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LarryO

Posted 7/28/2014 6:59 PM (#722938)
Subject: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 192

I caught this fish on St Clair a couple of weeks ago. The charter guys said it was a Silver Muskie. One of them told me he has only seen a couple of these fish in 30 years there. I'm not sure but it definitely has different colors than the normal St Clair Spotted Muskies. I've caught a lot of Clear Muskies over the years at Cave Run and Green River in Kentucky but this is not like those fish. Anyway, I thought it looked kind of cool.

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achotrod

Posted 7/28/2014 7:35 PM (#722951 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

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Beautiful fish! I have never seen one like that before.

FAT-SKI

Posted 7/28/2014 8:17 PM (#722965 - in reply to #722951)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 1360

Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished

I was thinking maybe it was a blue pike and not a muskie. But after doing a little research I am pretty sure its not a blue pike as show from a previous poster below. But they looked similar so I thought I would speculate. That is an interesting fish, beautiful and cool for sure

http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=27...

Edited by FAT-SKI 7/28/2014 8:19 PM

Musky Face

Posted 7/28/2014 8:32 PM (#722970 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 558

Thats a sweet looking musky. Congrats! A 50 inch silver would be the ultimate replica for the wall. Wonder what the biggest silver ever caught is?

ToddM

Posted 7/28/2014 8:36 PM (#722971 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 20178

Location: oswego, il

Beautiful fish. Are we saying this is a different strain than the great lakes fish or is this just a rare coloration of the great lakes strain?

LarryO

Posted 7/28/2014 9:21 PM (#722985 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 192

IDK, someone smarter than me would need to answer that. I just know that I've never caught one with those colors. Made my day.

samuwenn

Posted 7/28/2014 9:51 PM (#723002 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 163

Location: NoDak

rare coloration, that can happen anywhere, last seen a thread on a stupid pro spearing guy had a silver muskie in the DL area of MN

ToothTamer

Posted 7/28/2014 9:56 PM (#723005 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 311

Location: Lake St.Clair

Awesome fish I've never seen one like it on lsc. Great catch!

vegas492

Posted 7/29/2014 8:48 AM (#723036 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 1023

Wow. Just gorgeous. Even the fins are beautiful. Thanks for posting.

hawkeye9

Posted 7/29/2014 11:26 AM (#723068 - in reply to #723036)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 426

Location: Perryville, MO

Awesome catch, Larry! Considering a replica? Certainly would be very cool.

MartinTD

Posted 7/29/2014 12:26 PM (#723084 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 1134

Location: NorthCentral WI

No doubt that is one pretty fish. Looks like the markings of a lake trout except the spots are dark instead. Whatever it is I think it looks more blue than silver. I would feel lucky to reel in such a rare fish. If a musky is the fish of 10,000 casts, this must be the fish of 10,000,000.

LarryO

Posted 7/29/2014 4:17 PM (#723148 - in reply to #723068)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

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hawkeye9 - 7/29/2014 11:26 AM

Awesome catch, Larry! Considering a replica? Certainly would be very cool.

No plans for a replica, I'm not sure I'm really into replicas.......but then don't ask me to explain why I have a 10' long marlin replica hanging in my sun room. I think the Cervezas got to me that day.

This fish was only 41" long, so even though I like the colors not sure it is big enough anyway. I actually caught a much larger normally colored Spotted Muskie on this trip but that fish had all kinds of nasty scars and lamprey marks on it so it didn’t make for the best photos.

Edited by LarryO 7/29/2014 4:18 PM

ToddM

Posted 7/29/2014 4:21 PM (#723149 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 20178

Location: oswego, il

Why do you have a 9'11.997" marlin replica hanging in your room?

LarryO

Posted 7/29/2014 4:28 PM (#723150 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 192

I caught it while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas Mexico. Got talked into a replica, which I later regretted. So now the #*^@ thing takes up an entire wall in my house and my wife is really fond of it!

Larry Ramsell

Posted 7/29/2014 5:48 PM (#723167 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 1275

Location: Hayward, Wisconsin

I'm thinking cross between a "silver pike" (color phase of N. pike) and a muskie.

LarryO

Posted 7/29/2014 6:59 PM (#723179 - in reply to #723167)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 192

Larry Ramsell - 7/29/2014 5:48 PM

I'm thinking cross between a "silver pike" (color phase of N. pike) and a muskie.

Maybe

This picture shows the shape of the tail a little bit better.

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Dafterzip

Posted 7/29/2014 7:27 PM (#723186 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 85

Location: Michigan U.P.

"She's a beaut Clark"

packz

Posted 7/29/2014 8:18 PM (#723200 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 32

Location: Appleton, WI

Very very cool fish! Beautiful markings!

Edited by packz 7/29/2014 8:26 PM

Musky Face

Posted 7/29/2014 8:51 PM (#723209 - in reply to #723186)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

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Dafterzip - 7/29/2014 7:27 PM

"She's a beaut Clark"

Lmao. Wish i would have thought of that.

Contender

Posted 7/30/2014 9:59 AM (#723290 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 360

Location: Algonac, MI

Your fish is not a Silver muskie, it is actually a "Clear" muskie. One of the 4 strains in LSC. (despite MDNR denial)

Great lakes spotted
Clear
Silver
Tiger

Looking for a pic of a silver.

Contender

Posted 7/30/2014 10:05 AM (#723294 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: RE: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 360

Location: Algonac, MI

Here is a "Silver" from LSC, top pic. The bottom pic is a "clear".

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Contender

Posted 7/30/2014 10:09 AM (#723296 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: RE: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 360

Location: Algonac, MI

Here is a small "tiger" also.

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achotrod

Posted 7/30/2014 10:29 AM (#723300 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 1283

Still looks silver to me with some markings. The clear you posted is not silvery/blue at all to me. Nothing like the OPs fish. The Silver you posted is very close minus the spots.

Larry Ramsell

Posted 7/30/2014 4:19 PM (#723376 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 1275

Location: Hayward, Wisconsin

Here is a Blue/Silver Pike.

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Lester Neigard

Posted 7/30/2014 8:04 PM (#723417 - in reply to #723300)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

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achotrod - 7/30/2014 10:29 AM

Still looks silver to me with some markings. The clear you posted is not silvery/blue at all to me. Nothing like the OPs fish. The Silver you posted is very close minus the spots.

I agree. I didn't think the "clear" one looked anything like the original poster's fish.

HD Fatboy

Posted 8/1/2014 5:19 AM (#723690 - in reply to #723417)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 32

Here is one a friend caught last year at LSC, Pic does not do the fish any justice though.

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Drakl

Posted 8/1/2014 6:45 AM (#723694 - in reply to #722938)
Subject: Re: Silver Muskie?

Posts: 192

Location: Quebec, Canada

Very nice fish and picture, congrats on the catch.

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