First muskie

[Sourdough]

Gentlemen, Ladies,

My first muskie. Not a monster (maybe 32 to 36 inches), but awesome nonetheless. Got it from shore on the Ottawa river on a 3 inch perch pattern jerkbait..

I was out with my dog, walking along the shore, few casts here, a few there. I started out with a swimbait. Seems everything likes a swimbait, but after I lost it to a snag, I changed up to a jerkbait. Then we stumbled upon a spot where a side channel meets a larger channel. It looks like ideal ambush territory, so I threw out the jerbait. About the fifth cast something took the lure and pulled hard. But, after a flash of white, it got off. I figured whatever it was could still be around, or have a friend, so I kept at it. My dog got bored and tried to eat something nasty ( figures). I decided to stick it out a little longer and switched spots a little to move out onto a point with fewer dog snacks. And that's when the muskie took my lure. It put up a good fight, and rolled serveral times. I don't know if this is common for them, but it sure looped the line around the fish. Got it unravelled and released ( never out of the water), hence the odd picture. I was excited like a kid, and had to let out a little whoop. At that point, i am sure, the dog thought was crazy. Anyway, it was one of those days that keeps you going back.

Cheers,
Sourdough

[Butch420]

Congrats, nice release too!

[smitty55]

WTG Congrats on a nice fish. Must have been a riot for you from shore.

Cheers

[zippyfx]

Persistance pays off! Nice fish!

[bigjaws]

Great story, beautiful first fish, and awesome way to handle taking pictures and release!
Good on you!

[lape0019]

Congrats on a nice fish!

[BigC]

Very nice.

The aligator death roll is not uncommon at all, even worse when they do it in the net.

Congrats on your first, may there be many more.

[CyrusG]

Nice first Musky!

[lapointeric]

Beauty! I love that you got a shot of it in the water.

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[RJ]

Congrats! Everyone remembers their first!

RJ

[baz fish]

Congrats on your 1rst musky buddy.

[biggs]

Nice fish!
I've really been thinking about starting to target musky lately. We live in the perfect region and I am not taking advantage of the awesome opportunities to catch a fish of a lifetime.

[mb_fishing]

Congrats!

[Fishoholic]

First of many hopefully! Congrats man.

[Olivier Livernoche]

Congrats!!! Beauty fish