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RandalB
Posted 5/1/2016 9:26 PM (#815739)
Subject: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




Posts: 470


Hey all,
Got this guy today on a boat side hit (Went around on a Dyin Dawg several times), bumped out at +/- 34" ( probably 36 if I could have straightened him out). I've never seen one with this kind of deformity before, head seemed kinda large, but otherwise as solid healthy fish with some spawn nips. Released strong too..

Has anyone ever encountered one of these crooked buggers before?

RandalB

Edited by RandalB 5/1/2016 9:28 PM




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ToddM
Posted 5/2/2016 6:48 AM (#815753 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?





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Location: oswego, il
It has to be a birth defect. Either that or it is doing everything it can to stay short of the 36" size limit.
jdsplasher
Posted 5/2/2016 6:49 AM (#815754 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: RE: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?





Posts: 2219


Location: SE, WI.

I've seen deformities like that, BUT not to that degree. Mostly with tigers. Usually skinny and ready to eat anything coming there way:)

 JD

fishhawk50
Posted 5/2/2016 7:39 AM (#815764 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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Location: oconomowoc, wi
we see walleyes like that all the time on winnebago.. odd looking fish that one is
MACK
Posted 5/2/2016 8:04 AM (#815765 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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Throughout the years of fishing Webster, the Barbee Chain and James (Little Tippy), have caught a lot of deformed fish. Yes...some with bent or s-curved spines, deformed fins, deformed heads, deformed jaws, deformed snouts, etc, etc. As for these kinds of deformed fish...there's been a lot of talks of these kinds of fish throughout the years, that many believe it could stem back to the process at the rearing ponds before stocking into the lakes takes place? Or...is it simply a matter of mother nature keeping true to herself with keeping some fish "unique" from the others?

And some fish that that looked to be the spawn of Freddy Kruger from The Nightmare On Elm Street horror movies that looked as if they had acid poured on them with open sides, no skin, no scales, all deformed muscle tissue. I don't know just what in thee sam heck was going on with fish like THAT? Scary looking though.

But...yeah...fish those waters long enough, you'll catch plenty more deformed fish like that. And they're no worse for the wear. Mother Nature has a way of taking charge and some of those fish don't know any differently and grow up to be nice sized, healthy adults. They adapt. Survival of the fittest.



Edited by MACK 5/2/2016 8:05 AM
muskidiem
Posted 5/2/2016 8:32 AM (#815768 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: RE: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?





Posts: 255


Maybe they get like that from following walk the dog lures like phantoms, hellhounds. If Darwin were alive he'd write all about musky backs and not bird beaks.
gregk9
Posted 5/2/2016 9:40 AM (#815773 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?





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Location: North Central IL USA
scoliosis.
Booch
Posted 5/2/2016 12:09 PM (#815784 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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I'd bet it flopped around in the boat the last time it was caught.
chasintails
Posted 5/2/2016 12:33 PM (#815786 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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broke back muskie
MikeHulbert
Posted 5/2/2016 4:49 PM (#815812 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?





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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana
There are a bunch of fish in those lakes that are S curves, hump back, deformed heads, etc....it's not that uncommon.
Chemi
Posted 5/2/2016 6:55 PM (#815823 - in reply to #815812)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?





DOH! Is Homer Simpson's power plant nearby?

 

gregk9
Posted 5/3/2016 9:51 AM (#815902 - in reply to #815823)
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Location: North Central IL USA
Chemi - 5/2/2016 6:55 PM

Is Homer Simpson's power plant nearby


LOL! Indeed!
musky3535
Posted 5/3/2016 3:25 PM (#815966 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: RE: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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They are much better eating musky since they have S bones instead of the normal Y bones
Sackett
Posted 5/3/2016 6:17 PM (#816013 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




Posts: 100


Location: Bemidji/Cass Lake
Got one on Cass Lake years ago with a huge curvature. Measured out at 46" and probably over 50" without the curve. Old fish that looked to be on its decline.
jchiggins
Posted 5/3/2016 10:36 PM (#816066 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




Posts: 1757


Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn
Caught one like that on Cass myself. Small fish with not only an "s" spine but also about a 45° twist.
MACK
Posted 5/4/2016 8:12 AM (#816085 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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Sackett and jchiggins....is Cass Lake a stocked lake? Just curious.

Reason I ask is...it's believed ( I don't believe it's proven ) that these kinds of odd-ball fish are more prevalent in the stocked lakes due to the stocking/rearing programs...vs naturally reproducing/sustaining lakes. Sure...and odd-ball fish may still show up, genetically/naturally, as a result of natural reproduction, but the numbers of those odd-ball fish would be less than that of the numbers of odd-ball fish in the lakes that are stocked.
jchiggins
Posted 5/4/2016 8:51 AM (#816094 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn
Cass is not a stocked lake.
Smell_Esox
Posted 5/4/2016 3:00 PM (#816145 - in reply to #815773)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?




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gregk9 - 5/2/2016 9:40 AM

scoliosis.
Bingo!
T3clay
Posted 5/26/2016 10:50 AM (#818299 - in reply to #815739)
Subject: Re: You guys ever seen a 'Ski like this before?





Posts: 770


seen walleyes like that
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