The fish hit about 15 feet from the boat in about 6 feet of water and immediately went down thrashing its head trying to free itself from the Owner™ hooks of the Crawler. As it breached the surface, I could see that the fish was connected to the rear treble. The fish was still green when Rob brought it within netting distance. I began to move the net toward the fish when it made another run. As I moved the net away from the water, the handle bumped into an unused rod with a bucktail parked into one of the rod’s eyelets. The rod fell on the floor of the boat and as luck would have it, one of the exposed trebles snagged onto one of Rob’s shoe laces. I dropped the net, got a compound bolt cutter and freed Rob’s shoe from the hook. Rob continued to fight the Musky for a couple more minutes. He finally coaxed it back into netting distance and as he brought the fish to me, I scooped the fish into the net and the fight was over. Rob and I howled our excitement and then Rob began to free the fish from the lure and the lure from the net. The fish measured in at 40 inches. I snapped a photo or two and then Rob set about releasing the fish into the shallow area in front of the 2nd Sister.
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