It had been raining for days and even though I was cold, wet, and tired, I could not stop casting because the TopRaider bite was hot and getting hotter! It was now August and the wanning photo period was beginning to urge the big female muskies up from the depths and into the shallows to feed where they would be much more susceptible to angler efforts.
Although weed growth had peaked and was saturated with bait fish I became interested in another forage-holding feature of the water I was fishing: the current. The heavy rains had created a noticeable amount of current in the neckdown areas and as a byproduct had produced eddies that could hold substantial amounts of bait and of course, muskies. I had a feeling that these eddies adjacent to the neckdowns would be holding muskies but I had absolutely no idea that I was about to hook into the largest Wisconsin musky of life on the next cast. I threw my TopRaider out and began to retrieve. Half-way through its journey back to the Recon it was devoured and as I set the hook and felt the weight of the fish, I knew it was a HUGE musky!
Since I began hunting muskies back in 1999, this is the largest muskie I ever handled in Wisconsin. I am truly humbled by this catch and I am so proud to have the opportunity to share this special moment with you now. I have said this many times that, “big or small, we take em’ all!” And I very much believe this adage as all muskies that make their way into our nets are special. But there is something to be said about a muskie that is greater than 50 inches long, especially caught out of the inland waters of northern Wisconsin. A musky of this magnitude is very rare. A fish of a lifetime.
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