Finally got my first Musky

[Abrasion]

Originally Posted by FishinFool247

I think it is pretty crappy of you to reply to my njfishing post instead of the FB messages I sent you. You could have very easily just replied to me on FB instead of the internet. I know now that the way I fished was in poor judgment, before that I didn't know it was going to be so much of a struggle and it could end up killing the fish.
The reason I posted this and said the truth was so nobody else makes the mistake I made. If you look back at my messages on FB I explained what happened and that I learned my lesson. Since you want everyone on njfishing to see your reply, I will copy the texts to see if others agree with me. I think that not responding to my texts and replying to my NJFISHING post was not right of you. So here is our FB chat that you stopped replying to and decided to bash me on the Internet instead.

Me: Thanks a lot for all your advice you gave me on gear and stuff! I started my Musky career off with a 41 inch girthy tiger musky, I caught at (name of lake I fished). it took me well over 10,000 casts, and every single one was worth it..lol How much do you think he would weigh?

You: Why did you kill it? That's not cool.

Me: Well I had some difficulty landing him in my Kayak without a net, and by the time I got a hold of him....he pretty much went belly up and I couldn't revive him.....it was the last thing that I wanted to happen....I don't plan on fishing solo out of my Kayak anymore for musky after I killed this fish.I really need to get a boat ASAP because the kayak apparently isn't made for musky fishing. I really do feel bad about killing that beautiful fish, and I hope it never happens again.

You: (no response) (and then your reply to my post on the internet) and then you delete me as a friend on FB.

Doe's anybody else think that this is messed up?

1: it's his fish. He can do whatever he wants and fish for them however he wants.

2: stop being an elitist

[UglyStick]

I'm so glad I didn't see this until the whole thread played out... I'll just say I agree 100% with Catfish and Jimmy.

With all of the available information on the interweb, including this site, including material even shared by myself, it is so sad to see people engaging in this type of behavior.

This has nothing to do with a person choosing to keep a legal fish or people being elitists, or even chalking it up to just "live and learn"... It's being irresponsible...

[Chrisper4694]

Wasn't going to even respond to this because of how many arms there are to this situation and I don't really know how to defend two people on opposing sides.

I taught myself how to musky fish and actually had my first one from a kayak. It was 42" and I had a very big net strapped to the back of my kayak. I Horsed it in quick and maybe luckily right in the net and unhooked quick. Two guys in a bigger boat were nearby and I was able to get a quick pic and release the fish. My point being, when you have to learn by doing, trial by fire, the outcome can be swayed in either direction. I realized that this particular experience could've turned sour. I eventually got my hands on a Jon boat and an even bigger net.

I invited fishinfool with me a bunch of times but we couldn't get him one. I could've let him borrow my net this week while I was away. One of you other equipped muskie guys could've invited him out too maybe.

Bottom line, there's a bunch of ways this could've went down properly. I've fished with him and he's a good guy. He made a huge mistake not bringing a net. Honestly, it's not an excuse, but he probably wasn't even expecting to hook anything. Again, not an excuse, he's the first one to say it was stupid but he had the balls to post it here. He didn't say let me go musky fishing without a net and kill one for fun, trust me. Reading about doing something and actually doing it are two totally different sides of a coin.

[JerryC]

congrats!!!!