Angler lands huge muskie when last-minute ‘bite window’ opens

2022. 12. 3. 12:36■ 자연 환경/동물 새

Angler lands huge muskie when last-minute ‘bite window’ opens (msn.com)

 

Angler lands huge muskie when last-minute ‘bite window’ opens

After not getting a bite on the first day, Bill Swanson and his friend were nearing the end of their second day of fishing without a strike when suddenly the “bite window” opened, and didn’t close even as the sun was setting. Swanson and Vance Kaloz

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Angler lands huge muskie when last-minute ‘bite window’ opens

Story by David Strege  10h ago

 

After not getting a bite on the first day, Bill Swanson and his friend were nearing the end of their second day of fishing without a strike when suddenly the “bite window” opened, and didn’t close even as the sun was setting.

 

Angler lands huge muskie when last-minute ‘bite window’ opens© Provided by For The Win

Swanson and Vance Kaloz trolled both ends of Chautauqua Lake in New York for nearly two straight days in early November without success before Swanson caught a 46-inch muskie and then lost another one about the same size, as reported by New York Upstate.

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But it wasn’t until the sun began setting and the anglers decided to call it a day when the best fish of the day bit.

“We’re just getting ready to stand up and say, ‘Welp, you know, we gave it heck,’ and all of a sudden the reel went [off],” Swanson told New York Upstate.

“She did two tail splashes and totally drenched both of us in the back of the boat. It was just so great.”

 

Angler lands huge muskie when last-minute ‘bite window’ opens© Provided by For The Win

It took Swanson 10 minutes to land the fish, doing so after he had lost his footing during the fight and hit the deck.

They took measurements and estimated its weight at 40 pounds. It was 51-inches long.

“[Vance] just goes all day, every day,” Swanson told New York Upstate. “And that’s the trick to muskie fishing. You gotta be there when that bite window comes.”

Photo courtesy of Bill Swanson.

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