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| Haven't seen anything about this on any muskie boards yet. Caught by a walleye fisherman on 10 lb. test. Still swimming. Wow.
http://www.lake-link.com/fishreports/viewposts.cfm?Thread_ID=4193 |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Here's a pic of the Fish
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | I heard of this one and a 45" in the same weekend. Muskies are in the Bay and up the Fox. Every year I hear of a 50" fish and when I spoke to a DNR biologist up there two springs ago, he said they've shocked fish in the 60" range.
I'm heading up there tonight to look for a monster eye, I'd settle for one of those huge gators though. |
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| Nice fish. Glad she got put back |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | That is an impressive fish.
Holy Smokes!!!!! |
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| THAT'S A PIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Nice fish...
I saw there are two other photo's of it, one of it laying on the carpet next to ruler and another in a verticle hold. Still need to get the word out about proper handling of these fish. Shep watched a guy drop a fish in the bottom of his boat 3-4 times a few weeks ago.
As Jason Smith used to say it, "remember the 10 second rule"...
Very cool story, none the less.
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI | I agree on the fish handling thing and we all must do our part in the education of that. But.....let's not let that get in the way of recognizing one tremendous fish! Congrats to the angler who caught her, as well as the 40 incher minutes later. Guess it is no longer just an up and coming muskie fishery.... Spring walleye fishing just got a little more interesting! |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | he did, immediatly after taking time to de-hook it and snap couple of pictures. What do you want him to do, cut the line and let it swim off? I don't see a problem with this, I doubt the DNR would either. There's plenty of sub 28" walleyes that get flash bulbed, why don't you go complain on Lake Link about that?
Edited by Gander Mt Guide 4/5/2005 11:28 AM
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Gander, I know your nerves are just about shot waiting for Opening Day Take a Deep Breath & Relax he's just trying to stir the pot, Hang in there Opening Day is soon you will be just Fine 
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | It took a little longer than I expected for that post to show up! |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | How long is this fish? |
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Location: McHenry, IL | Time to go get my pretty pink chain sticker! |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I think it was 51"s from what I read. That is a big fat girl I would like to hang out with. |
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| Don't you guys read the other threads? This certainly must be a hoax. There are no fish caught over 50" in Wisconsin according to a select few.
The rest of us know better... |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | The musky fishery in the Green Bay area is a totall outright farse. There has never been a musky in that river. Don't beleive anything you read on the subject. It is all a tourism ploy, using Photo shop. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | With hundreds boats pounding the water dayly for over a month, someone was going to catch something big.
You take all that open water of Green Bay and squeeze a pile of fish into a small streatch of river and a pig or two will get caught.
There is some very nice fish in that area for sure. But untill you fish it and see how many people are pounding it, you will not feel the same after. Its a crazy different water. Casting coal piles, wrecks and trolling anyway you can around other boats in the river is a different kind of fishing.
Is that one of Sheps fish? |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | I counted about 40 boats up by the power line area last night...a freaking tuesday!
Make that 3 fish over 40" caught this weekend up there.
Edited by Gander Mt Guide 4/6/2005 8:21 AM
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| notably this fish doesn't seem to have come from "zoo central" up by the dam...but down a ways by the railroad bridge. perhaps smarter than your average fisherman?
date stamp on the picture is a Sunday, and there's no other boats in the background.
Edited by lambeau 4/6/2005 8:20 AM
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Most Musky aren't caught up there, they'er caught in the northern part of the river, along the shipping trench and where there's discharge. |
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| Big fish! But I don't get too worked up about a guy for catching a fish by accident. He was eye fishing after all, and it was out of season.
Put 2-300 boats out there, some are bound to tie into some fish. I think my days on the river are probably over. It was a zoo last year, and only going to get worse. But the Bay is big fish water, and is calling my name. That is where I will get a bonker!
Edited by Shep 4/7/2005 8:01 AM
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| so is this a native strain fish to the great lakes or is it a stocked muskie? Would be interesting to find out. Either way it is impressive to say the least.
Edited by johnson 4/7/2005 7:55 AM
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | The DNR stocks spotted fish.
Here's a 43 that was caught up there last weekend too.
(43 inch Depere fish.JPG)
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Location: Rhinelander, WI | WDNR has an ongoing Great Lakes Restoration project that has been stocking great lakes strain musky in Green Bay and it’s tributary for a number of years. The original fish came from eggs collected from tributaries to Lake St. Clair. The fish have been grown in a brood stock lake in Central Wisconsin. I believe that the DNR is now capturing enough fish from Green Bay that the brood stock lake is being abandoned.
Wisconsin is definitely doing things right in regards to Green Bay.
Nail A Pig!
Mike
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | I heard this morning from a VERY reliable source close to Lake Link that that pic was EXTREMELY "Photo-shopped". |
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| I don't think so. I have seen 4 different pictures of that fish. I think its very legit. Who is your "reliable" source anyway? |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI |
And me being a PhotoShop user daily, I can tell you, I've been through the 3 different pics of that fish and can honestly say it looks real to me. |
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| WOW! Awesome fish! Congrats to the lucky guy that caught that fish.
I've been a graphic designer for 10 years now and I work with Photoshop daily, I'm a pro. I don't see any evidence of that photo being photoshoped. However, the photo is small and you can only see it for it's resolution so much on the internet.
Accept it for what it is, it's a nice fish. We should all be envious, not jealous. No worries if it's been faked or not... |
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| Here is another picture
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