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Looks like it ate well. If I remember correctly one was caught out of the St. Louis River that was about this size, but was released... |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/articles/10.01.2013/6166/Modern.Day... |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | this is that St. Louis river fish, which is larger'
http://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2011/07/angler-ca...
Edited by FAT-SKI 10/15/2013 4:53 PM
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| The Idaho Tiger Muskie is a larger fish than what was caught from the St. Louis. A well deserved world record title. |
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Location: MN | ^^ The Idaho fish is only bigger because it was killed and weighed. It was 4" longer but 3.5" less girth. The MN fish formulas bigger, but we'll never know if it would have been "bigger" or "smaller". Not sure how you can categorically state the Idaho fish was larger other than it having greater length, but since records are not based on length that's a moot point. Unfortunately they do have to be killed. I'll agree that the Idaho fish is a well deserved record. |
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| Assuming it survived the floods the St Louis fish is still in there. I really think that thing was eating the big greasy strain of lakers out on the main lake. I don't know what else could create that belly....
Best of all, that muskie was a natural.
EDIT: Apparently the MN fish weighed 49lbs 48.5 x 28.5
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | tolle141: Correction...the St. Louis River fish, while indeed a giant, was not weighed, hence no weight is known and more importantly, the fish was not legal size for that water and had to be released, so therefore it could not be a world record. Also, I have it on good authority that it was later found dead and therefore no longer there. |
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| Probably died from a belly ache! |
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| Larry Ramsell - 10/16/2013 8:46 AM
Also, I have it on good authority that it was later found dead .
Do you have any more info on that Larry? |
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| Hi Larry,
I was taking from Dustin Carlson when he posted on the Next Bite. Was that a formula he was referring to? Sad that the fish died. Real bummer.
http://www.thenextbite.tv/forum/muskiepike-general-discussion/mn-st... |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Ja: None that I care to pass on...confidential.
tolle: Yes, that was a formula weight; it wasn't scale weighed. Formula's are merely an estimate, but in that case, I'd imagine it was pretty close due to the considerable and extended length of the girth. |
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| Larry Ramsell - 10/17/2013 10:12 AM
Ja: None that I care to pass on...confidential.
I understand, thanks Larry.
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Location: Yahara River Chain | jano - 10/17/2013 7:29 PM
not if they took hundreds of pictures,this fish was not old nor sick
You are right, I didn't see a gray hair on it. |
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| Tigers tend to live like James Dean... |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | EA bit the dust.
Edited by muskie! nut 10/18/2013 10:47 AM
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New World Record Tiger Muskie