Day 3 of the Esox Hatrick: It wasn't a monster........
 

..................but is sure as hell was a musky.

Pretty cool. I had this weird hunch that since the pike and pickerel were such a pain, that this one would come easy. We fished for over 9 hours, but this picture was taken after only 90 minutes. I have to say, that this is the absolute first time I've targeted musky for a day from a boat and I love it. The feeling of knowing that a huge fish could hit at any time totally kept me in the zone and the suspense is incredible. I knew we were going to put in a long day, so I "slept-in" and we were fishing by 7am. We actually had a follow and a miss in the first hour. A bit later, I was walking-the-dog over a submerged grass bed with a Saltwater Spook when I saw something smack at it. Before I could finish the sentence that something hit it, BAMMMM, it hit again. Awesome topwater explosion. Not too much of a fight and not a huge fish, but it counts. My first musky in open water and the first true strain that I've caught that wasn't 12-inches.

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Re: Day 3 of the Esox Hatrick: It wasn't a monster........
 

He'll of a job there catfish!!! All done in the state of nj too...great job!!!

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Awesome job! 3 days, all 3 main Esocids.

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Thanks man!! All done within an hour and 15 minutes from my house!!!

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TRIFECTA COMPLETE !!

Next trifecta on da list, flathead, channel, bullhead.

Later in the fall I'll drag you out for rainbow, brook, and brown :D

Re: Day 3 of the Esox Hatrick: It wasn't a monster........
 

Thanks Andy!!! I'll try the flathead, channel, bullhead, but in the fall, you may have trouble prying the musky rod out of my hands. I've been told that's trophy time.:D I wouldn't mind joining you for a trout trio though. We may have to do it in NJ though. I'd love to float with you at some point, but this fall is gonna be tough.

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Congrats on the trifecta. :cool:

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It's called a mental health day, hello boss, cough, cough :D

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Trio? Make it a quattro with some Lakers. Since he knows Steve already and prolly owns some binski's. :D

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Congrats man! Id be proud!

Where was the musky caught?