My Biggest Wisconsin Musky of All Time!

[@gregoryhunts3006]

Been alot of year's since I fished musky. But my biggest fish came out of Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin in 1992. 54.5in fish that was well over 40lbs in late September when I caught her long lining a depth raider on a weed flat that dropped sharply to 50+ft. That's a day Ill never forget.

[@MuskyMastery]

That is awesome man!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@DjDoUg1190]

Your awesome Chas! The dedication has shown in your successes over the years I’ve known you, and it’s so cool to see how far you have come and how many more pigs you will net. Best of luck legend

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you so much!!!

[@liamsawchuk7212]

What a fish. Absolute beauty of a musky

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Liam!! Tight lines dude!

[@Fingolfin3423]

Great fish, Chas. Thanks for the footage.

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it! More coming once this ice melts :)

[@robsimpson6537]

Enjoyed the video. Reminds me of "jingle teeth " in white sand Father chased it for years.

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Rob!!! Yes, I also grew up with the legend of old "Jingle Bells" LOL!! The giant musky that had came up at night to shake the bucktail blades from her mouth :)

[@mrshb97]

Nice fish Chas! It's never easy netting a big fish by yourself. Congrats.

[@MuskyMastery]

Debbie, thank you so much for watching and I am really glad you enjoyed the Ghidorzi episode! You are SO right on that... netting muskies by yourself is never easy but when they are big ones... it is a whole other story :) I think the scariest part of this video was the very end when just somehow... I was able to get her in the net!

[@ligen7028]

CHAS YOURE A BEAST!!!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you! Tight lines!

[@brotherid150]

That's just a beautiful thing right there.

[@MuskyMastery]

Jeffrey thanks so much dude!!! Really appreciate it! Tight lines!

[@brianpeterson8667]

Gorgeous fish my friend, my biggest came out of Caldron Falls in northern Wisconsin on a top-water pacemaker 49.5 never forget it. Gotta love the hunt.

[@MuskyMastery]

That is AWESOME Brian! Thanks so much man!

[@edwinsellersjr]

Great video Chas!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Eddie!

[@josephlastname8598]

That is one big fish! Nice catch

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Joseph!

[@claymac7895]

Absolutely gorgeous fish man. That classic blonde coloring, giant body.. I can only imagine catching this fish in late fall when she’s at her biggest.

[@MuskyMastery]

Clay thanks dude! She really was a classic blonde... which is why it was so easy to spot her when she showed up. It is still so interesting to me how she showed up on that reef once a month and only on a moon rise. No other environmental factor seemed to trigger her to show up. Very interesting.

[@brianmartin608]

Never. Gets. Old!!! Gets me ready to hit the water this fall

[@MuskyMastery]

Brian, thanks so much for the watch and comment dude! Can't wait to hit the water with you soon!

[@adamcaldwell553]

Congratulations that's a phenomenal Musky right there!

[@MuskyMastery]

Adam thanks DUDE!! Really appreciate it! Giant fish but also just so special being able to hold her after a 4 month chase!

[@Rockbottom66]

special fish Chris...congrats.

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks so much!!! And thank you for watching!

[@Rockbottom66]

@@MuskyMastery you bet...enjoy watching many muskie shows but particularly like Wisconsin based ones! Do you do any guiding by chance?

[@S.Roth94]

That is a BEAUTY!!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you!!!

[@Muskieexpo]

Great Job Chas.

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you so much!

[@glengibson529]

Man, what a hog!!Way to go Chas, nice job with the net.That didn't look easy... Great video!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks so much Glen! I really appreciate it! Yes, that was the absolute scariest part of the whole fight!!!

[@scottanthonymiller]

Second time around...Still excellent. I thought I remembered the egg reference.

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Scott!!! LOL.... you must have a solid breakfast before hunting muskies!

[@amfish14]

What a BEAST! Amazing catch! 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Bill! Tight lines dude!

[@timobscene1485]

Nice release! Good catch bro

[@MuskyMastery]

Tim, thank you so much dude!! Really appreciate the watch and comment and glad you enjoyed the video as much as I did! It's still hard for me to believe how that all went down!

[@Audleysm]

glad i'm not the only weirdo who puts ice in his coffee! Nice fish!

[@MuskyMastery]

Steven LOL!!! And how many times have you been asked... "do you want ice coffee?" NO! I don't want ice coffee hahaha I just don't want to burn my mouth! Thanks again for watching dude!

[@wisheye1]

What a thrill, beautiful fish!

