Took a 2 day guided trip to cave run Friday and Sat.. I took my buddy down for his pre wedding gift since i'm the best man in the wedding. We discussed a few locations to head but his time allotment was narrow. My idea was a trip to KY to try some southern musky fishing, he quickly agreed and while at the Butler show we made arrangements to fish with Gregg Thomas, and it was one of the best decisions i've made in a long time. Gregg is a top notch guide to fish with and very personable and also quite funny! We had an absolute blast fishing and shooting the bull all day long! We had a good bit of action the first morning, within an hour i hooked up a decent fish on mag dawg that quickly threw the bait, within the next 2 hrs we had 7 more fish up to the boat, most came hard and we thought for sure we would connect but it wasn't in the stars. We took a break around lunch and planned on fishing from 4 til dark. We went back to the lodge and ate and napped for a bit and headed back out for the afternoon. We worked weeds and deep timber and couldn't get much going. Late in the evening Gregg hooked up on smaller fish on a small crankbait and that was it for the day. We planned to start the next day at around 5:30 am so it was an early morning for us, we headed out and weather looked real. We kept throwing big rubber and at around 7:30am i hooked up and landed a 36 on shad colored mag dawg. The next fish came an hour later following hard on some big blades, he followed around the 8 but disappeared. We left and hit a few more spots and then headed back after a few hours. Within a half hour my buddy hooked up 45 in fish that was put in the net, the fish took a white and blue medussa almost right at the boat. This was his personal best musky and it was beaut. We snapped a few photos and quickly released it. We pounded the area for another hour and half and had no more fish up. We started working some deep water, around 1 i thought i caught a quick glimpse of a fish behind my bait on the 8 and lost sight of the fish quickly, about the 4th time around the fish come out of nowhere and grabbed the tail of the bait and was qiuckly gone. We worked the area for awhile longer and had no action. We tried trolling for a few hours and planned to end the trip around 4ish. About 3 we nabbed a 38 in trolling some deep wood, at 345 we were pulling in line to change baits and make a few more passes, one line that Gregg was reeling in was tangled with another, the lure got stuck about 10ft from the boat when a low to mid 40s fish came out of nowhere and smashed the bait! It was pure chaos for about 10 secs until the fish finally shook lose, we were all in shock after this as it was an awesome sight! We didn't get anymore rips trolling and called it a day. We had follows and action from probably 20 fish in 2 days and managed to put 4 in the net. I would highly recommend Gregg if you ever make it Cave or Minnesota for a fishing trip and need a great guide, he definitely made a lasting impression on both of us and memories that we will both remember for years and years to come!!!!

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