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Created by Scott McKee Oct 31, 2018 at 1:09pm. Last updated by Scott McKee Oct 31, 2018.

Thank you, Jay!

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The night of June 2 I went for a quick trip with Tom into UN1 attempting to catch a walleye. Shortly after we began, trolling a Smithwick minnow lure in 7'-9', I found myself fighting a fish that immediately let me know it wasn't what we were looking for. After a bit of a struggle, because of using my walleye rod, I brought a muskie boatside. All we had was a small rubber net so we had to hand grab it. We water measured it around 40" and I released my grip. Shot away quickly. Fished the opener and a couple more trips before the Sunset Shootout without anything landed, although I did have a fish get off partway to the boat. 8 hours was more fishing than I was interested in for the tournament, so I began at 9:15. Driving down the I-90 on the way to the launch I saw a lot of boats around Strawberry and Lunge lane so I decided to head down the east river. At 9:45 I called Scott K to let him know I had a decent looking fish in the net and to find out what the biggest fish entered so far was. I let him know it was about 42" and he and Louis motored down to verify and assist me. Easiest thing was for him to bring it aboard his boat for measuring while Louis took video footage and a picture on Scotts bumpboard. Turned out to be a respectable 44.5". Coming in to the launch at 2:00am I was told by John P that it was the biggest caught. While thinking what pattern I was going to choose for my free Muskie Candy lure I turned and saw the Rowan/Leary team pulling in. Mike let me know he had a 45" so there went that decision..lol. I decided to head out again a few days later and was almost regretting my decision because the 10mph northwest wind and the moss was requiring me to clean the lure constantly while rocking and rolling in the chop. I had just let the line back out again when the lure was stopped and the headshakes began. I drove the hook deeper quickly and shortly had a good sized fish swim into view. The netting did not go smoothly as the fish dove under at the first attempt. I was trying to hold the fish out away from the boat and lead it around in a controlled circle but it wasn't cooperating. Without a doubt, standing up in my rocking boat with the rod in one hand and the net in the other and the fish doing acrobatics in front of me made it a memorable moment. The second attempt was a bad one and the net rubbed against the belly. That was when it went nuts. Twice it left the water and then spent about 15 seconds trying to pull the boat upstream while staying just a foot below the water. When it finally made another circle I was able to get the net in front of it and it swam right in. I knew I wanted to know the length so I unhooked the one point that was holding it and prepared the bumpboard and put on the goPro. It measured a healthy 47'' and swam out of the net and down without any apparent problem. I've made one more trip since but no more action. I'm happy with June..

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Nice job Carl! I'm sure the best is yet to come.

I definitely should have talked about the night you showed me some of the modern electronics being used. I saw things I ain't never seen before.. Overall, that will be the memory that will stand out. Thanks for the experience! i really enjoyed it

John Pensyl said:

Nice job Carl! I'm sure the best is yet to come.

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