Matt Sopron caught his first 50-inch muskie from the Fox Chain O’Lakes and Jerry Borst caught his personal-best muskie, a 53 in Canada, to illustrate the power of the 50-inch mark in muskie fishing.
Alex Niemiec’s pending Illinois record pink salmon highlights a super slam on Sunday on Lake Michigan during a family charter with Capt. Gerry Urbanozo out of North Point Marina.
Capt. Gerry Urbanozo and Capt. Anthony Zimmer gave a primer on learning (or relearning) to walleye fish the Fox Chain O’Lakes way, which is something different than walleye fishing the North Woods or Canada; plus the Stray Cast.
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Brad Janis (left) caught this thick muskie.
“We weren’t getting much action, then this musky hit,” Janis messaged. “At first, I thought it was a giant catfish, until we saw it. Had it perfectly hooked in the side of the mouth.”
Janis and
Lincoln Buchanan (right) of T-Bone Guide Service were doing slow death a bottom bouncer with a 4-foot leader and a night crawler on a Slow Death hook.
“When you troll at 1 mph, it causes the hook to spin like a corkscrew,” Janis messaged. “Walleyes love it. Apparently musky do, too.”
They didn’t have anything to measure it, but estimated 42-43 inches.