborne about 6 ft in front of wife face. Startled her so bad she swore.
Which for her is an extreme rarity. When he came down he landed smack dab on my 4 # test and it broke like sewing thread. That bugger hit one of my custom gill worm harnesses. Biggest I ever landed and took trouble to measure was a 46 incher. I have lost a few that I know were 50+. Course like they say when you lose them they are as big as you want. When you land them they are only big as they are.

Only thing I don't like about them is when one of the BIGGINS come around other fish vacate the area and fast.
Around here if you are catching fish like no tomorrow and all of a sudden they stop. Its because one of these is cruising around. The fight if you can hang on is unreal. Only fish I think that is as game as a muskie would be a small mouth bass.

 

[LedHed]

Excellent report - sounds like a ton of fun!