Musky
Muskies are known as the fish of 10,000 casts. Even on the best musky waters of the Canadian Shield, catching a trophy musky is a difficult task. However, once you do tangle with one of these monsters, that occupy the very top of their food chain, chances are you’ll be hooked.
While we don’t have the sheer numbers of musky lakes of Northern Wisconsin, or the famous bodies of water of the Canadian Shield, we are blessed to have several very good musky lakes right here in Central Illinois. My biggest musky is a fifty inch beast that was caught in Canada, but I have tangled with many muskies in the mid to upper forty inch range from our local waters. I would love to share with you the knee shaking experience of having a 45 inch, or bigger, fish follow your lure right up to the boat. There’s nothing like it.