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| I tried to convince myself I didn't care how big this fish is but I cant get it out of my head. This is my largest fish to date and did not recover well and so I decided to focus on getting her back and swimming and never measured. I landed a 47 and a high 48 later that looked mini compared to this. What are your thoughts? Ive been refering to her as a high 49 (the rarest of all muskies) as I have no bump board pic.
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Location: MN | What body of water, and how big are you? |
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| St Clair, Im bt 5'8 and 5'9 given the pair of shoes |
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| 50-52" --- 22" girth ??? Just a guess |
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| That fish is definitely over 50" |
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| its a big fish. probably leave it at that. safe to say 50+ |
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Location: Minnesota | Nice fish congrats |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yep. Low 50" class, nice fish! |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | 50-51 would be my guess. 20-21 girth. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | 51 on the nuts |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Really big. Cool of you to focus on the release more than the measure on that one. |
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Location: oswego, il | Nice fish! Now go spend your next 75 bucks on a bump board!  |
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| Looks like 50-51 to me |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | 49 7/8". The most elusive muskie of them all! ??nice fish! |
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| def 50 plus buddy...Id just leave it at you are in the 50++ club congrats my man |
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Location: Tulsa, OK | Looks like a 51-52" fish. Congrats. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | The head is away from the camera and still looks big...easy over 50! Very Nice!! Great job!!! |
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Location: North Central IL USA | 50+ fish for sure! Congrats! |
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| I think that would be a lake holiday 70! |
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Location: Chippewa Falls, WI | first off, I am no expert, by a long shot. Second I'm not trying to be that guy! Looking at that fish and taking into consideration you're 5'8" I'd put that as an upper 40's st clair fish. I've been fortunate enough to catch several upper 40's fish on that lake and I've netter several low 50's, a couple 53's and a 55" on that body of water. (I fished with Hulbert for 3 days the past three Julys, highly recommend him by the way!). Mike only wants me to net fish for him if they are over 50" otherwise he releases them boatside without netting them. The easiest way to tell if a fish is over 50 on that body of water especially is if they have a giant melon for a head! I'll post a pic of two upper 40's I caught, a 51.75" my brother caught (he's 6'4" and weighs about 215lbs) for comparison.
All that considered, it's different fish, held by different people at different angles...so there is no real science to my conclusion just one guys opinion. Either way congrats on your PB, its a great fish!
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Location: Chippewa Falls, WI | if you can post a pick of the 47" and upper 48", that will be a better way to compare the 3rd fish... |
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| To me looks like if you rotated fish vertical to him it would go from his head to about bottom of his Knee cap...Hes 68 inches himself..I figure 15-17 inches from bottom knee to floor...so around 52inchs Id guess buy looking at him and fish...looks like if rotated it would line up with his head about perfect
@bbeau what you measure from your knee cap to the floor??
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| Here are pics of the 47 and mid 48.
But to be honest I'm convinced, subtract one comment, that Ive joined the club. I will catch a bigger one soon and this one will be irrelevant....or it will take another 15 years...either way its all good.
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| My immediate guess was 51". Feel confident in saying 50+ and I would think it safe to consider yourself in the 50 club for sure. Nice fish and congrats on a great day on the water!
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| That's my boat and Im ashamed not to have had a board  That was sure a hell of a day man, you stuck those 3 fish like a boss. We had 10 fish into the boat that day and most were big. |
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Location: Minnesota. | 49 15/16"......;)
Nice fish. don't sweat the details. My best was a 54 and I didn't bother to pinch the tail...She was huge for me and that was good enuff! |
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Location: Ashland WI | I wouldn't sweat the details either. The only person it really matters to, is you. |
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Location: Chippewa Falls, WI | don't let my opinion sway ya either way, just giving my honest opinion is all. You know having held all three in the same day if one is 2-3 inches longer than one you just caught. that is one heck of an afternoon no matter the "club" number or not. I must be blind though because the first pic you posted and the last pic you posted appear to be very similar to my eyes...although everyone else including larry himself call it bigger so if I were a betting man I'd be putting my money on his/theirs/and your opinion.
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| He has a sticker measuring tape on the side of the boat. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I would guess between 50 and 52. Your in the 50 plus club for sure.
Great to see someone care about a fish more than a number. Congrats on both. |
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Location: oswego, il | tackleaddict - 8/1/2017 1:34 PM
That's my boat and Im ashamed not to have had a board That was sure a hell of a day man, you stuck those 3 fish like a boss. We had 10 fish into the boat that day and most were big.
How can you even live with yourself! |
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| Average out the responses then add 2-3". Should put you pretty close. Nice fish! |
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| ToddM - 8/1/2017 2:48 PM
tackleaddict - 8/1/2017 1:34 PM
That's my boat and Im ashamed not to have had a board That was sure a hell of a day man, you stuck those 3 fish like a boss. We had 10 fish into the boat that day and most were big.
How can you even live with yourself! : )
One day at a time. Plus if you don't measure them and you hold them right they are all 50's. I got my PB off tree same numbers last Sunday. Its been a good bite on old at Clair lately
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Location: Minnesota | 50+ great work man!! |
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| i think thats 50. great fish and pic. |
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| Well it no longer matter how big she was... here is my new personal best 53.5"!!!!
Shout out to tackleaddict for his mad net skills and yes there was a bump board this time!
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | I would say that's a strong 52" or larger. Well done!!
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| I'm not sure but the 5 trillion pixel photo's may have added a few ".
nice job |
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Location: oswego, il | Awesome fish! You didn't edit out the background, i know right where that spot is! |
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Location: South shore of Lake St. Clair | WOW....what a tank. Nice way to back up your original post
Nice job. |
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Location: Ashland WI | Awesome fish. Well done. |
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Location: Minnesota. | Maui-1 - 8/28/2017 5:57 PM
WOW....what a tank. Nice way to back up your original post
Nice job.
X 10!! Nice job.
We sure are a lucky bunch of fishermen at this time in our lives. Never have we had it so good!! Some of these fish are monsters... Lot's to be thankful for.
EDIT : Hope you don't mind Brett, I just made it my desktop pic! Thanx. 
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| Great fish, congrats.
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| Jeremy - 8/28/2017 8:57 PM
Maui-1 - 8/28/2017 5:57 PM
WOW....what a tank. Nice way to back up your original post
Nice job.
X 10!! Nice job.
We sure are a lucky bunch of fishermen at this time in our lives. Never have we had it so good!! Some of these fish are monsters... Lot's to be thankful for.
EDIT : Hope you don't mind Brett, I just made it my desktop pic! Thanx.
On my computer I much prefer a scenic picture or a babe in a bikini to my ugly face, but do as you please
Thanks, it was truly an awesome experience to catch a giant and watch her swim away back to the depths. This spot has now put out 2 PBs for me as well as PBs for 3 others! |
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Location: Lake St Clair | Imagine the spot we'll stumble upon next season . ... |
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| bbeaupre,
Now that you've caught that monster, what's your guess on the size of the original fish in question? |
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| After holding a 53.5 I would say that fish was 50-50.5. |
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