My dad got me hooked (bad pun) on muskie fifty years ago. He fished the Allegheny River for muskie ONLY - and caught a few real monsters. As I remember it the biggest was 55 inches. The fish commission guys knew my dad and when they saw the snap shots of the fish, still in the water because we released every fish we hooked, they said it was, based on the measurement they took of the boat, a "double-nickel" muskie. I landed a 51 incher on the river and it is still - even after the lake trout and salmon returned to Lake Erie, my most remembered fish.
I wish that we had photos but I will always have the memories of my dad, the Allegheny River and the amazing fish he caught one night.
We used steel Tru-Temper rods and casting reels that were made for us by my uncle who made custom deep sea reels for Hemingway, Clark Gable and other famous folks. They are works of utilitarian art.
Terry
