It Only Took One Cast

Woke up pretty early this morning and decided to head down to the Cumberland Ferry to try my luck at some fall Musky. Got there and saw someone right in my favorite spot jigging for Walleye. I decided to start casting off the big rock that's right beside the spot. It only took that one cast, as I was reeling in about half way back, she hit viciously...I jumped off the rock and started reeling him in slowly, gave a few good head shakes then I was close enough to gill plate it. Wow! She weighted just under 15 Lbs and measured 39 Inches(where the tail ends). Was definitely a 40 Incher but couldn't get an exact measurement as half the tail was missing! I'll be back for the bigger Musky that ate his tail...