Lol. The muskie is the Wisconsin State Fish and sometime I'd love to catch (and release) one with the right guide.
As tough as I am, and fishing my entire life, I made that fishing guide take that sucker off the hook.
I don't blame you. Those babies can get to the size of small children.
You know what would be really fun? Catching a muskie on an ultra-light ; )
They do put up a fight. I caught mine in Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee while smallmouth fishing (DH has produced two world record smallmouths), and I thought I was reeling in the next world record.
Visions of endorsements danced in my head.
Then, when that thing broke water snapping those teeth and hissing, I jumped clean over the guide’s head to the other end of the boat. He laughed so hard he almost fell out. Still teases me about it. It was a big one, we released it so I didn’t weigh it, but I’d guess eight pounds.
I can’t imagine hooking one of these on ultralight. It would be a blast, but I ain’t taking it off the hook. You’d need some extra strong line to keep those razor sharp teeth from snapping it.