Kevin, thought I would share my good news and bad news with ya. Last Sat. 6-18-05 I was at my friends cottage on Little Barbee and we went for a ride on there pontoon with his family. The good news is I landed my first musky. We were on Sawmill and I was trolling a small plug and as we were getting close to the channel to go to Sechrist, fish on. After a short battle we got it on the boat, was 40 inches and weighed 17 lb - 11 oz. Now the bad news, I had intentions of getting it back in the water to be caught again some other day but as soon as it got in the net it went wild and got itself and the hooks all tangled up and with it not holding still and all by the time I could get it back in the water it had been to long. I tried reviving it with no luck, when I thought it was trying to swim away it just swam down and then went belly up on the bottom. I decided I was not gonna let a beautiful fish like that go to waste so I got it back out of the water and it is now in my freezer waiting to go to the taxidermist. I see what you are talking about needing to use one of those rubber nets and being fast at getting them back in the water. I think i'll try to be better prepaired next time. This is gonna be an expensive venture, but I have always wanted a nice musky on my wall to go with my crappie and 10 point buck I killed last fall. I think I have the fever now and can't wait to get my next one.:biggrin: