Musky's @ Green River Lake

[MsgMills]

Went to Green River Lake yesterday for our Clubs Tournament of Champions.... To answer your question before you ask....I did not become the Tournament Champion, I caught two keepers, a 13 1/2" Large Mouth and a nice 2.20 lb Small Mouth.

Now to the fun part...I came up on a Crappie Stake Bed and cast a shad Rap up past the bed and started bring the bait back to me. Wham, a hard strike...Oh boy get the net I tell myself, as I'm fishing by myself. The rod doubles over and the drag is singing out loud... As I fight the fish I start thinking of the Big Bass pot I'm possibly going to win with the Bass of a Lifetime.
Too make the story short and sweat...I finally get some line in and what do I see but a Musky about 30" plus. Man there goes my Big Bass Pot, and now I'm fighting the Musky to keep him from breaking my line and stealing my Shad Rap. I get the net and finally net him after he has taken me around the boat several times and about jerking the rod from my hand on a couple of his big lunges for deep water. So after getting the fish out of the net and over the side of the boat I am ready to try the spot again. Now after fighting this fish it has really put some more ache in my already (Killing Me bad Back)

I make another precise cast just past the Stake bed and bring the bait threw the stakes and as the bait is bouncing off the stakes....Bam, another viscious strike...Oh boy maybe this is my Big Bass...fight the fish and after finally getting it up to look at what it is...Another Musky as big as the one before. I know this isn't the same one, cause I put the first one in my livewell so i can show off the fish to the Club and get a picture taken with the fish. Anyway I get it undone and out of the net. I make another cast and wham bam thank you mam...I catch another Musky out of the same Stake bed...Three Musky's all over 30" and caught on 3 back to back to back casts.....
Talk about fighting fish, I got my fill of that strength for the day so I went along down the bank for some more Bass action.....

Now I can check off the Musky off of my check list of fish I want to catch in my lifetime.....

[birdstrike]

what a day!

First time I saw one on Green it followed a small crappie that I had hooked right up to the boat. I never saw the monster until it came out of the water after my fish right as I was reaching my hand out for it. Needless to say, I had to change my shorts!

[Chubminnow]

I caught a Musky one time down there at Green. And I caught it just like you did your's, I was fishing for bass and this bruiser of a fish hits my rattle trap instead...for a second or two I thought I was hung up on the bottom...then the fight began. Mine was short of being a keeper but after tying into him there is no doubt in my mind that Muskies are the king of the lake.

[Bassky]

Great job, what a story to tell in the future. I caught a 40" down at Cave Run in a Fishers of Men tournament, on a spinning rod with 8lb test on a jerkbait in March 2006. To catch 3 back to back is simply awesome!
Bassky

[Cobra190]

Great job and thanks for sharing the story with us Clyde.

[mhall]

Way cool........

[stevec]

they are fun...Ive caught several close to 40" out of green