memorial day monster

[jimmythegreek]

After a great morning of stripers I figured the nite bite would be decent. Got out w Jackstraw for a few hrs. Left the slip around 10 and worked all our usual spots. Very little bait working and it took alot of work to find life. Fish were keyed in on topwater but were swiping and missing consistently. The water temps dropped 9 degrees this week and there was heavy boat traffic today so that may have had its effects. Anyway in my "hotspot" I snapped on old faithful and on the first cast this beauty nipped it then inhaled it on the follow up. A big thankyou to my buddy Anthony "Jackstraw" for the net job, we were not prepared for something of this size, I thought I had the record wiper on the other end of my line for a minute, she splashed and ran like a wiper up high. 10lb powerpro and 10lb floro leader held up. My first musky and a new PB freshwater fish. No lenght or weight taken, a quick CPR and a revive and she went off to her business, didnt want to stress the fish more than I already had trying to get her in the boat. She was thick and long and pulled like a freight train.......pic to prove it

http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh556/jimmythegreek1/IMG_5297_zps73210859.jpg (http://s1251.photobucket.com/user/jimmythegreek1/media/IMG_5297_zps73210859.jpg.html)

[Skunk City]

Holy crap, awesome fish man! Congrats!

[Jigman13]

Holy crap, awesome fish man! Congrats!

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[FASTEDDIE29]

Hahaha! WOW!!!!!! Congrats on the trophy catch and new pb Jimmy! That's a big Musky!!!!!

[bowzonly]

Yea baby.

[Fish n Jeep]

Wow! Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water...

[NorthJerzyG]

:eek: Congrats!!

[Polelock]

oh yeah..... Nice musky!

[Fishon1982]

Great musky man!! Beastly

[Mikeps326]

Amazing Muskie!!!

[catfishonthelake]

Congrats man....hell of a fish for your first musky. Can't really tell by the pic, but it looks like it could be a mid 40-inch fish to me. I'd say minimum 42 or 43 inches. Great looking fish.

[cmoran719]

friggen awesome man

[huntcountypussbuck]

Congratulations on your PB freshwater fish and thank you for releasing the fish unharmed. NICE!~

[Gatto1227]

Size = f****** huge. Beautiful fish

[Matt L]

Damn. Congrats. That's basically what I couldn't get the bet around on Sunday. Unbelieveable fish.

[crewchief2]

Holy Teeth batman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice fish !!!

[Jerseydix]

Nice fish! Congrats on your Musky.

[GetANet]

No post for me on this one, He got the PHONE CALL CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!LOL

[RPbill]

Nice Musky!! Congrats!! Some people don't catch a fish like that in their lifetime. Judging by the picture, I would say that could easily be in the mid-40's. Well done, with proper C&R.