Haven't seen any this year, but i do have a great musky story. When I was a teenager I used to fish the conestoga river in my 17 foot red coleman conoe often. On this particular outing my father and I decided to canoe/fish a stretch of theriver that we often ignored. The largest, deepest hole in this stretch was behind an abandoned amusement park from the late 1800's maybe early 1900's. The river bends here and gets very deep on the outside bend. Access is limited to boaters because both sides of the river are private property... so the fishing is good. As we silently slid into the pool a monstrous musky glided past us heading in the opposite direction. It was maybe 1 1/2 ' from our boat and the water was gin clear that day so we clearly saw all 54" of it. He was beautifull! The musky pitched to one side while passing as if to get a better look. I remember making eye contact with the fish. The experience was a little intimidating. He finished his pass and then as he reached the end of the canoe turned and followed for a few feat, then sunk into the depth of the pool and vanished. Holy @#*!!! We could'nt stop talking about the insident for weeks. A few months later I returned to the spot armed with 20# test, wire leader, surf fishing rod, and the largest lure I could find at the local sports shop. On the very first cast I hooked into something BIG! my pulse raced. I thought I had him. Turned out to be the largest, fattest small mouth of my life to date. I was dissapointed :lol: Funny how your perspective changes according to expectations. Havn't been back there in a while. That was about 15 years ago so that fish is most likely dead. Does anyone know how long they live?