I was talking to a couple of friends of mine who live in Hibbing Minnesota a day or so ago and they were telling me a fish story that happened to them this summer on Lake Vermillion. Guy had hooked a decent little smallie and was bringing him in when something huge slammed him. Was a muskie he said in the 48-50 inch range. He fought him to about ten feet from the boat when he spit the bass out. There were no hooks in the muskie, I guess he'd stubbornly held on for that long until he saw the boat. He said the bass was pretty scuffed up but he was able to release him.

Until you see these fish in action, you can't imagine how much like wolves they really are.

BKB