Got into the musky last night

Went out at 7:30. Bit of rain coming in. Got these two, and missed one.

Had a 40" class pike to the boat but messed with the net too long and it shook off.

Oh well.

Very nice.

Those are nice! Congrats!

WS

Nice!!!

Nice fish.


Mac

Hutchy, you get some nice fish!

Nice. Are you able to keep them up there?
Lots of money dumped into those fresh water coyotes around here...so they aren't so easy to toss on a grill. I "heard" they taste great, though.

Nice !!!

Nice

Good deal

Glad to see that my ALMOST Musky lures are working

Great fish !!!

We just got back from Ontario and the bite was on! Lots of big Northern's too.

Great fish Hutchy.
When are you going to cash in guiding Americans?

Fun evening are you casting your own lure's?Look forward to more musky pic's always.

Got two musky, a 40" pike, a 15 lb bowfin and a 28" walleye on Sunday on my homemade lures.


Last night though I was using a weighted 10" red October tube. Got another 40" class pike too, but it got off at boatside.

But the majority are caught on my lures. Those tubes though, just so awesome the action, and bomb proof to use. Yank, reel, repeat.

I'm kinda weird about that. I feel like catching fish is more valuable to me than money. I paid someone for the first time this year to guide me on the niagara river, and only because it was a buddy of mines friend, and it was half price. We hired a guide this September for a day on eagle lake...

But I feel like finding stuff out for yourself, fishing with buddies etc is all part of the process that makes becoming proficient a special thing.

I would feel weird charging someone money to show them all the spots and techniques it took me a lifetime to learn..

The pike have been on. Where were you?

I get it,Hutchy I feel the same way.

Those tube sure do catch fish and like you said easy to fish,I know bucktails are very good,but I like crank baits and jerk baits more and of course top water when it's right for them.Your baits look really nice and they work

Looks like fun, Hutchy! I feel the same way about guiding people. I don't do it because I hate to be responsible for their disappointment and making them pay for it to boot.

Water isn't quite warm enough for bucktails here yet. Tubes have a slower glide and side to side walk that is killer right now. My slyder jerkbait has an almost identical action. It seems that fast pull followed by a sideways dart is exactly what they want right now.

That's part of it too. Managing expectations is tough.

I guided a bit when I was younger, but now,...naw

There are new world record muskies swimming in our Great Lakes right now and there will be more coming in the future. Huge bodies of water with all types of prey sizes and fatty fish that put on gowth.

Bryce

MNR did a musky study here a few years back and netted a 62" fish that they say was record potential.

Its those massive pelagic fish that swim around in the big water that are the hardest to find. The kind you might troll for months for a shot at a monster of epic proportions.

Green Bay / Fox River has some amazing potential: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJSufCRfNw

Your fshing posts are incredible Hutchy! Dang.

Wish I could live long enough to fish it all!

So much of fishing success is created by the luck of where I was born/raised and the opportunities provided by such


Makes ya wonder how much of life is like that.

Nice fish