The End of a Tough Week

This years "Musky Week" seen a lot of weather changes from hot and sunny to overcast and rain, flat calm with little wind to 35 mph winds. No two days were the same which made putting together a consistent pattern very difficult. At the beginning of the week twitch/minnow baits were the baits of choice and produced a fat 49" fish for one of the competitors which became the mark to beat and held the top spot until the last day of competition. As the week worn on swimbaits began to produce some fish, Suicks were the hot bait on a couple days and rubber had their times too. On one day prop style topwater lures were what the fish seemed to want best. Bucktails, which is normally the most consistent bait to use there, would only produce a few lazy follows until the final day when big double bladed tails produced 3 fish a 46", a 49" and my 49-1/2" fish which earned me top honors.
Here's photo of me accepting this years "Angler of the Year" trophy from the camp owner and also a picture the "Wall of Fame" showing the previous years winners and the winning fish's length.