Been doing some musky fishing this year. Best one is 48" so far.

Up to 9 decent fish this year, and tons of big pike. Been a blast.

Every fish except two have been on lures I've made which is also pretty cool.

Congratulations, some nice fish there.
Be interested in seeing your baits.

what rod/reel/line combo do you use?

Nice. Looks like a great time

I also started making cedar through wired lures. Hand carved, airbrushed and epoxied. The dive and rise jerkbait has caught 3 so far.

Also made 30 or so bucktails. They work great.

Making lures has been almost as much fun as catching fish with them.

The lures and the fish look great, sorry about your face!

Outstanding job on the lures and on catching those monster water wolves Hutchy!

I run 3.

8' 6" st croix legend tournament med heavy, fast with a 400 series diawa lexa and 80 lb power pro. This is best for throwing bucktails a mile, and swim baits like shadzillas.

7' 6" st croix mojo musky heavy fast with an abu garcia rev toro beast with 80 lb power pro. Strictly jerkbaits and dive and rise

7' Xtra heavy e cat catfish rod with a big saltwater Penn and 100 lb power pro for Trolling big baits like the top lure. It's 18" long and pulls like mad, so I went heavy for the Trolling rod lol

It’s got to be pretty satisfying catching those big musky, or any fish really, on crankbaits you created.

Great fish Hutchy.

Soon as my computer is fixed I'll be able to put together a pretty kick (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) video.


If you play your cards right you'll have a chance to be annoyed by my voice too!

thanks, Hutchy.

never fished big freshwater, but will be soon.

NICE fish!

Ya, its a cool feeling.

The dive and rise jerkbait is actually the Belle of the ball. It dives and rises like a suick, but it walks side to side too. Triggers strikes like crazy, and I know of nothing with a similar action.

Bucktails are the mainstay though. When its dark , or fish are real active they work awesome

Nice! What was the average weight?

Thanks.


My wife keeps asking when I'll fish for fish we can eat again...lol.

It's addictive. Had dozens and dozens of hooked and lost, almost hooked, or close calls.

Walleye time soon.

Nice pile of fish !

Nice,really been missing the Canadian trips,next year we should be able to make a couple trips.Nice lure's also.

Not sure. Since none were truly massive , (the 48 was nice tho), I don't weigh them. Just a length and back they go.

There is a lengthy x belly girth calculator online that estimates weight pretty accurately, so my next addition is a soft tape to measure girth.


Hanging them by the head is hard on them so we avoid it. I actually don't think I own a scale lol

Thanks. Been quite the learning curve. Caught musky in the past , but never targeted them.

Now I doubt I'll fish for anything else unless I'm hungry. Lol