Within the last week the muskie bite has been just incredible. About a week ago I had caught my new personal best coming in at 52 1/2”!!! As you might remember from my last post that same night I had caught the big girl, was the same night my dad was supposed to come out with me, but unfortunately couldn't make it. 

Later on in the week I had taken my dad out trying to get him on his first muskie ever. The weather that night was spectacular and I knew it was going to be one of those awesome nights. We headed to one area that I knew was holding fish and within 15 minutes of working the area. Dad yells, "I got one!" I suddenly rushed over to grab the net and stood watching over the side of the boat, waiting for her to show her face. The muskie was jumping out of the water and I had yelled at dad to to keep the rod tip down! After a few minutes of my dad fighting the fish, he was able to get her boat side for me to net it. As I swooped down with the net and landed her I immediately started laughing with excitement. 15 minutes into the trip and we had already landed muskie number one!

 

I think I was just as excited about my dad catching it as he was. After the release we had kept working the area and then had decided to go to another area. The second area we had tried, we worked it really hard and right at the end dad had one follow right up to the boat, but couldn't get him to bite. We worked the area for another 15 minutes and I was almost about to give up on trying to get her to bite. Lone behold, dad yells out, "I got another one." I just smiled and grabbed the net in excitement for fish number two. It wasn't a big fish but a muskie nonetheless. 

 

The funny thing as we were releasing that muskie we had seen another one surface not from out from the boat. We tried to get that one but couldn't quite get her to commit. That night dad had caught 2 muskies lost another one and we had seen 4 other fish that night. It was just one of those nights where you had to of been on the lake to see it for yourself.


 
A few days later, a good friend of my dads had wanted to go out muskie fishing. This would be Todd's first outing for muskie and he had never caught one in his life. My goal that night was to get Todd his first muskie. The first area we hit up, we worked it consistently and gave it everything we had, but couldn't manage to raise any fish. We left the area and went to try a different spot. I have caught muskie on this spot before but didn't have total confidence being that it was newer to me. As we worked the adjacent edge I was almost about to pull up the trolling motor and Todd, said, "wait!" As I quick glanced over and looked, sure enough about 10ft out a muskie came up and smashed his bait. Wow was this thing mad! She was a really aggressive fish. We got her in the boat for a few pictures and a measure and Todd put her back in the water. There was no reviving needed by Todd, as she had taken off right away. Todd was extremely happy and I was too, congratulating him on his first muskie! 



Later on that evening I took him to an area where the bite was hot this year during the middle of summer. Within about 5 minutes, (not even kidding) the bite was on!! Todd had casted out and as he got his bait back to the boat a muskie had came from behind us, under the boat and smashed the bait in front of Todd's face!! The fight was on!! I saw her in the water and knew she was pushing the 50” mark. This fish did not want to get netted. It took several attempts as she kept diving under the boat and then would shoot back out. Finally I got her in the net and we ended up getting a measure on her. Wow, 49", what a beauty for a first time muskie fisherman. 
 

 
Congrats to both Todd and my dad for catching there first muskies ever!!