Two trips two ski’s. Went out to a local lake for a nice late afternoon trip early in the month. Stuck a beauty an hour into fishing. Hit the river for the last time probably this summer because of water temps. Hit water early at 6:00 am and surface temp was 72. Starting working a nice weed line on a steep break and bam!!! Boatside strike!!. Puting away the lure box till at least September when water temps fall back down. I know there is a lot of debate on the subject, as 80 degrees is the accepted stop fish temp for muskies because of less dissolved oxygen at the surface. This being my first summer I’ve had enough fun and gonna let the big girls rest till fall. No point in pushing the envelope when there are plenty of other jersey giants to wrangle!! Looking forward to putting a rod in a rod holder and waiting for a flathead to come along or feel a nice smallie crush a jig on light tackle!!!
