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Location: Northern Wisconsin | this weekend we boated 2 small muskie, both about 30 inches. the first one inhaled the back treble
on the bucktail and it was pretty far in its mouth. after a little work and and a little bleeding he
swam away right away even though he was bleeding. the nesx fish had one of the trebles from
the suick all in its gills. a section of the gill was pulled out and it was also bleeding a little. this fish
just swam around the surface with its head out of the water and was jumping around.
we are fairly new to muskys and we have caught about 8 in the last two years. the bigger muskies
(over 35) havent had any problems with the hooks but the smaller fish have been. does any one
else have this happening or am i doing something wrong. i figured this stuff may happen so made
all my lures barbless when i first started but i am still having problems. should i worry or am i
having bad luck?thanks |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Sounds like bad luck to me. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'd say the same. Nothing to do for the fish that eat and get stuck and ripped during the battle. It happens, all we can do is get as clean a release as is possible. |
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| There are an amazing number of muskie swimming around with one gill raker hanging out. |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | thanks guys, i feel better know about those fish. it kind of ruined my trip seeing the fish
hurt. im am pretty sure he survived, it was just a small section of gill that was hanging out. the only thing i
can do to help now is help stock the lake.
p.s.
it was a fun fish even though it was at max 30 inches. it was about time to head home and my dad
said "ready to head back?" i said "lets go to that one spot to make a few casts." he agreed. we motored
over and started our drift and we agreed we would go until we got infront of the big flag pole. we got
to the pole and i said "last cast..... wouldn't it be cool to catch a 40 pounder on the called last cast like that
guy from our lodge did?" and then the lure is about 10 feet from the boat and i saw it come out of no where
and smash the lure. it was exciting.
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Location: Elkhart, IN | There's nothing more awesome than getting to see the strike up close and personal, way to go. |
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