Did it happen in the net or when trying to land the fish?

Alright I'll post it up. It's being mounted by Higgins Brothers over in Linesville and it's a local Musky of a lifetime. Casting from shore with light line and a excellent drag reel along with experience fighting bigger fish the monster was landed. This fish was caught by my son and will be displayed on his wall for many years to come. It took the usual 10,000 cast but was well worth it. The Musky measured 49 " long with a 27 " girth and hit my unofficial scale at 40 lbs. even ! It's a Pymy hog and he was Musky hunting. I know why 6 lb. line for Musky ? His answer to me is "Dad these fish are line shy so I use lighter line on purpose" ! I have to agree some what because he has caught and landed 8 Musky in two years all 40 '' plus from wade fishing local rivers and lakes. Anyway here are some photos..................have a good Memorial weekend and special thank's to all our Vets !

Captain, if you wrote a book on wade fishing the local waters... you could probably make some serious loot.

Mammoth!!!!!

now that's a hog...very nice musky

That is an awesome fish he should get the busted lure put in the fishes mouth to add to the story.  Congrats

congrats man

I guess there's no question what you used to catch that thing.  Nice fish!

Wow, nice fish and busted up lure pic is pretty cool too.
 
I'm still a bit confused on the fish being shy of heavier than 6lb running line, but not the black steel leader?  Then again, I'm not the one holding a 49" musky in the picture (or the patience to focus on musky)... 
 
Pass along another congrats from this way on landing with such light line, and catching that hog in general.  I wonder if he is in the running for any line size records?

Great fish!
Great story/lure to go with it!
Thumbs up!