Weekday M&G: BIG MUSKIE!

[saxmatt]

I met up with Mark, a couple of Mikes, Eddie, Lenny, Pete, and Bill this morning for a weekday meet and greet. The day started off slow. Mark saw a few walleye on his screen but they didn't want his bait. We got a couple of perch and around 10:30 while we were at a perch flag one of my tipups got hit 20 yards from where we were standing. I got to the hole and the spool was spinning slow and steady. I set the hook and knew it was a nice fish but I had no idea just how big. When I got it close to the hole I saw it was a nice muskie and I got nervous. I had 4 tipups set up with 80lb floro and big suckers, but this fish hit the 1 tipup I put in for walleye that was rigged with 25lb floro and a 5" golden shiner. She swam around the hole for a few minutes and then sat right under the hole, that's when we saw how big the head was. I tried to get her with my boga but that just pissed her off and she went on another run. Eventually I got her back to the hole and grabbed her, the biggest fish I've ever landed through the ice and new PB muskie at 46". We snapped a few quick pics and back in she went. What a fish! The rest of the day was slow, some perch and sunnies were jigged up. It was fun hanging out with everyone and I still can't believe I landed that muskie. It's a fish I'll never forget.