[@MuskyMastery]

Mike, thank you so much for watching and really glad you enjoyed the episode! That musky was just wild... and so interesting to me how she showed up on that spot once a month for 4 months straight! To the best of my knowledge.. I did not see her on that structure during 2018... she must be haunting some other reef now. I hope to see her in 2019! :)

[@Niceshhot]

AWESOME FISH Dude! 👍👏👊

[@MuskyMastery]

Hey thanks DUDE! I really appreciate it!

[@byPeszy]

Very nice catch dude!!!

[@MuskyMastery]

Peszy, thank you for the watch and comment! I am still blown away by how that hunt all went down. I knew right away when I set the hook that it was her. Still gives me chills to watch that footage... there are a few scary moments during that fight that could have gone her way :)

[@mikeeverman1420]

Great fish a blessing from God. And good release

[@MuskyMastery]

Mike, you're darn right man! We are so lucky to be able to enjoy time in the wilderness with creation and the people we love. A blessing from God for sure dude. Tight lines!

[@JamesH-v3g]

This video is amazing!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Brad!!! She was a giant and really incredible the way the whole hunt went down. We contacted that fish once a month for 4 months.... makes you wonder: where did she spend her time when she wasn't shallow? Probably suspended over open water!

[@footguy7]

very nice dude...... nice crib too

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you man! Really appreciate it and thanks again for watching and commenting! Tight lines dude!

[@peterreiding6079]

Congrats on that monster musky. I wish we had such fish here in the Netherlands.

[@MuskyMastery]

Peter, thanks dude! I am really glad you enjoyed the episode! I will be traveling to Norway in a couple weeks... what kind of fishing should I check out?

[@rontorrisi765]

wow amazing fish, congratulations.

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you so much Ron!! Tight lines dude and thanks for watching!

[@precisionanglingYT]

That’s insane! Nice work!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you!!

[@FUN-fy5dd]

Nice fish bro.👍

[@MuskyMastery]

Hey thanks man!! Really appreciate the watch and comment!!! Tight lines dude!

[@mikemccarty1016]

Beautiful fish. Tank

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Mike!!! She is still one of my all time best and fav catches.

[@luayalnuaimi4901]

This good my friend

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Luay!!!

[@HumminbirdHelp]

Wow what a great wisco fish dude! Digging your channel

[@MuskyMastery]

Thank you so much!!! Really appreciate it! Tight lines!

[@AnthonysOutdoors]

That's Crazy! I caught my biggest on the same day last year on the Chip!

[@MuskyMastery]

Late August and September is such a killer time to take these tankers that start moving shallow as the photoperiod shortens!

[@JimmyT995]

Where at on the chip how big ? If you don’t mind me asking

[@rogerdudra178]

I met a smallmouth bass on the Musselshell River that would qualify to be called a Ghidorzi fish. I never could land it.

[@MuskyMastery]

Roger, how big do you think it was? That is crazy!

[@veithr3293]

This is why i respect my 5-8 sized single bucktails.

[@MuskyMastery]

Ryan, right on dude! Small to mid-sized bucktails take a lot of really nice sized muskies for me and my clients every year. You can throw them all day long too. But there certainly is a time and place for the big blades in different scenarios... right?

[@veithr3293]

@@MuskyMastery on small rivers shore fishing the time for big blades shrinks and thats 90% of what i do.

[@derekhetherington6322]

Nice fish

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Derek!!! Tight lines dude!

[@davidpore5103]

the dude!!!! awesome fish

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks David! Really appreciate it!! Tight lines dude!

[@benpritchett65]

Great fish not easy to get a 50+ casting in Wisconsin great job man!

[@MuskyMastery]

Ben, thank you so much man! And thanks for watching!

[@terencegillespie6675]

Fish did a great job of hooking itself. Nice fish. You made it look HARD. A Champion atv winch...... nothin to it. I'm thinking of a small crane with a gaff hook for next time I'm up north.

[@MuskyMastery]

Terence... LOL!!! I hope you run into a musky so big this season that you need an atv winch to pull it in! :)

[@jmy7622]

How do you know its the same fish , does it have a mark or injury? there may be a few in every big muskie lake that size like green bay ,lake vermilion , leech lake whole bunch of waters .Congrats on catching that huge beast though, very impressive fish . Enjoyed watching it.

