Walleyes and a T-Bone!

[ScowardNJ]

Got out of work early today and was on the lake around 2. Started off with a few crappies and a yellow. After working some spots i finally rapped up a nice 23" eye. Made a move got another 22ish.

Switched to my heavier jigging rod, long cast, the jig hits the bottom, first lift-thump-hook set....fish on!..Feels like a good walleye with hard head shakes then something happened. What ever was on the end suddenly felt VERY HEAVY! The head shakes turned into a drag peeling freight train. The Mugger has developed a reputation for loosing large unexpected fish so i grabbed the phone and started recording with hopes of getting a glimpse of what ever it was on the end of the line. My video skills are terrible and there are way more expletives coming out of my mouth then any other words.

https://youtu.be/HKGTVncMmbw

Needless to say, I never had a hook in the monster and i couldn't get it into grabbing distance so the monster swam away.
Here's the bait fish.23"
https://i.imgur.com/OLchaEY.jpg?2

I was gonna keep it figuring it was just mauled by a dragon. So a few casts later this guy hit. The fish on top was the bait eye.https://i.imgur.com/HWVvx1h.jpg?2

Let the small one go, the bait eye started flopping around out of nowhere so i revived it and it swam away strong.

Ended the day with 4 eyes 21"-24", a couple crappies, and couple SM and a YP. Still having heart palpitations.

https://i.imgur.com/1lJIKAo.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/MzsyXcA.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/g3eGDc4.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/cd7TsBR.jpg?1

[FASTEDDIE29]

FASTEDDIE reporting for duty! This may be the most EPIC post/ thread on the NJF sweet water page this year! The footage is AWESOME!!! The expletives are in real time! Who in the blue **** doesn't like to see a 20+ inch fish getting T-boned by a 50+ inch musky??? Would it be better if Scotty landed it? Sure it would! But this, this right here, is why there's a few us of anglers in NJ that refuse to winterize our boats!!! Yep, yep! Holy shit!!! This is a must watch! Scotty you are the man for taking this video! Real NJ fishing on real time!!!

P.S. Cute baitfish!!! I mean Walleye!!! LOL!!! I'm still in holy **** mode with you! Palpitations stop yet??????????????????? Jesus!!!!!:D

[Mikey topaz]

Hahah the best part I'm figure 8 a 21" walleye hoping this musky comes back baaammmm hahaha :D

[The Birdman]

Im sitting here laughing outloud watching this video!! EPIC video footage on our local waters. Great job buddy, they are not afraid to eat big stuff!!

[AndyS]

6 stars !!! T O T A L L Y INSANE !!

[Skunk City]

Craziest sh*t I can remember being posted here. Just insane :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[JDTuna]

Absolutely awesome dude! Walleye are so tasty he didnt wanna let that one go!

[thmyorke1]

I can't believe how relentless that musky was.

God damn. :D :eek:

And I laughed out loud @1:29 when it smacked the walleye.

[FASTEDDIE29]

"Figure eighting a 20+ inch Walleye!!!!!" LOL!!!!! :D

[acabtp]

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[bunker dunker]

walleye,their not just for dinner anymore.coolest vid i've seen in a long long time.

[FishOnKV]

wow that'll get the blood pumping! That thing is a beast. Credit to you for getting it on video.. Some nice eyes as well. Great post!

[yumasdad]

Wow, you finally met the SUB-She busted off on me a few times the past two years. Good to see she is alive and well, up to her old tricks! Way to go bro!

Great job Scott, nice job of hiding the spot too! If your are going to try to meet with her again you are gonna need a bigger boat.

Showed my wife, she said she will never dangle her feet from the boat there anymore.

[Chrisper4694]

how come when i go walleye fishing in the fall all i get are big smallmouth :confused:!? hahaha you slammed on some nice eyes!

That's some crazy stuff man...i think you need a go-pro on your head just constantly running rec!

[NJSquatch]

ITs HuUUUUUGGGGGGEEEEE....

totally awesome

[Jigman13]

That was epic. Relentless musky attack on the big bait lol! Awesome film job too considering the circumstances... capturing the attack is nat geo shit!

[AndrewT]

That is so sick! Great video considering the circumstances

[Castaway]

That was awesome!!!!!!

[RyanMac14]

Amazing video. No ****s given by that musky. "Eat it you ****" hahaha Epic video man. Almost prefer that kind of fight and video to actually straight landing that beast.

[antgogz]

The most amazing report/video I have ever seen. I can't believe how many times it came back to slam that walleye! I would have been up all night thinking about it if it were me lol.

[ScowardNJ]

Haha, thanks for all the responses guys! I didn't sleep at all that night and my heart was racing well into Friday evening until a few cold ones calmed the nerves. I watch that video and feel a little embarrassed and wish i sounded a little more "adult" but F it. I had zero concerns during the time that Muskie was entertaining me. Woulda been epic if i coulda got my hands on it but at least I got a pretty funny video out of it. Glad you guys enjoyed it.

[Andrushkin33]

Epic would be downplaying it.

Absolutely surreal. Just one of those moments to live for.

Great catches and even better memories to last a lifetime.

Andre