Good Fishing

Muskie fishing on Lake St. Clair has been pretty good. Went out for a 6 hour charter yesterday and we boated 8 muskies, ranging from 15 lbs. to 34 lbs. The start was a little slow but we got into the swing of things quickly. Capt. Mike P. was aboard and I must say he is an awesome fisherman, he works hard and knows his stuff. His boat will be running tomorrow and he will be back on the muskies. I will miss taking him out, he is a great captain and a good guy. We did impress our charter with a 34 pounder, it was a little over 51 inches long with a girth of 22 inches, real nice fish. We did throw her back to swim another day. We caught her on a dark frog, one of my homemade baits. The pictures will be posted this week.
There was talk of another large fish caught yesterday, too. Capt. Kevin B. caught a 38 pounder. He was fishing the south shore. Capt. Kevin also threw that big fish back, congratulations to him and good sportsmen ship to his crew. Not quite sure what he caught it on , but I do know, he landed several fish yesterday.
This weekend is the Muskie Slam tournament. This is the largest tournament of the year. Every muskie fisherman on the lake knows about it and it's truly the talk of the town. For most of us it is a long weekend of hard fishing, perseverence is the name of the game. My good friend Scott D. and his crew did the unbelievable last year, he won first and second place in the Muskie Slam. My hats off to the Contender crew. I know they will certainly be contenders this year as well.
I have to go paint some baits for the weekend so, good luck to all.