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Location: SE Wisconsin | I adore specific characteristics of muskies, and have on occasion seen all these characters built into individual fish that take my breath away when I see pictures. . . Some fish are orange-ish or greenish, and some are greyish. Amongst these colors are well defined bars, some spotted, some no-barred. What to you makes up the prettiest musky, and can we please see it?
I'll post one tonight, but I'll admit, the fish that trips my trigger has never met me face to face. . . I'll have to ask a couple guys to post their fish that I admire so much, too.
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Location: McFarland | Here is an awesome 45 I got this summer and the sun lighting up it's fins was what made it look so cool to me.
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Clean fish no scars or signs of abuse.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | ski' patrol - 12/21/2009 4:25 PM
Here is an awesome 45 I got this summer and the sun lighting up it's fins was what made it look so cool to me.
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI |
Sometimes, it seems that the smallest muskies have the prettiest markings. Here's one that is literally the smallest ski I've ever caught. And it happens to be my Dad's first that he's ever seen. The colors just seem to really pop on this one. Notice how even the fins have some spots on them. This strain of fish is actually a Northern strain and grows up to have only bars.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | I like the white edging on the fins, it reminds me of a brookie. This fish is as pretty as I've had in my boat, but still not my ideal  I especially like a fish with a very defined belly line where the sidewall color transitions into pure white belly. |
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Location: Indiana | not my biggest but certainly my favorite |
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Location: Medford, WI | "I especially like a fish with a very defined belly line where the sidewall color transitions into pure white belly."
Couldn't agree more!!! I'll dig through some pics abd post one or two tomorow.
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Location: Oregon, IL | Got this pretty looking 43.5 1 year ago. I also caught this same fish this fall and was glad to see that eye healed up real nice. The scars have also healed up a bit.
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| These are the two prettiest muskies that I've caught. The first was out of Monument Bay, LOTW and the second one wasn't too far away from there.
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Sam Ubl - 12/21/2009 7:46 PM
I like the white edging on the fins, it reminds me of a brookie. This fish is as pretty as I've had in my boat, but still not my ideal I especially like a fish with a very defined belly line where the sidewall color transitions into pure white belly.
Ok, so you're a belly man, huh? LOL! How 'bout the creamy belly on this one? My brother caught this 45"er this fall. Same lake as the last baby I just posted.
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Location: Ogden, Ut | These two have to be among the most nicely colored fish to visit my boat - both rank high in my list of favorites. One I got, one I didn't...
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Location: Contrarian Island | sticking w/ the tiger theme..this one my buddy DanO got this past year...probably one of the prettiest fish in the boat...a close 2nd was this spotted MN fish
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Location: The desert | Sorno's mustache is the coolest thing in this thread. |
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Location: Van Buren, Indiana | Here is a pretty one from June!
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | Not my largest, but was very clean with lots of fat for being a 43..I think she's puurrty...
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| This is a fish I chased for a few days two years ago. It was a healthy 51 caught on a metro MN lake by Hammskie. I have never seen another like it! It had tiny spots all the way up to the cheeks and was almost completely silver with a very light greenish/teal back. There is almost no contrast between the white belly and the main body silver. Also the fins were more orange than red. By far, the most beautiful muskie I've seen and very unique.
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Location: Michigan | I really love the tigers, but I also like when the colors fade out on bigger fish.
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Location: N.FIB | heres a nice muskie with good markings,I think it was my first double 10 fish.
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Location: New Albany, Ind. | here is one from ky his head is almost all white. enjoy ron
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Location: nationwide | Big tigers rock!!!!!!
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Location: Minnetonka | Thanks again to Ben O. for the guide work. Here's another link to the cool dotted one.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/cnr_images.asp?view=detail&photoid=...
... and John Hoyer with Miss congeniality 2008.
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| Father-in-laws that I netted. Forget about the date.
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | Here one my brother got last year. Good looking fish from a pretty heavily pressured lake.
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| here is a nice spotted ski from st. clair - not a mark on her.
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sorry - no pic - pic exceeded memory restrictions
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Location: Suburban Chicago | 
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Location: Minneconia | This V fish is my favorite markings-wise from this summer.
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Location: Belleville, WI | Tigers in general are pretty; tigers from dark water especially so. Here's one from the Chip from a few years back.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | I must have botched something trying to post the pics in my last post. I took my wife and a friend of hers out on an Onieda Co. lake in N.WI and both girls caught good fish, but my wife's GF's fish was sooo clean, it appealed to me a lot, but still not my favorite.
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Location: Central Iowa | Here's a fish from Crow Lake, they definitely have a unique look to them out of that lake.
