Easing Into Guiding for Muskie
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:21 pm
After turning down dozens of clients wanting to go after muskie exclusively, last year I finally lined up an associate that could put ORGF clients onto muskie. That experiment yielded 0 muskie, but our walleye/muskie mixed package meant clients always caught fish. This year, my right hand man Sebastian was my muskie guy and he has worked tirelessly at honing his muskie skills. He found fish, landing them was a different story, after a frustarting 0 for 12 stretch, #13 made it into the boat for client Jeremy.
Then came last Saturday. Richard, Kevin, and Tony had a great morning of fishing with me. Limits of walleye were in the well, and we had nice shots of big cats and sheephead. With an hour left, the decision was made to swing for the fences. Kevin got a nice pike on the troll. We stopped on a nice looking weedline, and on his second cast Richard calmly calls: ''fish''. This thing came in like a 3lbs walleye, then surfaced next to the boat. That's when we realized we had something special. Soon after she was in the net and we were all trembling with excitement. The first intentional muskie my boat ever saw was this 53'' beast.
For now, I still have a problem with charging somebody a good chunk of change to potentially catch no fish but I can say with confidence that Sebastian is the most consistent muskie angler I know and I have no problem sending you out with him for a day of chasing big nasty toothy buggers. If casting big lures all day isn't your thing but you'd like a good shot at a muskie, check out of Treats and Thrills package: http://ottawariverfishing.ca/en/special_deals.asp
Tight lines!
Yannick
Then came last Saturday. Richard, Kevin, and Tony had a great morning of fishing with me. Limits of walleye were in the well, and we had nice shots of big cats and sheephead. With an hour left, the decision was made to swing for the fences. Kevin got a nice pike on the troll. We stopped on a nice looking weedline, and on his second cast Richard calmly calls: ''fish''. This thing came in like a 3lbs walleye, then surfaced next to the boat. That's when we realized we had something special. Soon after she was in the net and we were all trembling with excitement. The first intentional muskie my boat ever saw was this 53'' beast.
For now, I still have a problem with charging somebody a good chunk of change to potentially catch no fish but I can say with confidence that Sebastian is the most consistent muskie angler I know and I have no problem sending you out with him for a day of chasing big nasty toothy buggers. If casting big lures all day isn't your thing but you'd like a good shot at a muskie, check out of Treats and Thrills package: http://ottawariverfishing.ca/en/special_deals.asp
Tight lines!
Yannick
