Winter Storm Musky Double

[John Carlson]

The Phillips area was missed by the snow that the rest of the state got yesterday but the winds, moon phase, and falling pressure made for my biggest double ever!!! I hit the water just before 11 am and at 1pm I got my first bite on a sucker, after a nice battle I had an awesome 49.5 inch fish in the bottom of the bag. I met my wife at the dock for a quick picture and let her go. On my next drift I had 2 fish drop my sucker then at 1:30 pm the reel clicked off again!!! This time the 47" fish gave me one of the best fights of my life bringing me around the boat a couple of times. I have netted a lot of big fish by myself but that 47 wanted nothing to do with my boat!!! I was glad to finally see him in the bag.