fishnminnesota
05-23-2005, 04:59 PM
I have a question that has been bothering me. Last night I was fishing for walleyes, and I got into a nice school of walleyes. It was about 12am and I hooked something huge. I caught an eight pound walleye before, and the way this fish I had on last night fought, it put my eight pounder to shame. Needless to say I wasn't able to land the fish. My question is, is it uncommon for a muskie or northern to bite at night? Because I am almost certain--and hoping--that the fish I had hooked was not a walleye. It was way too strong; my lighted slip bobber looked like a torpedo under the water, and when I realized all the line on my spool was almost gone, I had no choice but to tighten up my drag and that didn't even phaze the fish. That was when my line snapped. The largest fish I have ever caught was a 14 pound northern and it did not have half the fight this fish had. I have ran into large northern before while fishing for walleye, but never at night. The area I was fishing in was a tributary to a lake. There is a small 10 foot channel where the water has a slow flow to it. About fifteen feet on both sides of the channel are weeds and underwater vegitation. the max depth is about 5 feet. this fish zig zagged away from me about 80 yards. I didn't even get to real in because the whole time I was fighting him, he was going out. So what I am wondering is if I anyone can answer what the chances are that I hooked a and missed a once in a lifetime walleye or got played by a muskie or norhtern.