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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I think we should just start over with a new World record. How about we just start a Muskie First world record and forget about those old ones that everyone knows are, uh, questionable?
How about the fish next to my login name? Would that serve as a new world record? It looks like its just as big as the Johnson and Spray fish. Unfortunately, I didn't do a very good job of measuring it so its hard to give the exact size. That and there have been hundreds of larger fish caught the past couple of years (I've seen the pictures). 
I'm sure many of you have caught much larger fish than the one I caught. How about some nominations and pictures? 
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Location: Suburban Chicago | 
That's a big muskie. Looks like a reproduction though.
Or possibly this big Hayward muskie
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | I nominate my wife's monster. First fish entered, so it's the baseline at 36". Girth was somewhere around 29", as I recall.
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| 29" Girth!?!?!?!?! There is no way that is 29"!! Are you kidding me?!?!??!! I knew a guy one time that caught a fish and he.....oh......wait........never mind............. |
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Location: musky waters of SE, WI | Easily 29" girth!!! Could be pushing 30"!!! I got one with 28.5" girth it looks exactly the same. But there was no satisfaction catching it trolling!! |
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| Herb,
That's the best idea I've seen around here in a long time. Steve and Slamr you oughta run with this |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Here is my wife with her world record fish . released . at least 75 pounds . wooohaahaahaaa !!!! Girth must have been 37 ha ha ha
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Common Sense - 1/11/2010 7:14 PM
Herb,
That's the best idea I've seen around here in a long time. Steve and Slamr you oughta run with this
Great idea! I'm sure using just photo and personal testimonial evidence will be more than adequate for the internet masses to agree on. |
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Location: MN | Great idea! I'm sure using just photo and personal testimonial evidence will be more than adequate for the internet masses to agree on.
I don't know I can even type I'm laughing so hard!! |
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| Muskie First Record? |
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| Hey, wait a minute, Slamr...just what kind of landing net is that in the background??? If my prelimary imaging forensics are correct, they suggest that her fish is much closer to a 28-1/2" girth. (It's all about the math...) |
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| I think it's a good idea provided Muskie 1st staff agrees with the WRME results, a good way to protest the halls ruling. |
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| LOL!!!!!!! This is one amazing thread!!! But in all seriousness here's my submission. A giant wisconsin strain caught on a 40" long sledge bait. Didn't get a good measure but it's gotta be pushin the 65-70" mark.
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | musky-skunk,
Cute fish!
Kingfisher,
That is a nice fish! My wife had a big fish hit on Mille Lacs a few years ago. Unfortunately, it got off so no picture to show. I still hear about it though. Yes, it was all my fault it got off......
Anyone have any other big fish pictures to share? Big fish pictures are fun. |
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Location: The desert | A typical Utah 90 incher. We release world records on a daily basis in Utah.
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | muskydeceiver - 1/11/2010 7:02 PM
29" Girth!?!?!?!?! There is no way that is 29"!! Are you kidding me?!?!??!! I knew a guy one time that caught a fish and he.....oh......wait........never mind.............
The holder of that fish isn't a skinny kid anymore. If he was less than 300 now, I'd be surprised. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | lol that was a good one pointer |
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Location: In a shack in the woods | Pointerpride102 - 1/12/2010 5:14 PM
A typical Utah 90 incher. We release world records on a daily basis in Utah.
pointer wins. The search for the one is over |
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| I once caught one so huge that the mount was too large for my wall. I had three 50 inch replicas made instead. Here they are being delivered by Rick Lax himself.
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| Haha, turn that picture to black and white and it looks like a good ol fashion Musky slaughter!! |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | Wow, that is a nice bunch of replicas, but are they real? And which is the largest replica? Do we weigh the replicas or do released replicas count?
I checked into getting a replica of my fish and got two estimates of $675. Hmm. Seems a picture is good enough for me....
Maybe we need a world record replica instead? Those big fish are way to hard to catch. |
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| Pointerpride102 - 1/12/2010 5:14 PM
A typical Utah 90 incher. We release world records on a daily basis in Utah.
Ah so that's what happened to Paul Bunyan! He just moved west. Glad to see he's still catching big muskies! Lol. |
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Location: Wheeling, IL. | it could be sponsored by Photoshop! |
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| The picture I posted is of Rick Lax and his associates carrying replicas to the 2006 Muskies Inc. Spring Board meeting. All were done free of charge and went to the anglers who caught the largest fish in their divisions. I'm sure it would cost around $800+ for a replica of that size, and I think all three of these were around 50+ inches. Can't recall. |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I was quoted $12.50 an inch, but that was at the MN Expo last year. One can save a few dollars by waiting for the shows. I believe the regular prices range from 13 to 14 dollars an inch so a 55 inch Muskie could cost nearly $800. Add something extra like driftwood and it could be a little more.
Those replicas sure are nice and are well worth the money. The detail is amazing and they last forever. But one still has to clear it with the wife. Someday... |
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| So what is the correct way to carry a replica? At your side, facing forward? Downward inverted crosshold? Or the classic crossways pattern? |
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