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grouser68
08-14-2007, 11:53 PM
At the tender age of 44 I finally landed my first legal muskie. I was'nt fishing for muskie, he just must have wanted that lil' 3 inch deep divin' crank I was fishing with at the time. He was 33 inches, not a brute by any means, but a monster to me. I also saw the two big monsters that could have eaten him again today.Also got a 19 inch smallie, and a coupla drum.It was a good day of fishing, and now I can say I have finally caught a keeper muskie.


I figure I better edit this, when I said "legal" I meant over 30 inches, and no, I have never kept any, the only other one I managed to land was 26 inches and he went back!
trust me
08-15-2007, 09:16 AM
Cave Run, or Licking River?

Congrats on the fish! I've landed a few small ones in the North Fork and battled a maybe-keeper in Cave Run for a minute or so, but I've never actively gone after them. Maybe some day.
grouser68
08-15-2007, 10:30 AM
Got him in the Licking.Yes, this will sound like a fish tale, but, I saw 2 more that could almost eat him! I have never actively fished for them either, but the river has plenty and you see and hook them pretty consistantly.
c100max
08-16-2007, 07:34 AM
Great job!! Awesome feeling isn't it? Now go get one of those biguns.
grouser68
08-16-2007, 07:52 AM
I have seen the 2 brutes on my last 2 trips down there.My Uncle asked after the first sighting if maybe there was a sturgeon that had somehow made it's way into the Licking.:D
Brewtus
08-16-2007, 09:35 AM
Congrats. Thats why they call them the fish of 100,000 cast.;)
Killroy
08-18-2007, 12:04 AM
Congrats. Thats why they call them the fish of 100,000 cast.;)

100,000 casts? if that is the way it works i should have caught a bunch by now. just kidding...... no seriously :cool:
BunnyBuster
08-19-2007, 04:38 PM
At the tender age of 44 I finally landed my first legal muskie. I was'nt fishing for muskie, he just must have wanted that lil' 3 inch deep divin' crank I was fishing with at the time. He was 33 inches, not a brute by any means, but a monster to me. I also saw the two big monsters that could have eaten him again today.Also got a 19 inch smallie, and a coupla drum.It was a good day of fishing, and now I can say I have finally caught a keeper muskie.




It was said that it's better to be lucky than good. Congrats anyway!!:D
grouser68
08-20-2007, 08:35 AM
It was said that it's better to be lucky than good. Congrats anyway!!:D
Yup! And I was very lucky, generally I lose a bait and some line! :)
Brewtus
08-20-2007, 08:47 AM
100,000 casts? if that is the way it works i should have caught a bunch by now. just kidding...... no seriously :cool:

Thats what I told our guide the last time we went. I landed my first that day. 39 1/2"
Killroy
08-20-2007, 06:01 PM
we know of a place on barren river (sally's rock) where we know there are muskie, smallies, and some walleyes. going to try when it cools off :cool:
grouser68
08-24-2007, 06:43 AM
Hooked another brute yesterday! He got off, but got my bait back.:D
turkeyman2000
08-27-2007, 01:29 AM
I've caught two keeper muskie...both at Green River. When I was in college at Morehead, I would spend what little money I had on muskie baits....to only go out on Cave Run and lose them. I finally wised up and stopped fishing from the banks...LOL

The first muskie I caught at Green River was on a pumkin seed/purple flake 3" tube. The other one I caught on a Bandit 200...in rootbeer.

Congratulations!!