[@MuskyMastery]

Jmy, thanks for the watch man! Really glad you enjoyed watching the video! I believe it was the same fish because we could always tell its beautiful light gold color from the rest of the darker muskies we catch on that body of water. She would only show up on a moon rise - which was very interesting. Never before any major storm or at night. Just on MR. Talk soon!

[@paulshearer9571]

Ive lost a 6ft musky in prosperous lake in yellowknife nwt canada...it took a four foot pike of my line..and that was in a secluded bay off a deep rock incline.

[@MuskyMastery]

Paul, thanks for the watch and comment dude! That sounds like one heck of a musky! What did she hit?

[@sageanonymous5548]

the Canadian accent is amazing

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks dude!! LOL

[@michaelfranano3916]

I hear you and joe say that for blue bird skies you fish with minowbaits and glideraiders alot, what made you throw a bucktail in this situation?

[@MuskyMastery]

Michael that is a great question man. On this particular body of water 700 Goldielocks is KING. I am not sure why? But on that lake, in sunny conditions, gold colored bucktails just pull attention from the muskies. So to answer your question, I would say it is just a time on the water observation. Certain lakes, under certain conditions favor pink bucktails, and some lakes are also seasonal to this too - so like in June pink will work and then die off. (Which is weird!) And on other lakes there are colors that will work best. On some lakes for example, in overcast conditions, black/nickel and/or grape flame will be the ticket (generally). So it is just a feel game. Hope that helps man!

[@troyskodowski3503]

I live in Milwaukee great catching for Wisconsin.

[@MuskyMastery]

Troy - thank you so much man! Really glad you enjoyed the episode! Yes, that fish was a really special catch for me!

[@kurtinklern3262]

Sooo cool, Chas! And she's still out there, no?

[@MuskyMastery]

Kurt, thanks so much man!! Yes, she is still out there for sure. I have not run into her again yet... but perhaps this season! :)

[@scottanthonymiller]

Do the longer rods these days take the trolling motor out of “ play”? It seems as though you don’t worry too much when fish in general move across the bow.

[@MuskyMastery]

Yes and no... the LEM90MHF certainly helps keep the musky "away" from the trolling motor during the fight but big ones like Ghidorzi can really, at times, do whatever they want! It doesn't matter how strong you are as an angler.. these giant muskies will really go where they want during a fight at certain points and you just have to "hold on" and stay patient. Longer rods help in so many different ways... But again, it depends on the situation. On this fish... I was actually very worried when she went across the bow during the initial part of the fight when she was really going hard.

[@robertbehling5918]

Measurements? Obviously leaves me wondering.

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Robert! She hit 50"

[@gt04gt]

Unbelievable !!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Chris! Really appreciate the watch and comment and glad you enjoyed the video! Looking forward to getting out with you on the water this July!

[@TopwaterTony]

TANKER !!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Tony!!!

[@calebholmes1575]

Coolest video I’ve ever watched

[@MuskyMastery]

Caleb, thank you SO MUCH man!!! I cannot tell you how much that means to hear that! I know its been a while since you commented - sorry for not getting back to you sooner! Finally getting caught up here on many things! Tight lines and hope you are enjoying my season 2. Anything you want to see filmed in 2019???

[@troyskodowski3503]

That's awesome

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Troy! The Ghidorzi musky is without a doubt one of my greatest WI musky fishing accomplishments yet. I am so proud of how that hunt went down and even more excited to be able to share the excitement. Tight lines dude!

[@zmfishing170]

absolute tank

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks ZM!

[@patrickfahie8671]

Did you get a measurement on her, I may have missed it.

[@MuskyMastery]

Patrick, you didn't miss it, I just did not show me bumping the fish in the video. She hit the magic 50 inch mark! It was a very special moment for me. Thank you SO much for watching and commenting. Tight lines dude!

[@Fingolfin3423]

Hey Chas, does Michael Conti have his music on KZbin?

[@MuskyMastery]

Not yet but he is working on going that route soon! Thanks again for watching!!

[@monstermadnessoutdoors1852]

Awesome fish dude!! did you ever get the length measure on her?

[@MuskyMastery]

She hit the magic number :)

[@philcarlson5313]

Can definitely tell ol joe bucher has had a major influence on your style lol. You even talk like smokin joe. Anyway what a thug of a muskie she was a titanic!

[@MuskyMastery]

Phil, Joe Bucher has had a HUGE influence on me not only in the fishing world but in the tree stand and in life in general. I can remember the very first day I showed up at Joe's house as the new videographer for his television show... time flies when you're having fun! He has sure taught me a lot about filming, framing and hosting a show. Also, thanks - the Ghidorzi musky was a TANKER!

