FIGURE EIGHT DELIGHT

Got out today with my good bud Kert for a day fish on the Upper Ottawa river

After an interesting start that included running out of gas in my buds boat, having to be towed to shore, takeing a cab to the other launch(where the truck was) , driving back to the boat, pulling the boat out of the water to go gas up because the marina was out of gas,,,, we were back on the water set up to cast a weed bed.

A controlled approach gave us the best opportunity to cast the weed bed effectively. Not far into it I had a follow on a Cowgirl. Immediately I went into the figure 8 and the fish followed for at least a minute when it finally inhaled the bait directly under the boat and what a fight. Heavy pulls, headshakes and short runs. This fish wasn't giving up without a fight and completely destroyed my cowgirl. Almost in the net it decided to flip and with hooks in the net already it was a scramble to get it back in the net without losing it. My first figure eight Muskie in many years!!

A fine 47" male that took a couple minutes to recover but still swam off strong. A couple cast later the same thing happened but a couple jumps and it was gone. A smaller fish but still very aggressive.

With the wind dropping and sun beating us we called it a day. A good day for sure!!