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My brother and I went out on the Upper Potomac, near Williamsport, Saturday looking for walleye or smallies. We knew it would be cold but we wanted to test out some new gear that we got for Christmas. Air temperature was 27 degrees when we got there.
Fairly late in the day, I hooked into this small barred muskie- my first at 23.5".
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I caught him working a finesse jig with a Gulp minnow along the bottom, VERY slowly. He was revived and released successfully to grow into the monster of someone's dreams.
For my part, I am actually pretty happy that my first muskie wasn't the fish of a lifetime, especially not having targeted them specifically. We didn't get any other bites all day, but our gear proved capable, and I caught my first fish of 2014. Its going to be a good year on the water.
Fairly late in the day, I hooked into this small barred muskie- my first at 23.5".
20140104_first_barred_muskie.jpg
I caught him working a finesse jig with a Gulp minnow along the bottom, VERY slowly. He was revived and released successfully to grow into the monster of someone's dreams.
For my part, I am actually pretty happy that my first muskie wasn't the fish of a lifetime, especially not having targeted them specifically. We didn't get any other bites all day, but our gear proved capable, and I caught my first fish of 2014. Its going to be a good year on the water.
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