Sounds like you have become a musky fisherman. Are you hooked?
I was fishing a FOM tx a few years back throwing a hard jerkbait and caught a 40" musky. It was a lot of fun. Caught on a spinning rod and 8lb test line in early spring. 38 degree weather. If I lived as close as you do, I probably would be divorced! I need to get down there more. 2 hr drive for me.
Bassky