Anzomcik
12-24-2010, 10:19 AM
If you have any cool stories from this past season please share.
The coolest fish i caught this year came from a cluster F cast i made. I was fishing from the bank on a river. How i need to fish this hole was i was standing atop of a large rock pile about 6 feet above the water. Nice for seeing fish but not good for close range baitmovemnt.
i know there were fish in there, as i seen a few swipe at my bait but no takers. I was working a small glide bait, and went to do a relativ long cast and i casted over a small branch (i didnt see before the cast) The branch was not big enough to worrie me, i would muscle it out of it. Well i work the bait to where it is now directly under the branch strait down. So playing around like i did when i was younger fishing for bluegill/bass i wanted to see if i could have a fish hit it doing the vertical jig.
2 secounds later, a huge boil and the branch gets pulled down fast, i set the hook only to move the branch further down twords the water. So i reel up and do it again, then again. finally on a power run from the fish did my line come out.
Now comes the fun part, in panic mode i try to gracefuly move myself from atop of my rock to where i could unhook the fish. So i go to my plan that i had, my "in case of fish plan" to climb down to get to another rock. Well i must have left out the part of an unhappy fish pulling and taking away from my attation to my stepping location. Well when all else fails gravity gets you there the fastest, i kinda landed on my feet enough not to be embarassed ( i was alone mind you).
So i get the fish to me only to find my tools are back on top of the rock. SO i used a trick an old Indian taught me, i pulled out my micro leatherman (yup all mighty 2.5 inches of it) well my skilled hands made fast work of the trebles (OK, it took a few attempts but the fish never left the water) I then realeased a fat 41". It was a good day.
For having an aweful spring, terrible, just no good. i came away with the best musky season yet for me. (3rd full season chase musky, still kinda new at it) With a few more trip left in me till 2011, i have 16 landed this year. Im all smiles lookin to next year.
Merry Christmas
The coolest fish i caught this year came from a cluster F cast i made. I was fishing from the bank on a river. How i need to fish this hole was i was standing atop of a large rock pile about 6 feet above the water. Nice for seeing fish but not good for close range baitmovemnt.
i know there were fish in there, as i seen a few swipe at my bait but no takers. I was working a small glide bait, and went to do a relativ long cast and i casted over a small branch (i didnt see before the cast) The branch was not big enough to worrie me, i would muscle it out of it. Well i work the bait to where it is now directly under the branch strait down. So playing around like i did when i was younger fishing for bluegill/bass i wanted to see if i could have a fish hit it doing the vertical jig.
2 secounds later, a huge boil and the branch gets pulled down fast, i set the hook only to move the branch further down twords the water. So i reel up and do it again, then again. finally on a power run from the fish did my line come out.
Now comes the fun part, in panic mode i try to gracefuly move myself from atop of my rock to where i could unhook the fish. So i go to my plan that i had, my "in case of fish plan" to climb down to get to another rock. Well i must have left out the part of an unhappy fish pulling and taking away from my attation to my stepping location. Well when all else fails gravity gets you there the fastest, i kinda landed on my feet enough not to be embarassed ( i was alone mind you).
So i get the fish to me only to find my tools are back on top of the rock. SO i used a trick an old Indian taught me, i pulled out my micro leatherman (yup all mighty 2.5 inches of it) well my skilled hands made fast work of the trebles (OK, it took a few attempts but the fish never left the water) I then realeased a fat 41". It was a good day.
For having an aweful spring, terrible, just no good. i came away with the best musky season yet for me. (3rd full season chase musky, still kinda new at it) With a few more trip left in me till 2011, i have 16 landed this year. Im all smiles lookin to next year.
Merry Christmas