Lake Hopatcong Musky

[FASTEDDIE29]

Thats a monster MUSKIE!!! I can't stop looking at the picture. Somebody please take my MacBook AIR away from me.................... I say I say daaaaaaaaat beeez one helluva fizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Thats a monster MUSKIE!!! I can't stop looking at the picture. Somebody please take my MacBook AIR away from me.................... I say I say daaaaaaaaat beeez one helluva fizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol. Thanks man.

[Chris_JC]

Holy heck, Mark, that is a beast and a half. but more importantly - was it spitting up crappie?

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by Chris_JC

Holy heck, Mark, that is a beast and a half. but more importantly - was it spitting up crappie?

No, but I accidentally foul-hook a perch.

[Blackfish Doug]

Wow nice fish I would love to land one pf those fish.

[bunker dunker]

she is in the 40's for sure.they are really an amazing fish.with the perch and crappie starting to bunch up those monsters will be on the hunt.you deserve that one catfish,congrats!!!!

[catfishonthelake]

Thanks guys. Ed I was talking to your son at that show in Edison and told him where I thought these fish were gonna be this time of year. He confirmed my suspicion. I'm sure you can figure out where I was by the pic seeing as you've probably been there more than a few times. This was absolutely textbook where this fish was sitting and it gives me a lot of confidence to be able to go out and find one in February on such a big lake. And a note on the size, I've had a lot of big-league muskie guys take a look at these photos and they ALL agree that it was probably 48-inches and pushing 30 pounds. Take a look at some of the 41 and 42 inch fish online and note the distance between the first and second fin, then compare. This fish was no joke. I could have done a better job holding this fish and should have given it's belly more support, but I'm still fairly new at this and I was pretty much shaking at that point.