Pineview Pleasures

[Old_Coot]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Bait_Caster and I met up early this morning for a little fishing trip on Pineview. We had big hopes of getting a muski. We launched at about 7 AM and trolled the eastern points and edges hoping for the big one. No luck ... never even got a bite on anything. After a couple hours of nothing, and not wanting to get skunked, we decided to try for some smallies down in the narrows. I was quite certain that we could pick up some smallies down there on some small perch pattern Rapalas. We did pick up about six SM bass each. I am always surprised how those little fellas fight.

But it was down there in the narrows, pulling a small #5 perch pattern jointed Rapala, that I got my surprise of the day . . . . . . a nice big 43 inch tiger! The old boy put up a nice fight and got my adrenaline pumping pretty darn good. He didn't do any tail walking this time but they sure are magnificent to watch coming in towards the boat.

We hooked him in about 15 feet of edge water trolling about 3.5 mph.

I have to tell ya, after we snapped some pics we got him back into the water, he just didn't want to come back to life much. I was pretty worried that he was going to have to come home for dinner. But after LOTS of re-oxygenating him, he finely headed for the dark deep murky bottom. We kept trolling around that area and the whole narrows area a lot to make sure he didn't come back up belly up some where ... never seen him again.

Water temps are about 71 degrees and falling. Skies were overcast and you couldn't ask for a nicer day of fishing than today.

Bait_Caster is my younger brother. He and I really enjoy getting out together fishing. I mentioned to him "Wouldn't it be great if dad was still around and could go out with us on times like this?" BC just grinned and said, "Oh, he was here all right ... who do you think sent that muskie your way?"

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