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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Check out this 50 1/2", 36 pound tiger from Washington state:
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Had another photo, but it is too big a file.
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Location: N.FIB | hey larry,if you go to the tackle and equipment forum,at the top of the page there is image downsizer you can download it and make photos smaller size to fit on muskies first.hope this helps,it`s pretty easy since I`m able to use it AND IT WORKS,WOW. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Wow what a tiger. Real thick all around and a big head on her. |
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Location: Moses Lake, Wa | That looks like one of our lake tapps tigers or possibley mayfield lake. awsome fish, congrats to the angler |
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Location: Hudson, WI | the head on that beast is huge! |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | What was she taken on?? |
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| Fantastic fish! |
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| Larry, Did the Tiger come out of Mayfield? I'll be fishing Mayfield in September of this year with my brother David.I talked him into going for tiger muskies,the trade off I have to fish for Coho with him in the Cowitz River below the dam the next day.
Capt. Larry D. Jones
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| either he caught it off his dock or he killed it! that is one big tiger! |
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| I think WA has had tigers for a long time, I am waiting for some of the fish in NM I have been messing with to grow..not quite there yet, but super fun on the fly rod....BR |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | I'd say Dats one PURDY fish der EH?!!
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Location: The desert | Nice fish. What exactly is Utah on the look out for? I'll keep my eyes peeled though! |
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| Curlew , North East corner of Washington state- the dock in the picture is at Tiffanies resort,was standing there three months ago but did not have that beauty in my hands. |
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| It appears that Utah’s state record for a catch and release Tiger Musky is 53-1/4”, caught out of Pineview Reservoir by Ray Johnson on November 28,1998. So the Washington Tiger Musky, at 50-1/2”, 36 pounds would be ‘hot on their heels.’ 
But, they’re both still a long way from the world record Tiger Musky world record caught by John A. Knobla on July 16, 1919 out of Lac Vieux-Desert, WI-MI boarder waters ---51 pounds-3 ounces! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | A 51lb. Tiger Muskie !??
Really ??
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| it's my understanding that Ray Johnson had a bit of the ol' Louie Spray in his blood. i think it was on his mother's side. well-known record chaser round them Pineview parts...may have earned his reputation for being a bit loose and free with the accuracy of his measurements...
Mr. Kent Sorenson on the other hand...
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Was that caught out of the black and gray boat? 
That is a great fish!! I love the markings on tigers!!
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| Gotta love those Tigers! The most beautiful Muskies in my eyes. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Here are a couple of 50 pound + tigers. The first is John Knobla (L) with the world record at 51-3. The other is Dolores Ott Lapp with her 50-4. Both were remounted by Ron and Rick Lax and Ron said he couldn't tell any difference in the two.
Muskie regards,
Larry Ramsell
Muskellunge Historian for ALL of North America
www.larryramsell.com
Edited by Larry Ramsell 2/4/2010 9:12 AM
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | WOW, Those are a couple of big fish !
Sorno's fish is just about flawless , What a beauty !
And the big fish from Washington, Tigers are just about anywhere these days.
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Location: Pickering, ON | The photo with Dolores and her fish is amazing! Great contrast, light, and pattern on the fish.
As for the Washington fish, so what if it was bonked? We're talking about a stocked fishery, of a species in which only a very tiny percentage can ever successfully spawn. |
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Location: Mayer, MN | Larry Ramsell - 2/4/2010 9:05 AM
Here are a couple of 50 pound + tigers. The first is John Knobla (L) with the world record at 51-3. The other is Dolores Ott Lapp with her 50-4. Both were remounted by Ron and Rick Lax and Ron said he couldn't tell any difference in the two.
Muskie regards,
Larry Ramsell
Muskellunge Historian for ALL of North America
www.larryramsell.com
I have to get me a 10' foot pole for the boat, help to make my fish look bigger. Thanks for posting all of these great photos, I love nostalgia. |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Not sure how Sorno's fish compares with the fish in the picture in the OP as they are both beauties, but he definitely loses the battle of the mustachios.
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Location: Land of the Musky | What a monster Tiger!!! Congrats.
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Location: Oregon | My understanding from reading a brief summary put out by the resort is the fish was 52 inches long. It was caught at Curlew Lake this past summer but no word what the fish was caught on. Here is another photo of it. This fish is huge!
Jed
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Here is what the angler had to say:
"I caught 3 tigers this year but only 1 was big- 50 1/2 inches and 36lbs. Doug at Tiffanys mistakenly says it is 52". It might have been slightly bigger than I originally measure- I just wanted to make sure it was legal. I have pictures with a tape measure (attachment) but I am not quite to the tip of the mouth on the left
side. You can zoom in and see the exact size."
Once again the photo file is too large for me to attach. If someone wants me to email it to them and post it, email me at: [email protected]
Muskie regards,
Larry Ramsell
Muskellunge Historian for ALL of North America
www.larryramsell.com
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Location: Minn. | Here is the picture Larry.
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Thanks Raymond. Kudo's to Brian the angler for not taking credit for more than it actually was...refreshing!...Larry PS: It was caught on a Rapala. |
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Location: Oregon | Does anyone have a picture of a tiger bigger than this one? |
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| great looking fish
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Just received another photo of two more big tigers from the same lake. One close to the size of the previous one. Will "try" to attach the photo if it isn't toooo big a file.
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Location: Oregon | Are you sure these are from Curlew Larry? This photo looks familiar...........there was some very big fish years ago that came out of Merwin.
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| That is 1 heck of a girth on that fish----Wow what a true trophy !!! Like evryone else --I just love those TIGERS !!! |
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| Still one of my unachieved goals: to boat a trophy class ‘Esox Masquinongy X Esox Lucius’ AKA, the Tiger Musky! |
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Location: Oregon | Did some checking and these two were from Mayfield Lake in Washington quite a few years ago.
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Guess my "source" was mistaken. The larger one was the state record at one time if that helps indicate where it was taken. |
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Location: Oregon | Yea that is what I heard too Larry. The fish from Curlew looks considerably larger.
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| Larry, Sources really do not matter out west, you find a state that uses tigers and are able to catch the first cycle or two of the stocking and fish get big...reason I am spending time in NM, new fishery= lots of fun....BR |
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