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On Sunday, I hit the Ottawa River with my kayak for some bass. I launched at Blair ramp and I drifted/fished along the upper/lower duck island. On the pedal back, I decided to troll with a husky jerk. I hooked up into something that felt very solid. It spun me around a couple of times. I freaked when I saw it was a huge musky!!! Obviously I was not equipped to land this beast. Fortunately, I was able to flag down 2 fisherman. From their boat, Ben landed it and removed the Rapala. They even took the time to snap awesome pictures with my phone. It took a while to revive it but it gave Ben a good shower when it took off It's nice to know it's still in good health! What a fish.

Based on the size of my hand on the vertical picture, it is between 43-45"!!!!!

Thanks to Ben and his buddy for the help!!!!

My first musky ever....as a bonus, it was in my kayak!!!!!

Noyce!!!!! What a chunk that is!! Good job, must freak you out when your prey is almost the same size as your craft...

Ya the middle and back treble were in the mouth...the front treble was free

here's a part of the video that shows the rapala

What an insane fish to catch from the Yak - we bet you will be packing a few extra tools for your next trip out. Nice of the randoms to stop to ensure she got to swim off safely and you got a couple of photos you won't soon forget.

Thanks for sharing!

That is going to be hard to top!!! awesome musky and from a kayak to boot!!!!

Wow that must have been an exciting ride!
I've yet to get my first musky, but I kinda hope it's not from my yak.

sgtMeowsteen

nice ski,,,,, congrats on your first one..... i also got my first last week only 33" but respectable got him on a zara spook (topwater) what a blast.

First and foremost congrats! ALways an awesome fish to catch.

Now, and with all due respect (and before the MUSKY guys point it out).

You should never hold a musky as you are in the second pic. This can break the spine and kill the fish.
Now, I realize it swam off and all was likely ok, just info for next time....as with 1 musky there is always a NEXT TIME!

Kudos!

Jimmy_1 wrote:First and foremost congrats! ALways an awesome fish to catch.

Now, and with all due respect (and before the MUSKY guys point it out).

You should never hold a musky as you are in the second pic. This can break the spine and kill the fish.
Now, I realize it swam off and all was likely ok, just info for next time....as with 1 musky there is always a NEXT TIME!

Kudos!

ya you are right about the vertical pic, I thought about it after the fact....I was too excited...I won't do that next time....my bad

Wow, that must of been super fun from the yak.

Congrats on an awesome fish and thanks for sharing.

FishToLive wrote:

Jimmy_1 wrote:First and foremost congrats! ALways an awesome fish to catch.

Now, and with all due respect (and before the MUSKY guys point it out).

You should never hold a musky as you are in the second pic. This can break the spine and kill the fish.
Now, I realize it swam off and all was likely ok, just info for next time....as with 1 musky there is always a NEXT TIME!

Kudos!

ya you are right about the vertical pic, I thought about it after the fact....I was too excited...I won't do that next time....my bad

Nice fish!
Glad to see that you take the advice given well
You'll be rewarded in the future again!

Congrats on your first Musky. Those fish are what makes canoe and kayak fishing so much fun. Set the hook and hold on, this fish is gonna take you for a ride!!
Sweet

Congrats and nice report

You make me proud to be a kayak angler! Well done friend, that's 43 inches easy!!! 20lbs+

Great job! that's a beast of a fish for sure.