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Location: Downers Grove, IL | Boy, this website sure is a far cry from what it once was with respect to traffic and discussions around musky fishing. I saw this a couple days ago and thought someone would post by now. Quite a fish! https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/world-length-record-muskie-weston/ |
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| This was already posted in the "FFS acronym" thread. |
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | Gotcha. Wonder how I missed it. Thanks CG. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | We all know much bigger fish have been caught, so records like this mean nothing to anyone who knows anything about big muskies. |
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| The story mentioned something about an "approved" device for measuring. What that? |
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Location: Walker, MN | You can get an IGFA bump board for $55, it's the roll-up kind and it's in cm. |
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Location: deephaven mn | giant beautiful fish, wow, its not even the state record for longest catch and release so claiming world record is rediculous |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Great fish. Didn't realize people travel the world to catch record fish.
Beyond that, who really cares about records (especially length) in muskie fishing? I mean, other than Larry....
3,2,1....seeing how long it takes for him to chime in here. |
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| Huge fish but 57s do get caught... |
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | Regardless of other 57's and 58's caught, I think it's a #*^@ impressive catch and a pretty big level of commitment to cast out into the darkness and cold at the end of October, into Mille Lacs; which is these days, a needle in a hay stack proposition to begin with. Not for me, but it's sure cool to see and read about. |
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Location: Duluth | except this duo isn't exactly casting into the abyss. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | "fished hard for hours".. ummmmmm yahhh riiiiight.. should read "drove around with livescope for hours"...... |
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BNelson - 11/7/2024 2:38 PM "fished hard for hours".. ummmmmm yahhh riiiiight.. should read "drove around with livescope for hours"...... Do you know that for certain or are you making an assumption? I didn't read anything about live scoping in the article. Either way, you sound petty and jealous. It's a nice fish, seems to have been caught legally and released. I like big fish pictures and their stories, especially this time of year. I have no axe to grind here, but if you do, please elaborate. Maybe I'm missing something. |
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| FishHateMe - 11/7/2024 5:17 PM
BNelson - 11/7/2024 2:38 PM "fished hard for hours".. ummmmmm yahhh riiiiight.. should read "drove around with livescope for hours"...... Either way, you sound petty and jealous.
Of all the people that might be jealous, BNelson certainly ain't one of them. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | Not petty or jealous at all. It is sad what the sport has become. You must live under a rock. Sharp shooting is all he does.
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| FishHateMe - 11/7/2024 5:17 PM
BNelson - 11/7/2024 2:38 PM "fished hard for hours".. ummmmmm yahhh riiiiight.. should read "drove around with livescope for hours"...... Do you know that for certain or are you making an assumption? I didn't read anything about live scoping in the article. Either way, you sound petty and jealous. It's a nice fish, seems to have been caught legally and released. I like big fish pictures and their stories, especially this time of year. I have no axe to grind here, but if you do, please elaborate. Maybe I'm missing something.
Just Google : “ Muskie Record Holder Talks ‘Power’ Fishing Tactics”
This “guide” has more electronics on his boat than a nuclear submarine did in the 90’s … it’s not a live scope it’s multiple…but hey I thought SI was a terrible advancement as well, you could see the writing on the wall!! Before long the electronics will make the cast for you too? Yippee fun for the video game crowd I guess?
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | BNelson - 11/7/2024 8:12 PM Not petty or jealous at all. It is sad what the sport has become. You must live under a rock. Sharp shooting is all he does. Don't live under a rock, but don't follow the guy on social media, nor have meet or seen him fishing; or however you guys get your info on how he (or anyone else) fishes. A friend just sent me the article and I was impressed with the fish. If what you're saying is true and that he's armed to the teeth with FFS and doesn't cast to anything he doesn't see on the screen, then yes, I agree. I'm not a fan, and don't/won't practice that way of fishing. It certainly takes away from this catch, in my opinion. But to each their own, I guess. |
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Location: Selkirk, Manitoba | FishHateMe - 11/8/2024 6:48 AM
BNelson - 11/7/2024 8:12 PM Not petty or jealous at all. It is sad what the sport has become. You must live under a rock. Sharp shooting is all he does. Don't live under a rock, but don't follow the guy on social media, nor have meet or seen him fishing; or however you guys get your info on how he (or anyone else) fishes. A friend just sent me the article and I was impressed with the fish. If what you're saying is true and that he's armed to the teeth with FFS and doesn't cast to anything he doesn't see on the screen, then yes, I agree. I'm not a fan, and don't/won't practice that way of fishing. It certainly takes away from this catch, in my opinion. But to each their own, I guess.
