Andrea Gurke caught and released her personal-best muskie on June 16 on a daughter-father outing on Lake Galena. The 43-inch tiger muskie came on a 5 1/2-inch Storm 360GT swimbait on the fourth cast, just after 5:30 a.m., made by Gurke, 26, who works at Illinois Masonic Hospital.
“Andrea and I have been doing a father-daughter fishing trip with Tom Saccomanno, a childhood friend of mine from Galena, for three years,” her father Bob emailed. “Last year, we were totally skunked, but the year before she caught her first musky that measured 31 inches. All she prayed for was something closer to 40 inches.
