It took me about 1.5 weeks, I started in october of '06 and caught one on my 3rd time out while my wife was at a concert with her friend....... 30" caught on a 6" firetiger jake while I was using a pull/stop retrieve, all I thought was " holy s#!tI caught one!". The REALLY kinda cool thing was that I could see the spot where my dad had caught his first one about 40 years before from where I was standing. Now, it's my homewaters and I can't stop fishing for the darn things, infact, reading this thread has made me change my mind about chaseing trout today.... I think I am going to explore some new turf for musky....

jacob