Me and my dad were talking about this the other day. As we were going threw our new baits we purchased and comparing our collection, he ask if I remember the first muskie lure I purchased? Of course I do it was like it was yesterday. Even thought I was around 10 years old and on my first muskie trip to the Hayward area. The first bait I purchased was a toprader. At the time it was a small fortune for a 10 year old and a kid that has never muskie fished nor eve seen a muskie. Take you back 16 years here we were, my family heading up to Hayward to a small lake to go muskie fishing. We barrowed a few big rod and reels from one of my dads friends, and his boat. We fished panfish at the time but that was the extent of our fishing. Everyone that we talked to thought we were crazy for even wasting out time muskie fishing. Well anyway first night nothing. Second nite, nothing. This went on for 4 nites. I was beginning to think everyone was right. On the 5th nite my sister wanted to go with. At the time had not even went fishing. Well there we were casting away and it happened. She said I think I have one. Sure enough she has the biggest thing I have seen come out of the water. She even said what is it? Well to make a long story short she hooked the fish at boat side with a Zebco hawg with no drag on a mania Burt. We netted the fish in our little butterfly net. We were in aww. We zipped back to the lodge to get a measurement on the fish. The big girl measured 49 ½”. Since that moment I have been hooked. I still feel bad to this day that we killed the fish. Anyway amazing how far muskie fishing has came from buying muskie lures in little gas station to what it is. Lets here how you others got into muskie fishing?