9/11 Big Pickerel

[jmurr711]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

Thanks guys. Not too much of a fight with a musky rod and 80-pound braid. I did think it was a musky when I first saw it.

geez chill out Jeremy wade!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bunker dunker]

i'm with you catfish.i just let them go unless i'mm fishing one of the contests.congrats on the grand daddy slime dart.

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by jmurr711

geez chill out Jeremy wade!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol. Almost...but not quite. The heavy line for musky fishing is more for the lures than the fish. Believe it or not , when you're tossing 3 to 8oz. baits, 65-pound braid can actually fail on you if you get a backlash or a snag. I've had it happen, which is why I use 80.

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by bunker dunker

i'm with you catfish.i just let them go unless i'mm fishing one of the contests.congrats on the grand daddy slime dart.

Thanks man!!

[AndyS]

My 36" from Round Valley was a hair under 7lbs. Don't forget the State Record is 9 and change. Nice Pick btw.

[HerringKing]

Impressive as always.

[kcritch]

Very Nice Indeed....I know a lot of guys do not think much of them but I love catchin those toothy bastards.

[catfishonthelake]

Thanks guys! Thanks Andy...I'm getting married this weekend and going to Costa Rica, but let's catch-up sometime soon.

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

Thanks guys! Thanks Andy...I'm getting married this weekend and going to Costa Rica, but let's catch-up sometime soon.

No comment on the marriage thing but catch one of these if you have the chance.

[catfishonthelake]

Thanks Wilson!! There will be some fishin' going down. We have a 1/2-day guide on Lake Arenal fishing for machaca and guapote and then a full-day, whole nine-yards charter with Tamarindo Sportfishing for a morning of bottom fishing for cubera and grouper followed by a day troll for marlin, tuna, mahi and maybe a rooster. I'm so stoked.