I took my daughter, Ella and a friend of mine with his kids fishing this weekend on Bald Eagle Lake. We caught over 75 panfish, the kids had a blast. The highlight was when one kid yelled “Look at the huge fish under the boat!”...It was a muskie.  At that same moment, I had hooked a small perch and reeled him in. The muskie couldn’t resist and attacked the perch. The kids were screaming and jumping up and down. I battled the unhooked musky for 10 minutes with my ultra light and 4lb test, I guess he didn’t want to give up his meal. We were able to get the musky’s head in my small net and hoist him in. After pictures and releasing the 40” fish. We released the muskie and tried to release the, now dead, perch that the musky attacked. Minutes later the same musky was hovering under the perch. It was quite a sight. The picture on Ella’s face is priceless.

By: Matt Rammer