About 29 inches and 12 lbs. Caught it on a 3/4 wt. glass rod.

https://scontent.fphx1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...b3&oe=61A4069E

Carp around here get huge and they're common as dirt, I need to start targeting them more often for an easy "big" fish fight... what did you get that on?

think about how old that muskie is.

Total crying shame it was injured too bad to survive, that magnificent beast needed let loose to keep the stock prime

Happens to me all the time with far lesser fish all gut hooked, or the gills are shredded... "well damn, this isn't what I wanted here"

Basically an oversized simi seal leech. On a sz4 saltwater hook with big dumbell eyes.

I’ll post a pic tomorrow.

God Carp on a fly rod is a blast. I have a creek down the road close to the confluence of the river that the carp come to spawn. They are as tricky to catch as trout in my opinion. They put the run on that’s for sure. Me and my buddies call them Iowa bonefish

There’s this lake a few miles outside of my hometown (Mediapolis, IA) called Big Hollow that is stocked with muskie… and every year they re-stock it. Kind of cool. I haven’t caught one, yet, but I am usually there bass fishing. I can’t remember how far that is for you, but I hear of people catching them all the time. I would love to catch one of those… I’ve tried on the river a few times. You hear of people catching them in my area in March/April/May quite a bit… and since the flood of ‘08, you hear of them being caught in the drainage ditches and pumping stations.

Fun times.

I've caught a couple Northern Pike in PA and they would die from the slightest misstep when removing the hook. Are Muskie the same?

I'm guessing at least two hours

I remember talking with you quite a bit about coming up there for a guided trip with ya, but man life just has a way of getting in the way... but I'll never say never, and maybe we can make it happen next year :thumb:

That's very odd. Pike are usually pretty tough.

They look tough but from my experience a rainbow trout has much more fortitude. Maybe just caught a couple bad ones but they generally went tits up after catching in my case.

I didn't go fishing this year. Not. One. Damn. Time. Never even bought a fishing license and my boat sat down at Truman in storage all year.

Strange year, I hope it never happens again.

Rainbow trout have more fortitude? That's pitiful. Pike should be ashamed. Trout are delicate little flowers. They're not like catfish or bluegill or anything...

Catfish are the prime time Mike Tyson of fish.

https://www.news-leader.com/story/sp...ks/8710912002/

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