Arrived at noon. Fishing was supposed to be best about 11am to 11pm. Fished east shore casting or trolling plugs until 4pm. No interest in large plugs Then I anchored over the shallow sunken island. Put on 1.5" perch F-3 Rapala to catch perch to cut out a strip of flesh to attach to a plug. First cast got a 14" bass. Then a 13", !2.5, 11.5", 8" and many 5-6". At 6:05 pm the light was going but the wind had quit and it was like a mill pond. I didn't want to leave.
Then I got another fish & it felt like another 14" bass, so I proceeded to reel it in. Half way to the boat the fish said no and started taking line and I knew it was a Tiger. Then he jumped and & with tail a foot above the water shook his 40 inches like a creature possessed, but he could not throw that little piece of balsa with two hooks in the corner of his jaws. He jumped 4 more times because 6 lb. line and a light rod was all he was all he was fighting.
Then he went to the weeds on the bottom and I couldn't move him. I pulled the anchor with 1 hand & 1 foot and pulled the boat toward him with rod & line, got the line loose and he ran again. Then I got him in and couldn't get my camera set with one hand so I put him on the stringer and revived him. When I got the camera working, I picked him up on the stringer and he gave a mighty shake and got off, so I lost my "Photo Opp." I was going to turn him loose any way, but I wanted a picture first. I did weigh and measure, 40 inches and 14 lbs. 8 oz. on my Rapala digital scale with the claws to aid landing. Use rope stringers for musky. I should have known enough to do the same but the experience was FABULOUS anyway.