Sunday - Sept 25

[Bassin4fun]

We hit Pomme at 615am yesterday. There was a light intermittent breeze. Water temp was about 75°F. Fair amount of shad activity in Bolivar Landing area where we launched. We focused on crankbait bite and fished everything. Ended up with 2 keepers and a monster muskie. My brother-in-law caught this beast...he yelled, "Oh, I got a good one!"...I looked back and saw his rod bent double and caught a glimpse of the tail section as he fought it...I hurried and grabbed the net (which really wasnt big enough!). PSA: Never. Ever. Grab one of these by the lip...🤣😂🤣😂 I learned that valuable life lesson and thought I should share it with you all. My thumb got sliced to hell when that bad boy got to thrashing. My boat looked like a crime scene. We managed to get a fish gripper on him and got the hook out. After snapping a quick pic, the fish was released and swam off into the deep. We didn't measure or weigh him. We both are confident it was over 3ft long. Mike is a big guy...6ft3...that was a big fish. It was fun. I stressed to my brother-in-law,  that catch was one that guys shoot for their whole lives. It was a fun day out. Caught a lot of dinks, some white bass, and a drum. Boat traffic was almost all fishermen. By 1030-11am, the wind was blowing really well and impacting most of the main lake areas.

[Johnsfolly]

@Bassin4fun sounds like you guys had a very eventful day! Congrats to BIL on that Musky!

I have only fished for them a few times including once on Pomme where we saw one that was well over 40". Between now and late Oct/Early Nov is the time to target them for this year.