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Location: Lake Forest, Illinois | My wife boated a 52 x 26.75 app. 47 pound fish while fishing with Jodi Mills in Georgian Bay, this Oct. Fish was released. I am certain that wasn't the only 45+ pound fish to come out of Ontario in 2007! |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Guest - 12/2/2007 10:16 AM
"Does anyone know if there has been a bigger fish caught this year("verified" that is) from the Indiana-to-NW Ontario Region most of us hail from???
I can't recall seeing any photos of anything looking like this in '07.."
I assume verified means killed and yes there has been a bigger fish killed in MN this year..
I know for sure many bigger ones have been released from out east. I know I had an Eagle River resident release a fish over 45lbs from my boat in September.
I also hear of a bigger fish killed last week but not sure about all the facts.
It's a shame that two years in a row that the biggest fish in WI was taken out. It is quite an accomplishment for the angler but there's probably more bad then good to come from it.
Catch and release really works I swear.
Edited by Trophymuskie 12/2/2007 11:47 AM
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| Congrats to tom and the gentleman above...very nice fish...both using unique and older traditions.... |
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Location: The desert | I know for a fact that Tom's fish wasnt the biggest fish caught in WI this season. Just because you dont see it on the internet, doesnt mean they arent caught. |
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| i know a 58 and this one http://www.bountyfishing.com/members/2ca65f58e35d9ad45bf7f3ae5cfd08...
all free and still swimming
Edited by ron f 12/2/2007 2:27 PM
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Trophymuskie - 12/2/2007 11:39 AM
I know for sure many bigger ones have been released from out east. I know I had an Eagle River resident release a fish over 45lbs from my boat in September.
I also hear of a bigger fish killed last week but not sure about all the facts.
It's a shame that two years in a row that the biggest fish in WI was taken out. It is quite an accomplishment for the angler but there's probably more bad then good to come from it.
Catch and release really works I swear.
Although it is a magnificent catch and I congratulate Mr. Gelb on his success, I can assure you that this was not the longest fish caught in Wisconsin this year. Although I do not claim to compare myself to Mr. Gelb in any way, I personally saw two that were caught that were longer. Both were released. One was 53.25" on a bump board, and the other was just under 53" when measured in the water with no tail-pinch, and a slight curve to the fish. The girth on the 53.25" wasn't measured (she'd had enough of us and swam away before we could get it done, lol.), but the other fish measured 26.5" girth. I think the one we didn't measure was fatter though! In any event, both fish were very well documented; one on video camera, and the other by four other people besides the angler. Several pictures were taken.
I agree with the sentiment of the barbless hooks though--in fact I went to barbless hooks on a couple types of lures towards the end of the season, and liked it so much that I will be going completely barbless for next season. It truly does make a significant difference in releasing the fish. And as for reducing the likelihood of catching the fish, I will leave that answer to Pointer. But after what I saw this fall, I have no concerns...
TB
Edited by tcbetka 12/2/2007 2:39 PM
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Location: ashtabula ohio | man...the guys a living legend in muskie fishing.. total congrats to you tom..!! they will look fabulous next to each other on the wall...!!! god bless, tom pallotta. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Thanks for the pic Ron, that's a freeking hawg too |
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Location: Pigeon Forge TN. | Hey Matt,
I haven't been on any board for a long time now. I got that very same email directly from your Dad, I have known Tom for some time now and I can't speak enough for his integrity with musky fishing. If Tom said he tried all that time to get her revived than I personally believe every effort possible that he could do was done to save that fish. I stand by Tom all the way and his integrity speaks for itself.
Congrats , Tom, on a great fish and the effort you used to try to keep her alive, That is great Sportsmanship in any aspect.
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| Congratulations Tom on another beautiful fish! Pretty impressive to see a man his age battling the elements to obtain a BEAST!
On another note I hate seeing some of you giving the guy a hard time about the fish not making it. The man tried his best and stuff happens, besides I know many people who would have mounted this fish of a lifetime. I know this year I lost a real nice fish in Rhinelander Musky League that bit through a 100lb leader and I am still sick about it! Guys that are true avid Musky fisherman feel bad enough when this happens so to those who have a hard time with what happened here need to back off! Lets not make a guy feel bad when he should be standing tall and proud of the effort he spent to boat this gorgeous fish!
Congrats Tom!!!!Overfield |
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| I think Tom has an amazing skill and see absolutly nothing wrong with having to keep a fish, especially 50/50 +. I live in Eagle River and have never meet Tom. Wish I could sit down with a couple beers and shoot the #*#* with him sometime. I am a young man but I push my fishing and hunting skills to the limit just like he does trolling. Your end results are always rewarding. He tried to bring the fish back and he couldn't, big deal. Sometimes I wish I could do that with a trophy whitetail! My next project is building a wood strip row troller and its because of Tom Gelb and the love of fishing and nothing else. |
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| Magnificent muskellunge, congratulations!!!
Don't feel bad about it going belly up, that is going to happen from time to time. We all know you did what you could but in the end I won't slight a man for keeping a fish of a lifetime like this one. Hey, they're just fish.
The whole catch and release movement is wonderful but a little bit too fanatical at times IMHO.
Fish -even muskies- are a renewable resource and keeping one of these fish-of-a-decade monsters isn't going to have any negative impact on the fishery.
A BIG plus here is that Lax Taxidermy now has access to another of these ultra rare giants and that is going to go a long way toward improving reproduction mounts so this in indeed a very good thing in that sense and this fish WILL have a very positive impact on the whole that way. |
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Location: Tennessee | That is an amazing fish I can only imagine taking. It is sad to see the people wanting to bash someone for keeping a legal fish whether they tried to revive it or not, it is their fish, period. The fact that Mr. Gelb went to the extremes he did to catch it then to try to release it should be more than enough for anyone. I see this same mentality in deer hunting when people complain about the size of a buck or someone taking a doe. It is legal, it is the hunters' decision, enough said. Can't say something good don't say anything. Congrats to Mr. Gelb on massive fish. |
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