A true trophy

 

What can I say...?   This morning I hit the water with Meg, Dan, and Betsy.  We were in search of a few muskies.  After fishing through a beautiful sunrise and watching another boat land a muskie we were starting to wonder if we were going to accomplish our goal of landing a muskie.  

I had not been fishing most of the morning because I wanted to see one of my guests do battle.  It doesn't do any good for me to catch the fish....  Well after Betsy opted for a break and told me to throw a few, I was hooked up and doing battle with this trophy muskie.  It measured in at 53" and was really cool to watch fight.  I was fortuante enough to watch it eat my bait and swim away with it.  The first 20 plus seconds it never even knew it was hooked.  But after reeling it for a bit and getting it close to the boat, it then realized something wasn't right and it took off like a cop dog that was just released on a robber!  It made the girls morning although they didn't get to catch it.  It was fun to put some muskie slim in and on the boat.  Thanks for the great morning guys.