Lost Em'..

[liveitup1.75liter]

Went chubbin fri after work w/ 20 min sunlight left managed one bad larry of a cub man(12-13in).. Got up to mountain lake at 7 last nite so stoked to be their 4 PRIME TIME!! Well.. turns out he wasn't so bad after all.. after I rigged him up 30 sec..he just lost his fighting will to live n went belly up after few mins.. Deff. bummed out!! trew my (small) musky arsenal N decided to work larry in a jerk pause retrieve.. by this time it was dark dark 4 like 20min.. 10 feet from shore felt a snag n popped free n instant snag again I knew it was a fish.. I tried rippin its face off on the hook set w/ my surf rod and naild em' my 3rd hooked musky and there was no way I was budgein this mofo.. fought em' for a good min maby 1.30 sec.. Pullin as hard as I could w/ 9'6 Heavy Ug stick.. He was pullin just as fkn hard lol..Splashy stalemate.. swong em lefttt n then righttt n next turn hook popped!!! Surprisingly I wasnt to bummed since it was real dark n would have been a tricky release.. but compared to past one's I got.. this fish was BIGG..way bigger.. So I got the bite n felt the power no harm done w/"quick" release im chalkin it up a WIN..

Weres a store w/a good selection of musky lures round these here parts??

[FASTEDDIE29]

Sounds like a fun night!!!! Would've loved to see a pic of the beast. Dows on LH or Franks tackle up in Wanaque have the best selection for Musky lures in NJ!!!

[AndyS]

Pretty cool stuff.

[jimmythegreek]

Yup Dows has a good selection, so does DICKS in rockaway. If your gonna target them get urself a good setup gearwise, most surf stuff isnt ideal for casting 3-6oz lures consistently. good luck bro post sum pics when u boat the beasts!

[catfishonthelake]

Agree with Jimmy and Eddie. You can catch fish on spinning gear, but in the long haul, you're gonna want stiff casting gear for the speed and ability to cast heavy lures. Forget about gear ratios, casting reels take in many more inches of line per handle turn than spinning reels and you're going to want to spool with 80-pound braid and use real musky leaders and not that crap you get at Dicks. Even if it says 60-pound test, a musky will make quick work of those cheap snaps. Every 46 to 50-inch musky I've caught the fight has not lasted over 30 seconds. These fish are deserving of a quick fight and a quick release. Frank' and Dow's undoubtedly have the best musky selections I've seen, but I order everything from either the Thorne Bros, Rollie and Helen's Musky Shop, Muskytackleonline.com or Big Wood Musky Tackle. Make sure you pick up single strand Steath Walk the Dog leaders for gliding jerkbaits and walk-the-dog topwaters and 130 pound Stealth fluorocarbon leaders for just about everything else.

[liveitup1.75liter]

THANX!! yea deff. looking to upgrade the reel!! I here ya with that and ur 100% rite with the leaders didn't think about a diff one for topwater.. Ill be takein the trip up their shortly!!!good looks.. ya know im getiin older, I chilled out big time on the partyin and trying to focus on healthy addictions.. Now im hooked on musky..b4 I know it ill be pawning x-box for lures..LOL..wtf it never ends..ill be siphoning gas to get on the water.. All jokein aside thanx for takein the time out to answer my question an u can guarantee im going to post pics everywhere I can if I ever get what I had on no B.S it was a big dog..