Beastly huge musky! ...50 inch club
 

joined the 50 inch musky club the other week with this absolutely thick monster!

The day didn't start off too well... after not being able to find anyone to join me (makes handling big fish so much easier)... I closed the garage door on the boat pulling out.... left ALL of my rods on the steps (yes i was literally 10 minutes into my drive before i realized i had ZERO rods with me).... broke one of the guide feet rushing to put the rods in the truck after i went back to get them...

I seriously wondered if i should just go back to sleep before i killed myself cause my brain clearly wasn't functioning. Fortunately, I enjoy suffering for the fish so i just kept going onward haha, and obviously glad i did!

Fighting and netting this beast solo took some weird, yoga-like poses, but i got it done. Thankfully, a fellow angler that recognized me came over in his boat and was able to help me get a great picture and quick measurement that i would never have been able to even accomplish solo!

I'm thinking I will have to fork over most of my tax return to get this legendary fish mounted!

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Awesome man - congrats!

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wow what a beast :D great fish chris!

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nice fish!!! ya earned it with that tuff start.

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Absolute beast! Congrats again dude :D

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you are having one hell of a 2021! better hope JDTrout doesn't steal your mojo

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Congrats buddy! Wish I was there a few minutes earlier haha

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Congrats!!!! Great fish!!

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Awesome fish man!

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Holy chit that's one hell of a catch. congratulations

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Congrats, Beauty of a fish, fat female full of eggs, looks nice and heavy!

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Great fish and great story! Looks awesome in the photo.

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:eek:Hell of a fish to get in solo well done.. how do you not have the rods in the boat before you get going? the most essential stuff you need. glad to hear it all worked out for ya after all that is a beast of a ski

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What an awesome post! Great catch Man! I think it makes it better that you were solo. Keeping composure while trying to stear her in couldn't get more intense! Thanks for sharing this battle.

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A lesser man would have thrown in the towel but you pushed through it an got rewarded. Beautiful fish of lifetime right there Chris, congrats!

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#BeastMode

Atta boy!

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I'm pretty sure that gut was full of stocked trout, you could kind of see the outlines in person (can't see in the pic) it def didn't seem like eggs and it wasn't releasing any when i handled it. I can tell you it was def feeding heavy in an area where many stocked trout were jumping around though.

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yeah for sure, but it's just nicer once the fish is captured if you have another set of hands to get a nice picture and accurate measurement without taking too long or fumbling around with the fish. I'm def glad the dude came over and helped me with that part after the successful fight

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it doesn't happen often, but sometimes my brain just fails to function properly hahaha... in this case, those big rods only fit in my truck if i can open the door all the way. I was parked too close to the front steps while hitching the boat up so i had them on the steps until i pulled half out and could fit them in... that was around the time i closed the garage door before i pulled the boat all the way out and then i just drove away without them HAHAHA.

I've jumped in my kayak without a paddle once too and started fishing drifting down the river about 50 yards before i noticed :rolleyes:

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Congratulations Chris. Sweet catch.

Checkin in from Florida :D:D

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i think you should coordinate an NJF fishing trip down in florida!

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pretty sure i blew my entire mojo load on this catch, so i'm not really worried about that fishing mojo vampire!

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wow, that's a hell of a fish!

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Beautiful fish !

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Congrats on taming that wild dragon of the freshwater! Amazing catch you maniac!!!:D

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thanks guys, glad to share it here

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Holy crap dude

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Amazing..so jealous. Still trying for my 1st. Any hints or words of encouragement?

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Honestly... if you want to catch a musky, just accept the fact that you probably won’t catch one for multiple trips and that way you wont get discouraged and will keep going. If you just keep devoting time to them, eventually it will happen.

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Sage advice. Expect relentless disappointment and appreciate the reward if/when it happens.

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Fish of a lifetime! Easily one of baddest fish lurking in Jersey's fresh waters .
What do you do to top it? lol !

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Freaking legendary