[@jackgraff3219]

How long was she? Great vid!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks for the watch and comment man!!! Much appreciated! It is tough to say without having measured her (I wanted to get her back asap) but I would estimate 50-51. Very thick, healthy fish and not a mark on her. Hoping to run into her again some day!

[@R.I.P.]

Are you hooking her in the same part of the lake ..same time of day .same bait or all different ?

[@mrricha]

That thing is THICC!!!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Mike!!!

[@ryanriesing7312]

Big St?

[@MuskyMastery]

Ryan, thanks for the watch and comment dude!

[@repairresourceofchicago511]

80lbs line.. . Is this the world of fishing now?

[@MuskyMastery]

RRC, yes 80 lb test is the world of fishing now! :) Part of the reason is because of course, the technology has changed so much! Now our 80 lb test super braid lines have the diameter of 18 lb test - giving us super strength without the bulk. The other reason I use 80 lb test is not because I necessarily plan on catching an 80 lb musky, although that would be awesome, but because of the abbrasive structure I fish my lures around. Fishing jagged rock structure, casting around dead falls and downed trees and trolling around fish cribs and all sorts of other dangerous things calls for TOUGH line - so that we do not lose the lures or the muskies that eat them. Thanks for watching and tight lines!!!

[@ezrajanness7785]

How long was it?

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks for the watch and comment man!!! Much appreciated! It is tough to say without having measured her (I wanted to get her back asap) but I would estimate 50-51. Very thick, healthy fish and not a mark on her. Hoping to run into her again some day!

[@lukkyluciano]

"moon overhead" = meridian ???

[@MuskyMastery]

The meridian to me is the time when the moon is in-between "overhead" and "underfoot." I would say regardless... one thing is certain... those 4 moon phases are killer no matter what they stand for :) Moonrise, moonset, moon overhead and moon underfoot. I always try to be on my best spot during those key times. Thanks for watching dude and tight lines!

[@larryhernandez5062]

Fucking Frosty . Great job . . . .

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks Larry!!! Really appreciate the comment and tight lines dude!

[@GRILLBUOY101]

Nice big juicy fish.i reckon a beast like that can eat a goose. Or a turkey. Ha .the only thing scarier than that is a alligator gar. 6 foot long a missile with fangs

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks dude! Yes, old Ghidorzi muskie was a scary fish and man did she fight hard... one of the hardest fighting muskies I've ever done battle with. Not a scratch on her too which was really cool!

[@eddiep2899]

"...muskie..."?

[@MuskyMastery]

Eddie, thanks for the watch and comment dude! LOL!... To the best of my knowledge, "musky" is the singular form and "muskie/s" is used for the plural form of the word. Not sure if that was what you were asking? Tight lines bro!

[@eddiep2899]

@@MuskyMastery - yours is a reasonable explanation that, although different than the spelling that I grew up with (several decades ago), is acceptable because of your measured delivery.

[@chevyvet69]

What is the deal with you guys up North using fishing rods And reels that are too weak

[@MuskyMastery]

Chevy, interesting take on my setup? I am throwing a 9 ft MHF with a 400 series Daiwa. Would you recommend beefing it up further for next season? I am open to suggestions! Thanks!

[@chevyvet69]

In Florida here we use a lot of different types of rods A lot of spinning rods Try switching to a spinning set up and go heavier on the rod

[@emsp8]

Heavier rod would’ve had him the first time. Awesome fight!!!

[@MuskyMastery]

Thanks for watching dude! I really appreciate it! It is tough to say and very easy to go both ways on that topic... When she grabbed the double-8 in the fig-8 she was hooked (from what I could see in the stained water) with one point of the treble in the very outside on roof of the top lip. The heavy power St. Croix might have kept her pinned? But having the medium-heavy power helped me a TON when fighting her the in Sept. The medium-heavy allows a little more forgiveness on those big boatside power runs.

[@bigetnt]

its her

[@MuskyMastery]

I want to make a t-shirt with that quote on the front and a picture of me setting the hook on the back! LOL what would you think about that??

[@michaelwhite6110]

why didnt you keep it! that thing probably eats 5 lbs of fish a day!

[@MuskyMastery]

Michael you're absolutely right lol... probably does eat like 10 lbs a day but.... the thought of her roaming the reefs to be caught again is just awesome! Thanks for the comment dude! Tight lines!