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Jim’s Tiger Musky in the picture
In the morning of October 10th, 2010 Paul (my daughter’s fiancé)
and I completed the Hickory hardwood installation on the kitchen floor at my
cottage then we decided going out for fishing for a couple of afternoon
hours.
I hauled my 19.5’ Legend boat with Mercury 90 hp 4 Stroke to the Bridgeview
Marina launch ramp at
Waubaushene. We hope to catch the bass that’s
where I caught them a few (large smallmouth bass) in the past on the
Sturgeon Bay area.
No luck to get one for four hours and time go back to the cottage because we
had a reservation for Thanksgiving dinner at 6pm due to my not completed
kitchen renovation.
At 4:30pm the boat was strolling on the way to the boat launch. I throw a
Rapala lure in the water. Suddenly I got something and turned the engine
off. I reeled the fish carefully all the way to the boat without struggle.
Paul and I were so surprised what the fish looked like a big monster. I
challenged it for about ten minutes because the line was not strong enough
because of heavy weight and razor-sharp teeth. It went underneath the hull
twice and Paul tried grabbed it by the net off the water four times. Finally
the fish landed on my boat and it was NOT monster but a beautiful fish
called “Tiger Musky”.
Paul’s I-Phone snapped some pictures of fish and me before released it
unharmed and healthy back to the water.
Too bad I didn’t bring the scale measurement but I know it was so huge and
heavy.
My LUCKY number was “10” = 10/10/10 means October 10, 2010.
By the way, we got on time for Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter Jeri
and wife Joanne.
To say the least that is a memory I will never forget. And I feel blessed
that Paul was there to share it with me and to know that that fish is still
out there just getting bigger and waiting for some other lucky angler to
experience a fish of a lifetime.
Jim Cripps
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