Tony & Sid wrap up

The morning started out promising: cloudy, a good chop, and comfortable temps. We fished hard with nothing to show until about 12:30 when Sid hooked into this nice pike. Shortly after he landed it, I caught one too. We felt things were changing for the better.

Within a few minutes, I latched onto this 3.5 lb smallmouth; it hit a Llungen DC-8 and things were really looking good.

On a main channel shoal, Sid locked horns with his first musky - the fight lasted about 3 minutes before it went airborne, summersaulting and throwing his homemade bucktail, "Skunky", a white and black maribou with a number 8 nickel Colorado blade. I was devastated for Sid, but I managed to catch this picture of him mid-battle.

Then it got really hairy! Casting a 10" Suick, within yards of Sid's encounter, I hooked into my biggest musky to date. This 49.5 inch behemoth battled hard and after what Sid just went through, the only thing on my mind was to get it in the net - and - get it in the net we did - or I should say Sid did, the world's greatest net man!

After the release, we headed to a shoal where we raised a fish earlier in the week.

Sid latched onto another one, only to lose it after a quick tussel - oh well, it happens...

We had one tremendous week and once again, our hats off to Lunge Lodge. Todd, Mike, Linda, Mary, JoAnn, and Veronica - you are the best! See you next year.

Tony & Sid