offering to Chiz-ui-aw (the Indian spirit of Indian Trail Resort). We made our way through the slot toward the big water of Pete’s Bar and ended up fishing a complex of weed humps in the general area of Pete’s Bar. John was throwing a Frenchy Water Thumper and I decided to toss the ‘Patio Bucktail’ that I had rescued from oblivion from the Indian Trail Resort patio. (It had produced a 42-incher a couple days earlier.) The area always gets boat traffic, but it is large enough so as to be of little consequence to the hunt. John positioned the boat as only someone of John’s experience can do and we set about pounding the water. It is always a pleasure to spend time with John, shooting the breeze as we cast looking for that active fish. Conversation makes the time go by and, from time to time, John revealed the method to line up the spot using shoreline structure and tree lines. We had been beating the water for about an hour and a half when I felt a tick on my lure. I didn’t feel any weight or resistance and didn’t see anything following as I brought the lure boat side and performed a figure 8. My next cast in the same general area had a Musky nail the ‘patio bucktail’ about 15 feet from the boat. I did a quick hook set and then raised the rod to keep a tight line on the fish.
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