|
|
Posts: 32955
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Well, it may be for you..... but 54" is one heck of a big muskie. I had quite a few 50s before I got my first over 54, not a realistic goal for the average Muskie angler, IMHO. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 117
| dont know about that really.. a 50 is still a 50.. but black is the new red..  |
|
| |
|
| Guest I believe that Larry is saying to subtract an inch because when the fish dies it loses about 1" on the girth. An example would be the Gelb fish from last year. |
|
| |
|
| "but 54" is one heck of a big muskie. I had quite a few 50s before I got my first over 54, not a realistic goal for the average Muskie angler."
That is exactly why I think 54" is the new magical #.. 54" musky is a fish that most average musky anglers will never catch.. If it is a magical #, you would not want the average joe to head out and catch one consistantly.. That is exactly why people question the 50" fish as the "magical" fish now, all kinds of average joes are popping 50's on a consistant basis... |
|
| |
|
Posts: 32955
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | My personal magic number is 58, not that I'll ever get one.
I don't think the majority of Muskie anglers have caught a 50. Sure, a fair number of big fish are caught every year, but it's not all that easy for most, IMHO.
If it's 54, even a smaller segment will. Setting the bar awful high at 54". |
|
| |
|
Posts: 97
| A 50" is a heck of a fish regardless on where it was caught. I think the next magic number should be 1" bigger than that persons personal best.
If someone is working their way up the 40" ladder, then in reality how you fish for mid 40" fish is different than how you go after 50+'s. Once someone gets to the point where they want to target bigger fish (If they want to), they have to change their tactics if they really want to make a concerted effort to go after them.
Me personally, when I fish Wisconsin I pretty much go after anything that wants to be dumb enough to wanna bite. When I go to Canada my focus changes a bit.
Edited by 55esox 9/30/2007 11:43 AM
|
|
| |
