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Phish Killer
06-17-2002, 12:54 PM
Caught my first 30"+ fish this weekend. It was 32" and went on a Raddog on about the fifth figure 8 boatside. Man was that COOL!!! first time I ever had a fish chase on the 8. Any way I forgot my camera in the truck so no pic but a bit of admiring it and then a great release. I also lost a 40+ fish boatside after a heck of a fight that same night :( second big girl lost this season for me boatside. I always lose them while reaching for the net then they make another run and poof! gone. I wonder if I'm not playing them out enough before I try to net them, but I don't really want to gas the fish so much that it dies at boatside. I guess I'd rather lose a fish than kill one, but I'd really rather catch'em.

Also, thanks to all the great guys on this board for all the great info. Everything I know about Musky fishing I've learned here and my ability to consistantly find fish has increased greatly. I hookup a least once an outing, now all I have to do is land'em. If I caught every fish I hooked this season I would have 6 fish already, two in the upper 40's and all from a heavily pressured metro lake. So I think I must be doing something right as far as putting the pieces of the puzzle together in finding fish and gettin'em to bite.


P.K.

Looks like it's back in the loch for you nessy

Jim McCullough
06-17-2002, 01:43 PM
Way to go PK! Keep at it. :)

riverrat118
06-17-2002, 05:08 PM
Great Story PK,
How long were your hands shaking and you stuttered while talking for a while?

John Schardt

Musk Rat
06-17-2002, 07:45 PM
Fish get off thats just the way it is And it`s a lot harder by your self trying to clear rods position the boat turn on the livewell ect ect Lost two big ones in about 15 minutes last week funnie thing I never forget loseing a big fish. A lot of bad memories in this old bald head Good luck evetualy one of those big girls will get hooked so good you can`t lose her. Make sure your ready with the tools and camera when it happens.

Shady
06-17-2002, 09:29 PM
Atta boy P.K.!!!!!!!

Ketamine
06-17-2002, 10:05 PM
Congrats PK!! I can hardly wait to catch one on a figure 8 and feel the adrenaline flow!

Doug

Phish Killer
06-18-2002, 02:11 PM
Pure adrenaline man!! I lost my polarized glasses so I couldn't see it following in, but when I did my 8 I could see it right on it. WHOOOOOHHH baby! what a rush.

P.K.

Let'em go & let'em grow

ToddM
06-18-2002, 05:49 PM
Congrat on the fish PK. Now you have the fever bad. You can't borrow my new sun glasses, I just spent 150 bucks on them.