Caught a Muskie on Lake Monona using a rattle trap

A photo of nillgen99's catch

Caught By

nillgen99
12/13/2013 12:43:31 AM

Little muskie hit while I was bass fishing

Catch Details

	Species	Muskie
	Waterway	Lake Monona
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	Lure/Bait	rattle trap
	Visible to	Everyone

Comments
963

1. Dec 13, 2013 lemesnil 0
  Pretty lil fish... I love surprises whenever I'm fishing.
2. Dec 13, 2013 Chuck LaBruna 0
  http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php/topic/10460-identifying-juvenile-grass-pickerel-and-juvenile-northern-pike/
3. Dec 13, 2013 Chuck LaBruna 0
  I meant light pigment below the lateral line, not on it. Whoopsie. Went lookin around for you @CalvinFease. Grear explanation here:
4. Dec 13, 2013 Chuck LaBruna 0
  @CalvinFease The biggest thing is the fact that the lateral line has pigment already at that young age. Juvie pickerel have a very bright lateral line, due to much ...more less pigmentation on it at that age
5. Dec 13, 2013 Calvin Fease 0
  What characteristics leaned you toward Muskie? Sorry, just trying to become more accurate with pike ID.
6. Dec 13, 2013 Chuck LaBruna 0
  @CalvinFease No, that is actually a VERY young Muskie, or a juvenile pickeral species. They look very similar, but a few different characteristics lean me more toward ...more Muskie
7. Dec 13, 2013 Calvin Fease 0
  @wyldechylde77 is this one a baby Northern as well? (Sorry, still trying to get the juvie pike down.)
8. Dec 13, 2013 Daniel Justiz 0
  Aggressive fish
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