They don't read the damn book

I have already whined that Musky don't read the book. Well Saturday was a perfect example. Went out with a guy from my fishing club. We have known each other for about 7-8 years and have been on the Board together for about 6 years.

We hit the water at 5:00 am, expecting cloud cover and a coming cold front, at least that was the weather report. So of course when the sun came up, it was sunny and no sign of the coming front. Fished a couple of spots and my buddy JT caught a Catfish on a dead sticked homewrecker bait. I couldn't stop laughing. The only thing funnier than a Musky fisherman catching a Catfish is one that catches a carp.

About 8:00 the clouds started to roll in and the wind picked up, things were looking up. But still nothing. 4 hours of nothing. Finally we moved up onto a weed flat that I usually fish the outer edge of, this time we decided to drift over the center. Within a few minutes we had a nice 38" Muskie in the bag that hit my Orange/Black Mepps. After a quick release we moved on to another lake and started fishing along the shoreline. Usually we will hit the outside weed edges on this lake, but decided to stay in 4-5 ft of water and cast up to the bank or under the docks. Couple hours later, I had another 38" Muskie in the bag. Not bad for a day on the Chain.

JT was not catching Muskies so he moved up front to work the trolling motor. Not realizing that my trolling motor turns 360 degrees unlike the Motorguide he has on his boat it wasn't more than 20 minutes before he spun the motor around and cut all the cables, so we ended up finishing the day splicing and tapping the wires while on the water.

So after 12 hours on teh water I got two 38 inchers.......What a great day.

Got out for 2.5 hours on Sunday, was able to move a few fish but wasn't able to catch any. Can't wait for next weekend.

Gotta find some time for the Metal though. Spent about 30 minutes today messing around with Cat Scratch Fever. Great tune, although Nuge has always been a bit over-rated in my mind.