Just One More Musky

Fishing Time: 7:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Weather:  Calm, partly cloudy, T-30s

Moon Phase:  92% Moon

Location:  Pineview

Water Temp: 42

Best Bait:  Perch imitating lures

Who Went:  Bobber John, Rick Everson, Dunc

We fit one last musky adventure in before the ice takes over the lake this year.  It wasn’t easy though with 6-inches of snow on the boat ramp.  We slid sideways down the ramp at first and then I kept jack knifing the boat, but the worst part was pulling the boat back out of the lake.  I wasn’t sure we were going to make it.  I had to submerge the truck into the lake to get a running start up the snow covered hill keeping the gas pedal floored the whole way!

As for the fishing it was the same story as the past couple times, just a bit colder and a few less fish showing up on the fish finder.  We used the same techniques that have proven to work, dragging baits right over the tops of the underwater ridges, however, this time it was Bobber John's turn to go toe to toe with a big green torpedo.  The beast taped out at 42-inches.

It was the only fish of the day, and the cold temps didn’t give us a lot of motivation to tough it out, so we called it a year on Pineview.  What a great fall catching a musky or two on each trip.