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Hey all. As I stated in my first thread, I am new to fishing, but love it immensely so far and am learning alot. I live in Port Perry on Lake Scugog. I showed my neighbour the pic below and he called it a pickerel when I thought it was a walleye...



Are they the same thing? What gives..

Then yesterday I caught this fish (pic below)..Which I thought was a pickerel but looks nothing like the fish in the thread above that my neighbour called Pickerel... Can anyone explain? Thanks



You'll notice after reading advice from here, I am no longer holding the fish dangling from the hook..lol...

Hey all. My names Darryl. My wife and I and our 2 children recently bought waterfront in Port Perry on Lake Scugog. I was never into fishing at all, and the only experience I had was as a child catching sunfish or perch or whatever. No real memories. Well, over the last few days I decided to give it a try and would throw a line in off my dock with my 5 year old daughter. Well I ended up catching a couple large mouth bass (my neighbour had to tell me what they were..lol) Was alot of fun..

So today for the first time I decided to go out in the boat and give it a whirl. Didnt have much time but I managed to pull in a couple fish, and lemme tell ya.. For a newbie, It was super exciting!! I have no idea what kind of fish they are (pickerel??) but the bigger one was quite the thrill. I threw all fish back btw.

Anyways, to the point of this topic...

I am really enjoying this fishing thing and although it may seem silly, before this summer is out, I am making it my mission to pull a muskie out of this lake. Now I have NO idea how...

Anyone out there know anything about Lake Scugog and where to go, what kind of bait to use.. Any tips? Also, and this sounds bad, but how the hell do I pick that thing up if I get it??? How do I take the hook out of its mouth without it biting me?? I think Id be pretty scared and exciting at the same time. Looking forward to hearing all you thoughts and how I can land a muskie this summer!! Thanks all!! Attached a couple photos of my first real experience fishing out on the lake and looking forward to swapping stories throughout the summer with all of ya.

Here are some pics of my first experience fishing out on the Lake