Sunday morning I took my 5 year old fishing on Silver Lake (spokane) for perch and bluegill. We where anchored in 25 ft of water. The boy was catching fish after fish and we could see a school of bluegill along side the boat and the fishfinder had targets over the whole screen from 5 to 20 feet of water. (great entertainment for the young ones a little boring for dad so I was just a spectator)
The boy was reeling in a 10 inch perch as he reeled into the school of bluegill, the bluegill disappeared in short order so i leaned over the boat to see what was happening. My son now had reeled the perch within a foot of the surface with a 32-36inch Muskie in hot pursuit. As he flung the perch intot he boat over my head that was next to the water I was face to face with Mr. Muskie. The Muskie put the brakes on, turned, and his tail (NO Bull) spalshed the two of us at the surface inches away from the boat.
After I finished soiling myself we had a good laugh, it ways a morning I won't forget.
Close encounters of the Muskie Kind
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RE:Close encounters of the Muskie Kind
WAY COOL!!!! for both of you. Sounds like you and your son had a great day of fishing with a little extra excitement.
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reelinanrockin
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RE:Close encounters of the Muskie Kind
it is just spooky the way those things swim in the water
RE:Close encounters of the Muskie Kind
LOL great story ..
I was water skiing with friends and brought my rod along just for the heck of it .. Casting a daredevil out and a huge musky followed it in . My friends Girl friend saw this huge fish stareing up at us and just had fits started screaming that she was never going water skiing in this lake again... It really was a big fish.. So I can imagine what you were thinking at the time .. Makes for an exciteing day ... Never saw a woman throw such a fit before in my life LOL.. But in her defense there are stories now and then of people having their feet attacked off of peirs and stuff from these fish.. They are an amazing fish to watch and can be very intimadating to see face to face when your not expecting it ...
I was water skiing with friends and brought my rod along just for the heck of it .. Casting a daredevil out and a huge musky followed it in . My friends Girl friend saw this huge fish stareing up at us and just had fits started screaming that she was never going water skiing in this lake again... It really was a big fish.. So I can imagine what you were thinking at the time .. Makes for an exciteing day ... Never saw a woman throw such a fit before in my life LOL.. But in her defense there are stories now and then of people having their feet attacked off of peirs and stuff from these fish.. They are an amazing fish to watch and can be very intimadating to see face to face when your not expecting it ...
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RE:Close encounters of the Muskie Kind
I once worked with a guy who brought a wind-up toy rat to the office. What happened next is legendary ... it's easy to drive women berserk. :bom:
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RE:Close encounters of the Muskie Kind
Jmay,
Great story!!! These are truly amazing fish. I hope you and your son have many great memories of this fishing trip in the future. The stories about this fish are endless because of the "character/attitude" that it has.
Thanks for sharing,
Bad Esox.
Great story!!! These are truly amazing fish. I hope you and your son have many great memories of this fishing trip in the future. The stories about this fish are endless because of the "character/attitude" that it has.
Thanks for sharing,
Bad Esox.
>----):< A good gamefish is too valuable, to be caught only once.
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RE:Close encounters of the Muskie Kind
That's cool! I had one the other day chasing my bucktail so fast to the boat it ran right into the trolling motor shaft as I was just going into my figure 8. Needless to say he didn't like that much and took off in a flash.