If you happen to encounter the social media profiles of Colin Greene, it is clear that he is a busy man. Not only is the Pennsylvania native a cognitive therapist by day, but he also holds a license as a trout guide, works as an ambassador for Dynamic Lures and owns Tank Fishing Co.

Greene’s Instagram is filled with photos of the angler catching fish all over the country. He’s landed impressive largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, brown trout, tiger trout, snooks, sturgeon, barracuda, snapper, catfish, and northern pike.

It is Greene’s most recent eye-turning catch that he considers “probably the best catch of my life,” however.

“It Was a Dream to Work in the Fishing Industry”

Greene has been actively building his reputation within the fishing industry for several years now. When he was hired by Dynamic Lures as its Eastern U.S. brand ambassador, the California University of Pennsylvania native said that “basically, it was a dream to work in the fishing industry.”

For Greene, however, his growing position within the industry is about more than just catching the incredible fish his followers see on social media. Through his work as a guide, clothing apparel company owner, and cognitive therapist, Greene has also been able to holistically provide unique fishing opportunities to individuals who have overcome incredible adversity.

During his many excursions on the water, Greene often takes youth he sponsors with him. Often, these individuals have overcome brain injuries, survived brain cancer, etc.

Greene’s countless hours on the water and ventures into the business side of the industry not only allow him to catch fish across numerous species, but also allows him to create memories with these individuals that may never happen otherwise.

“It’s a business where I make some money, but it goes back to equipment to go fishing and take these kids with me,” he said. “It’s really about making these kids’ dreams a reality and influencing them with fishing.”

On perhaps his most important of fishing, then, Greene happened to have two of these individuals on the boat with and his father.

Blood Moon, Good Omen

There seems to be a trend in fishing where anglers will often catch a “personal best” just before landing an even bigger fish.

Recently, Ohio’s Steven Price landed his “PB” blue catfish on the Kanawha River roughly fifteen minutes before smashing the West Virginia blue cat state record.

Greene’s window between back-to-back “PB” catches was a bit wider, but just a week before hauling in the largest Muskie of he life, he hauled in, what was at that point, the largest muskie of his life.

The blood moon proved to be a positive omen for Greene who managed to pull in a 47 1/2 muskie while fishing with his father and his girlfriend.

The first of Greene’s consecutive monster muskies actually broke his net. Determined the return the fish safely to the water, Greene was unable to get a weight on the specimen.

“Basically Having Fun, Not Expecting Anything Special”

On May 21 – a week after landing his blood moon muskie – Greene returned to the same fishery with his father Ralph and Tank Fishing colleagues Will Demosky and Jason Baker for what he expected to be a fairly low-key day on the water.

Greene notes that the goal for the day was “basically having fun, not expecting anything special.”

The team had been on the water for awhile on what was a rather unremarkable day: the air temperature was around 80 degrees with surface temperature in the high-60s. Perhaps the most notable data point on his upcoming catch was the fact that his massive muskie would hit right around 12:30 p.m. – “not at all the average time to catch a big muskie,” Greene says.

Throwing a Mepps bucktail on a St. Croix Musky Mojo rod with a Shimano Tranx baitcaster and 50 lb. Yo-Zuri braid line, Greene noticed that an enormous muskie was following his retrieval.

“The mass was so big, it was alarming,” Greene recalls. “I’ve told people it was almost like someone was freestyle swimming at my bucktail. It felt like it was being followed by a human.”

In order to avoid being perplexed, overwhelmed, or intimidated by the giant predator quickly approaching his lure, Greene opted to keep his eyes glued on the bucktail.

“It Absolutely Crushed the Bucktail!”

As Greene’s lure closed in on the boat, he immediately went into the “figure 8” motion. The fish wasted no time striking.

“She chomped it,” Green says. “It absolutely crushed the bucktail!”

Overcome with excitement, he eschewed the convention of forcefully “driving” the hookset on a muskie, instead “pulling up nice and slowly” while still managing to get the hooks secured in the fish’s mouth.

Within about twenty seconds, the fish was controlled and in the net (which did not break this time).

“We all screamed for like a minute straight because we were in disbelief,” Greene recalls. “We were just thinking, ‘what just happened here?'”

Despite the joyous chaos on the boat, Greene took it upon himself to be the calming presence and made sure that he and his crew efficiently made use of the brief time they would have with this majestic creature. His father helped him bring the fish into the boat where they snapped several photos before returning to fish to the water.

Greene estimates that they spent about two minutes making sure the fish was revived before releasing it.

Shortly after the fish submerged, someone asked if anywhere could see where it went. Almost on cue, the muskie’s pronounced red fins emerged.

Greene said that he told his companions, “That’s the fish’s way of saying ‘I made it. It’s like she’s shaking your hand and saying goodbye.”

“He Said It Was the Best Fish He’s Ever Seen Come Out of There”

During the catch, a Department of Natural Resources official was nearby to observe the moment.

Greene recalls that the official said the muskie estimated the fish was right around twenty years old. He also told Greene that the muskie was “the best fish he’s ever seen come out of there.”

Per Greene’s request, Premier Angler is not disclosing the location of his catch. We can confirm that this muskie is one of the largest to ever come out of this particular fishery, however.

So, just how big was this mammoth muskie?

Greene’s tank measured an incredible 53 inches and weighed 45 pounds with a girth of 38 inches!

Could there be an ever larger muskie in Colin Greene’s future? You can keep up with his Instagram to see if he is able to surpass this beauty!

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