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| I cant explain the feelings I have felt this past week. First it was elation and joy in catching my personal best musky this past weekend in NC! A beautiful 50'' x 26.5'' fatty!!!! This was all crushed when my camera went overboard trying to take a self timed pic of me and the monster(I almost ended up in the water as well)! So I had to settle for some low quality pics on my dinosaur cell phone! I then briefly felt (few days after release) that maybe I should have kept the fish since it was a potential NC state record. However I remembered, that this waterway, presumably, relies on natural reproduction for its population. And, this was probably a breeding female. Again, please excuse the lousy pics. Lesson learned and carry an extra camera! I think a replica is in order!
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| Great fish. What bait? |
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| Congrats on the fish! I would go buy a new power pro camera right now and throw it into the river for a 50 incher.
I read somewhere that an old NC state record was caught on a Storm Big Mac lure. I've caught a bunch of fish on those things. One of my favorite lures. |
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| Heli-dawg, in the last pic |
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Location: Minnesota | good job |
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Location: PA | That is an absolutely awesome fish no matter where it is from. Do you realize that you probably just released the NC state record musky...Congrats! |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Awesome fish! Too bad about the camera but those pics aren't that bad for a phone camera. |
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI | Wow! Congratulations! If you would have kept it you may have regretted as well. In the long run, I think you'll be happy. You can go get your replica and just think how exciting its going to be every time you pull up nearby. Get yourself a new camera and you might just get a chance at a another photo op. Again, congrats on the fish of a lifetime!
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Location: Perryville, MO | Congrats...and good on you for the release! |
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| congrats! |
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| Awesome fish ! |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | congrats, awesome to people releasing fish like this! |
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | congrats a new PB is always a good thing. |
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| Enter the big fish contest with her. You'd be the first this year. |
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| If someone hadn't released a 49 1/2" you may have not got your 50". Great job! |
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Location: Lake St.Clair | congrats! nice |
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| Congrats on your PB and 50. Got my first last year, great feeling! Enjoy it.
Edited by nate_r21 2/19/2013 10:59 PM
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| Congrats, you are indeed a "steely-eyed" musky-hunter, thank you for releasing this beautiful fish! You should be proud, we are all proud of you!!!
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Location: Missouri | Great fish and release! |
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Location: WI | What a toad! |
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| Congrats |
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| Man what a fish, congrats! Also big congrats on releasing her, you never know, maybe you'll get her in another year or two and she may be even bigger! |
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| big fish! nice job on the NC musky. way cool!!! |
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Location: West of the metro, MN | Nice Fish! |
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| Sweet fish! Things can go less than smooth when fishing by yourself but still very cool you had your phone and could at least get some pictures of her... and she's a beauty! |
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| Tank! |
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| River monster! |
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Location: Michigan | What a pig... Congrats! |
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Location: Hudson,WI | Congratulations!! |
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Location: New Jersey | Hats off to you..... Awesome fish, great story.
Well done...
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| Thanks everyone and pretty sure my buddy Wayne released this fish in the fall!
I tried to enter the fish in the 2013 Big fish contest but, will only let it me enter it as a 2012 entry(doesn't have 2013 as an option in, date caught). Steve, could someone help me with that? Thanks in advance. |
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Location: E. Tenn | Nice job, on the catch...and the release!! |
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| Awesome fish--pics look great------And you did a wonderful thing in releasing that large fish and potential state record---Hats off to you my friend !! |
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Location: The Netherlands. | Too bad the camera fell overboard..
But think about this a 50'' in the boat , and your camera overboard, or you have your camera and no 50''.
What would you rather have ??
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Location: Cave Run, KY | Congrats! Did you give yourself a high five and let out a few "Yeas" with the shaky knees and all? X2 on the release! Class act you did. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | congrats..that thing is a pig!
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Location: Leech Lake, Walker MN | Oh that feels good |
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| Congrats man, beast! |
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