Most Amazing Day Ever! - Success With All 3 Of My Top Lures! - With Pics

[tcbass]

So I pulled into the landing today at a local lake. It was overcast with almost no wind. Perfect! I was planning on fishing by myself for an hour and 1/2 and then picking my brother and his friend up at the dock. I talked to a fisherman pulling in and he said, "Second lake we've fished today. Horrible luck all day long at both lakes." I said, "You should try Ragetail Toads and Senko's near the docks." He said, "I did! I've been fishing this lake for 10 years. He wished me luck and we parted ways.

 

I got out there and immediately caught 2 nice bass on a Ragetail Toad during the retrieve and then a Senko. After that it was nothing for an hour.

 

I then picked up my brother and his friend and went to the opposite side of the lake about 100 yards from the landing. I cast my Ragetail Toad and absentmindely retrieved it toward the boat as my brother fished a Senko and his friend used a Spro frog. As I was about 10 feet from the boat there was a pretty good strike and it must of missed. I had slack in my line and didn't feel anything. I looked down into the water near the boat and saw about a 40" musky. I said, "Hey, look at that huge musky! It must of just missed my lure!"

 

That's when I realized it was still hooked. It was just swimming near the boat not really moving at all because the hook was keeping it in place. I told them to grab the net and as they did the fish started to pull away. I should have opened the bail but instead let the fish pull out line with drag. My brother's friend then attempted to net it and I said, "The net extends." As he was extending it into the water and the net touched the fish's tail it gave one quick thrust of it's tail and blew my swivel snap apart. (Once again going to try to find some Mustad Fastach connectors).

 

So, I was bummed about losing the fish which would have been my first musky but I was happy for the opportunity. It was thrilling. Especially to see him swimming alongside the boat. I'm also the kind of guy that would like to catch one good musky and never catch one again. They are slimy and cost you lures. I've caught so many big northerns in my life up in Canada that I've had my fill of slimy fish.

 

 

Well, we traveled 2 docks down and my brother hooked into a big one on his Senko. I got the net and it was a huge bass. We weighted it at 4lbs. I released it. It's his PB largemouth bass.

 

I removed his face of his job.

 

 

 

 

 

As we fished down the shoreline and all caught bass we passed a kayak fisherman. After we traveled about 100 yards we heard him yell, "Hey guys, bring your net!" We looked and he was fighting a huge fish. I turned the boat around with my Minn Kota Terrova and went as fast as we could with the trolling motor. I didn't want to use the big motor. We got close and my brother netted him. We measured him at 36" inches and weighed 10lbs. The kayaker said he'd just moved from Florida and his friend said, "Use this lure and you'll catch muskies on this lake." The guy had never caught a musky before. It was a firetiger Rapala Clack & Rap. The musky was born with a deformed gill plate and appeared to have been caught and released before. We released it and went on our way. It was really cool being able to help the kayaker catch his musky. And I guess his friend was right!

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that we caught a bunch more bass and I switched to a KVD Sexy Dawg in perch (my new favorite lure). I caught some more bass on it and even had 2 more muskies jump fully out of the water attempting to bite the Sexy Dawg. I couldn't believe it. Going from never catching a musky to having 3 bite in one day and helping a guy net one! They say musky are the fish of a thousand cast. So I guess we are really fortunate! Especially almost catching 3 musky on topwater and having one hit so close to the boat and not even knowing he was hooked.

 

I also caught about 8 more bass on the Sexy Dawg and topwater is my favorite way to fish. We used Senkos, KVD Sexy Dawg, and Ragetail Toads and had great success. So, it was all in all an amazing day! Really blessed to have friends and family to share it with and be able to enjoy mother nature.

 

 

Putting my boat away I did get ahead of myself and put my motor too low when backing my boat into my garage. I ground off about 1/4" inch of skeg. Ugh! I guess I can't have a great day without something going wrong. lol.

[Catch and Grease]

That's awesome! Hope you have plenty more days like this one.

[smalljaw67]

Good deal man, it is always fantastic when you have a good day. I have muskies in my lakes and rivers, I don't target them so I don't do any research or learn how to catch them but every now and again you'll have a flurry of activity with them and it seems to happen in the exact moment you don't want it to happen. In my case it is when I use LC Pointers, I can throw Rattlin Rogues, Storm Twitch sticks and all the less expensive lures and never get a sniff from a musky, the first cast with a Lucky Craft Pointer and a 40"+ fish grabs it and with 12lb mono and no steel leader the fight only lasts 2 minutes and the fish is gone and so is my bait. Don't fret, you'll get a musky landed if you fish in waters that have them, wait until the fall starts, that is when they move shallow and eat, good luck for that future fish!

[tcbass]

That's awesome! Hope you have plenty more days like this one.

Yeah. It was really amazing.

[tcbass]

Good deal man, it is always fantastic when you have a good day. I have muskies in my lakes and rivers, I don't target them so I don't do any research or learn how to catch them but every now and again you'll have a flurry of activity with them and it seems to happen in the exact moment you don't want it to happen. In my case it is when I use LC Pointers, I can throw Rattlin Rogues, Storm Twitch sticks and all the less expensive lures and never get a sniff from a musky, the first cast with a Lucky Craft Pointer and a 40"+ fish grabs it and with 12lb mono and no steel leader the fight only lasts 2 minutes and the fish is gone and so is my bait. Don't fret, you'll get a musky landed if you fish in waters that have them, wait until the fall starts, that is when they move shallow and eat, good luck for that future fish!

Yeah. I believe it!

This guy was using 12lbs Seaguar fluoro with no leader and light spinning tackle.