Kawartha Lakes Musky, Actually caught something.

Its been a long time since I've posted a report but I have a few minutes today and I just got back from a musky trip (and actually caught something) soooo...

We just had our second child and my parents drove up from Nova Scotia to help out, which means my mom babysits the oldest and my dad and I get to go fishing. He has always wanted to catch a musky as they don't have any in NS, so we headed to the Kawartha Lakes area. He is a die hard bass fisherman so it was going to be a challenge to get him to commit to throwing those big musky baits all day long. About 1.5 hours into the day without moving a fish, Dad picked up his senko rod and gave up on musky. Almost immediately after that I hooked into this scrappy 42" fish that hit boat side.



This guy smashed a Phantom Soft tail. I've fished this bait a lot over the years but this is the first fish I've caught on it. After that, the senko rod went away and my Phantom Soft tail was quickly taken from me. I was hoping that a feeding window had opened up so I let him fish the prime spots from the front of the boat as I threw a green and black slopmaster into the deeper water off the back. It only took 20 minutes before this pretty 37.5" smashed it and ended up in the net.



After letting this guy go my slop master was quickly taken from me :-). Unfortunately, the bite stopped after that so we decided to try for some smallmouth in a deeper section of the river. I've seen a few walleye over the years in this river but have never caught one until now. This scrappy guy engulfed a Max scent shaky head worm just off a deep crib.



With only a few small smallmouth to show for our efforts I convinced dad to go back to musky fishing. Another few hours went by without moving a fish so we decided to head for the launch. I had on a small single bladed super bou bucktail (a bait that I've taken a bunch of musky on over the years) and in almost the exact same spot as the first fish, this 34.5"er smashed it.



At this point dad had completely given up on musky and just wanted to warm up in the car. He was a great net and camera man but I don't think he will be wanted to fish for musky any time soon.

Looking forward to getting back out there!

Randaller

Congrats on a good day, sounds like your dad had some hard luck on the outing.

There's a growing population of musky in NB, has he ever tried over there?

Well done, have a great day.

Attila

You made me smile telling about your dad giving up on musky and you catching all the trophies. Well done

You could have passed him the rod after you hooked them as we know you don't need any practice reeling in big ones of most species. Just saying LOL

Great report and great fishing ! Great looking muskies and walleye.

Every man is competitive and want to catch his own fish so unfortunately it was not your dad's day but I am sure he was happy for you catching those nice ones!

Well he makes a good camera man..lol
Congratulations on all the beauties..

LOL. We joked about that. That's what he did for me when I was a kid. I asked when I hooked the last one and the look he gave me was all I needed. :-)

Wow good outing Randaller....thats a lot of Musky in one day....good looking Walleye.

Arnie

Funny how that happens eh? I have gone out fishing with my dad and had 10 fish days where he had zero and others where he completely outfishes me. It is always nice when we both have considerable amounts of success, but we always say "as long as somebody is catching!".

Great pics!

Looks like a great fishing day and you got to spend some quality time with pops!

It was! At the end of the day, that is what it's all about.

Great day on the water with your pops Matt! He will get all the fish next time!

Looks like you had a great day. Nice to see.