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Small river beasts.
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:33 pm
by Manny
My bro and I have been wanting muskies in small rivers so we picked one in particular that we knew was big enough to hold big fish but small enough, with nice rapids spaced perfectly, to prevent boats. So with our river picked out, we hit GoogleMap.
Our first attempt at this river got us a massive musky that dumped us at the yak. We were convinced so we went back.
My bro Dan hit it yesterday with one of his buddies and managed a heavy, fat musky. Casting to trees that litters the shore-line, he moved his fatty with a FT Buchertail. Nice Dan..
Tree..
47.5 beast..
I wanted in on this so we went back today. Started the day with a nice blast right at the yak on a Skinner and caught a nice and clean 35" at sunset on a buzzbait.
Lotta big fish for this small river. Also perfect for when the wind is blowing hard on the Ottawa...need a yak or a canoe though!!
Man....ny
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:41 pm
by cprince
Love the prospecting for PIGS!!!
Thanks for sharing Many!!! There are MANY bodies of water that have skis lurking in their depths... I just might see one this coming week-end!
Craig
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:30 pm
by Eli
very nice! i love fishing smaller rivers
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:18 am
by ASK
Wooow, it's a huge monster.
Good catch dude.
ASK
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:40 am
by lifeisfun
Very nice
Good for you!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:35 am
by scuro
Nicely done!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:01 am
by IgglesD
ohhhhh Man.....ny........That's some nice fishin right there!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:27 am
by wolfe
WILD !!
That first 'ski looks as though it ate someone's dog. F-A-T !
Neat take on the (usual) way to fish for these monsters. Just curious, though, does it take longer to land them from a yak -- I would think you would literally get towed all over creation.
Cool report.
W.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:39 am
by baz fish
Nice muskies guys

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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:12 am
by seanympho

Impressive to say at the least! Absolutely beautiful fish!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:02 am
by ratsotail
Wow, I can't imagine what it would be like to catch a fish that big when you are sitting right at the water line. I hooked my first small river Musky years ago when I was wading. As I was lifting my Rebel minnow from the water a 35" Musky snatched it and proceeded to give me a good splashing and requiring a shorts check after that. My hands shook for a good couple hours

. I also caught the small-river Musky bug and spent almost every Summer weekend fishing from a canoe for that fish for several years.
One of the top ten photos this year, Manny. Good on ya' for doing the research and putting in the time to chase the hard-to-reach BEASTS! Very impressive!
Tight Lines
ratsotail
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:54 am
by lapointeric
Amazing! That's a FAT muskie! Congrats!
E
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:06 pm
by Manny
Thanks for the comments.
Wolfe, muskies dont tow us really. The kayaks move on the hookset, towards the fish so within seconds, the musky is around or underneath the yak and they really dont have much stamina.
Smallies now, they tow you around. Heres a picture of Dan fighting a 5+ bass that towed him right in the trees. There was nothing he could do to stop this fish from going under the trees and eventually breaking off.
Man.....ny
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:06 pm
by Fishing 24/7
100% respect for people that find new spots work hard to get there.
and catch the most beautifull fish ever poseted on this site.
congrats!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:50 pm
by Relic
Man.....I am surprised that fish could lift that belly off the bottom

It certainly hasn't missed a meal.
That's one heck of a nice fish...Congrats to your bro
