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| My Friend Ryan Dempsey of Green Bay WI has decided to post the pictures of the big musky he caught while on our walleye fishing trip in my boat this April in Green Bay WI. The fish was 56 inches long with a 33 ½ inch girth. The fish was released. Ryan caught this fish on a rapala, with a 7 1/2 foot St Croix Advid on 8 lb Power pro.
There is a replica of this fish being made by Fittante Taxidermist and the fish will be on display at the end of July early August at the Rocky Outdoor Gear of Green Bay, