left, plus another monster that didn't make it to the net. Altogether the guys from Sweden fished for 9 days and landed 39 musky. Of the 39 musky, only 7 were below 40". Now that's great musky fishing! One of the hot lures on this trip was a 6" glide bait called the Stalker from Lundberg Custom Baits. No surprise since the Stalker is a Swedish made lure, so the guys from Sweden were well equipped with many different col­ored Stalkers. I fish the Stalker a great deal as well, but my usual " fish it fast" retrieve didn't produce muskies this trip. Instead, it took a slower and more methodical retrieve to get bit. The slow side- to- side action of the Stalker was the key to triggering some furious strikes. On a couple occasions we had musky clear water as they attacked the bait. I pushed the guys to work each spot thoroughly, and several times fish were seen or caught as we changed angles or worked a good- looking spot a second time. The patterns that pro­duced the best were natural colors like Smallmouth, Pike, and Perch. The 51" fish that Christer caught was on a Hot Carp pattern Stalker. The Hot Carp has been his favorite color for Pike back home, and is now most likely his favorite musky color as well. The Mepps bucktail that I was using produced several good fish as well. I have caught numerous musky on this color bucktail over the years, and I tried to convince the Swedes in my boat to keep a brown and gold bucktail in the water at all times. After the guys saw me catch a musky on the bait, they were only partially convinced. Then another musky inhaled the bait, so now they were convinced. So much so that one of the guys, Bjorn, adopted the bait and landed several nice musky. I don't think that I could have pried the bucktail out of his hands. A couple days later Bjorn got snagged on a rock and broke his line. The Magic Bucktail was gone! Bjorn was now convinced that his musky fishing trip was over and that he wouldn't see or catch another fish. Everyone dug through his or her gear but no one could find a similar looking bait. Bjorn combed through the tackle shop back at camp, but nothing looked right there either. I then dug through my tackle back in the cabin and found another identical Mepps bucktail. When I showed it to him, he smiled like he had just won the lottery. Bjorn boated several more musky with the new Magic Bucktail, and I've never seen the bait again. Talk about a confidence bait! Although I had fished at Young's for many years, this was my first trip in September. In the past we have fished in June at the Musky Opener, in early July, and even in August. The weather then is usually warmer, and the fish were typically in the weeds or were just arriving on the rocks and reefs. I've never really liked pounding the weeds for musky, but sometimes in June and July that's what you have to do to get musky in the boat. I prefer fishing rock and offshore structure, so this trip al­lowed me to concentrate on the areas that I know and prefer to fish. One thing I've learned over the years is to approach spots with as little noise as possible. Submerged rocks and reefs, especially ones offshore, can be tricky to fish because you don't have a visible target. It's easy to spook the fish by getting too close to the spot. I would approach slowly into the wind and stop about a long cast away from the deep edge of the rock or reef. I would then use the 4- stroke motor to back troll

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