JOE ESOX

great pics old man. the cowling on your outboard is so nice and shiny! seems like mine gets scratches from just looking at it haha

Nice job old man! Re: the boga, I have been using a boga pretty regularly for 10+ years. I used to live in SW Florida and starting using it down there chasing snook and reds. For me it makes handling some fish like pike or kings a hell of a lot easier. You have to use common sense though and always support the weight of the fish with your other hand like Old man said (especially when lifting). I have never injured a fish (that I know of or could see) through proper handling with a boga. The boga knock offs (rapala in particular) are another story. The grips are much sharper and can easily puncture the lower jaw. IMO- use the name brand Boga (much better quality anyway.. will last a lifetime) and treat the fish with care/respect and you should be good to go.

beautiful!

Thanks for the kind words guys. Justin- that is a hell of a first muskie story! Have never fished stripers but that is on my list for sure

damn straight old man. the larry is one of my favorite places for that reason (sounds weird maybe)- but we dont fish muskies cause its easy. i have put many hours in up there and come up empty. the river is absolutely gorgeous... the fact that it is such big water and there are giants swimming there has had me hooked for years. gotta love the experience

Not too many muskie reports lately so here is one. Spent a long weekend relaxing on the river with the wife and of course looking for big pike and ski's. Pike fishing was very good. Lost count after a dozen with many decent ones around ten lbs. Biggest pike of the trip was 11 lbs on the boga and was caught trolling (all of the bigger ones were caught trolling). At one point on Friday I had a nice rip trolling a perchbait in 40 FOW. As I am reeling i feel some weight and my heart starts pounding.... i am thinking muskie! Get the fish to the boat and it is the biggest pike I have ever seen...maybe 15 lbs. Wife is ready with the net but the fish went nuts when it saw the boat. Couple head shakes and it disappeared... heart breaker! My heartbreak was short lived- Saturday evening I was out solo trolling a steep drop off and the starboard rod goes nuts. I grab the rod and immediately realize that this is no pike. After a decent battle I have a gorgeous St. Lawrence muskie in the beckman... 48.5 inches on the tape. Of course I am alone and the camera is in the wife's bag. As luck would have it another boat came over after seeing the battle, took a pic and emailed it to me. Nice! Her tail looks a little stressed in the pic but she was only out of the water for a few seconds and swam off like a bullet. Did i mention that this fish was gorgeous? pic does not do her justice. Great to get a nice muskie in the net as I have not been out this year as much as i would have liked (20 month old son at home) and have also been playin in the big lake with trout/salmon . Got a high 30's a few weeks ago but that is it so far. The fall season is fast approaching however and it will soon be game time! Tight lines

thanks for the report old man. headed up to west winds with the wife next week for 4 days. looks like i am gonna have to pass on happy hour at least one of those nights haha. just did a week on fulton chain and still have not caught a tiger out of there. some nice pike and smallies but those tigers are tough!

looks like a tiger...purdy fish

nice! ðŸ‘

thanks