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Here is mine!
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Location: Indiana | try it
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Here is another of mine.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Esox-Hunter - 12/22/2009 3:29 PM
Here is another of mine.
Shawn, you have one of the prettiest musky I've ever laid eyes on. That is my IDEAL. |
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Location: Michigan | This was a pretty 50" class fish from this season... And the second one goes back a ways, but was my first over 50 and still one of the prettiest....
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| Nice pics everyone. This might be my favorite thread ever on here. Good idea Sam! I might have to dig out a pic and post one up. I would need a scanner though as it's not on a digital, so would probably turn out crappy anyway.
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Location: oswego, il | This one looked pretty cool.
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | These tigers are awesome. Here is a WI River clear phase. Some people think they're ugly, i love 'em! Almost the entire fish is the same color. Below is a wierd two-tone i forgot about until looking through picutres for this post. Caught that one twice in one season a few years ago.
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Location: Breezy Point, MN | Mine would have to be the 48"er I caught on the Susquehanna River in 2004. She was beautifully marked and released strong to fight another day. She ate a Topraider ten feet from the boat.
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Location: Contrarian Island | a couple more I dug up... shows the wide range of colors muskies can come in..one from Madison, one from Vilas...
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| Here is an Iron County Musky. The solid green was so vivid that it almost glowed.
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| Oh, you said pretty musky...
well, how about a pretty chic with her first pretty fitty?
some other spotties that caught my eye.
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Location: Minnetonka | ... from Mille Lacs in her hay day.
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That is some of the most complete barring I've seen.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | firstsixfeet - 12/23/2009 9:06 AM
BNelson,
That is some of the most complete barring I've seen.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | I sincerely hope J.Long doesn't mind me posting his fish, but aside from Killips and Nelson's muskies, this is IMO, one of the most gorgeous muskies (pictures) I have ever laid eyes on. There's something about that greyish color with the red fins that is so cool. Add that to a well define belly and "wow".
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Location: musky waters of SE, WI | This one was pretty cool. For some reason i was holding it like a retard
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| Here's a few from this past season. A 41 tiger, a 46 Spot and one of the clearest fish I've caught (50"er).
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Location: Bloomington, IL | Here's a few I dug up.
First one is a distinct looking one I caught from IL waters.
The second and third pictures are a couple of clean healthy fish I and my buddy caught from N of the border.
I don't think there is a cooler looking fish than a Tiger.
Great thread Sam!
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Location: beloit | 36 incher from wingra
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Location: Bloomer, Wi | heres a 39" opening weekend musky and a 40" tiger
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Location: (South of the 218) | I will "second" a vote for Crow (kakagi) Lake - ONT.
Just chasing them there is visually stimulating... let alone catching a 46" this summer on a MTO Medussa.
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Thanks Sam! There are some nice looking muskies posted. |
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Location: Birchwood, WI. | Here's a couple pics of my girlfriend mickey's 40" tiger. Beautiful fish, her first tiger.
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Location: Mendota Heights, MN | The silver of this late season 45, her distinct spots, the water still coming off of her as she was just pulled from the lake, all combined with the fading late season light make this one of my favs.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Very nice, Pheonix! Jerkin' Jimi, your girl has definitely caught one of the prettiest shaped and colored tigers! |
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Location: Birchwood, WI. | thanks sam I thought so too!!! Hope you had a merry xmas thanks for starting this post its been awesome!!! |
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Location: Birchwood, WI. | thanks sam I thought so too!!! Hope you had a merry xmas thanks for starting this post its been awesome!!! |
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Location: martinsburg wv | heres is nice wv fish
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Location: musky waters of SE, WI | This one was cool, barred with dots toward the tail.
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Location: MN | Ryan that's a pretty little guy....next year you might want to get some rain gear. LOL |
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Location: musky waters of SE, WI | Yeah that day sucked, good thing is wasnt suppose to rain, didnt have good rain gear in the boat, but found some really nice camo rain pants! It was just a drizzle that never stopped and we got soaked. weather men suck
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Location: Elgin IL | LOTW tiger,not a big fish just a nice pic
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| Very nice fish guys
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Location: Price County WI | A 44" Tiger that I caught in Sept and a 44" caught in Oct. Tiger caught, netted, and photo by myself.
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| Not the biggest but tops my list for the prettiest. Beautiful spottings on her.
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| STUNNING TIGER John at rosses!!! What a beauty!
and a great barred too WOW!
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| leech lake strain - 1/15/2010 4:09 PM
here is small muskie I caught from shore thought it was kinda pretty lookin!
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