Opening weekend Musky trip

adventure · **Posted:** Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:31 am

Sorry I'm a bit late on this, but thought I would share my opening day musky trip.

It started out out with a paddle down towards the bigger part of the river where I knew the musky lived.

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Once there I tried a bucktail and had a few near misses but nothing solid. I changed to a jerkbait and had my first musky of the year. He was in and around the 8 lb mark and after a few good jumps and towing me around for a little bit, he was on his way again.

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I said hello to a few of the other river critters along the way.

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and found myself at the end of the calm water so took a hike down through the rapids. I had one more miss again on a bucktail in one of the pools below.

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I hiked back up and went back to a jerkbait and had my second musky of the year. Again a brother to the first and away he went as well.

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I had great day so I paddled back to truck.

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It was another great adventure in our great outdoors.

DanElliot · **Joined:** Mon Apr 08, 2002 8:59 am **Posts:** 4322

Those are some great pictures. Thanks for sharing

Pro Tackle · **Posted:** Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:06 am

That was a great trip, congrats on the first muskies of the season.

I enjoy those small river areas as well. Those are always scenic plus those fish never see lures. Plus it normally very quiet other then the birds. I will be parking the big Princecraft and tossing in the Kayak into more of those smaller systems.

Great job,

That Hellhound is one of the best plastic Gliders on the market. It will become one of your new favorites!

Stacy
Pro Tackle

moto669 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:07 am **Posts:** 75

I love fishing there! Almost always get fish when I go there.

davel · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2012 12:39 pm **Posts:** 8

Great Post! Enjoyed the pictures.

TheDL · **Joined:** Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:13 am **Posts:** 435

great report Adventure, awesome pics!

Grizzly · **Posted:** Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:56 pm

nice job buddy only thing that would have made it better is if i was sitting up front doing all the work as you paddled me around *Grin* ....... love the pictures dave, Very Nice!!!

Trannyman1 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:41 pm

Great job Dave. Super pics, made me feel like I was there in the canoe.

Al

BigGene · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:09 am

Beauty Pic's Dave, nice job. Congrats on a great trip.

teppy · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:19 pm

Great report, love the pics!

adventure · **Posted:** Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:50 am

Thanks guys and glad you enjoyed. I would have liked to have used photobucket as pics look better from there but I'm having internet issues lately.
I love fishing those back waters for musky. You won't get a 40 lber, but usually get a few 6-12 lb and the occasional one up to 25lb. And being in the canoe just makes it a lot of fun.

And yeah, I think the Hellhound is going to become one of favorites. Fun to use and easy retrieving. Thanks for the tip Stacy. I'm sure I'll be back for more.

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