Probably was angling for the right reasons at one time, but --
"All your digging for gold
You make me wonder
Yes, I wonder, yes, I wonder
----, what do you do for money?"
AC/DC
https://www.worldfishingnetwork.com/show/jimmy-houston-outdoors/vide...
There is nothing to be admired about this catch. To be frank, the whole thing is unseemly. Attaching FFS spotlighting with any kind of musky "achievement" is contradictory given it is all tech, no skill and not fair chase as far as the musky community is concerned.
The real issue I have with it overall though with regards to musky is that it is unsustainable. There are not that many big fish, they take a long time to grow, and spotlighting muskies in open/deep water using big rubber has a higher probability of mortality than more traditional methods, especially given how extremely effective it is.
The more distain we have for FFS sharpshooting and those who do it, the better. Status quo (to each their own) is not an acceptable approach - we need FFS spotlighting to stop by voluntary restraint and/or outright banning it.
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Location: Contrarian Island | totally agree. with stocking pretty much everywhere going down, our fisheries won't be able to sustain themselves if we can agree delayed mortality is real. If every fish caught lives, great. but that is not the case... I truly hope the DNR's take a hard look at regulating it and imo 'sharp shooting' tactic should be illegal I have seen the "legend" out there sharp shooting as well as many others and it is actually pretty sickening to watch how they pretty much circle and harass a fish over an over with casts trying to get it to hit... borderline if not over the line of harrassment....
what is also crazy is a vast majority of the guides are now all out there sharp shooting and some don't even hide it posting on their feed about "4 hours of sharp shooting" $400 or whatever... yes it is legal.. is it ethical? well...........
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | BNelson - 11/8/2024 9:55 AM
totally agree. with stocking pretty much everywhere going down, our fisheries won't be able to sustain themselves if we can agree delayed mortality is real. If every fish caught lives, great. but that is not the case... I truly hope the DNR's take a hard look at regulating it and imo 'sharp shooting' tactic should be illegal I have seen the "legend" out there sharp shooting as well as many others and it is actually pretty sickening to watch how they pretty much circle and harass a fish over an over with casts trying to get it to hit... borderline if not over the line of harrassment....
what is also crazy is a vast majority of the guides are now all out there sharp shooting and some don't even hide it posting on their feed about "4 hours of sharp shooting" $400 or whatever... yes it is legal.. is it ethical? well...........
That's easy. No. If you are a guide and do nothing but sharpshoot, that's a shame. |
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| I wonder if guides might not be in favor of banning it. If their competitors are using and finding big fish for clients, got to be hard on the pocketbook not to use it even if you don't like it. |
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| Not muskies but a similar situation. Cast 20 times at an individual fish. Interesting enough a different texas parks and wildlife article on it only mentions "spotting" her and "multiple casts" and nothing about the tech used.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/youth-angler-texas-lunker-bass/ |
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Location: Duluth | We had a very well known guide tell our MI chapter three years ago, "Its a double edged sword, if I see other guides on the lake putting multiple fish in the boat using it, I have to buy it to stay competitive."
I think that speaks to the efficacy of these units alone. There's a guide up here on the north shore that does nothing but jigging trips on Lake Superior posting 80-90 lake trout days.....all summer. Luckily this particular guy can't read a reg book or tell the difference between a steelhead and brown so he'll get kicked back to Mille Lacs |
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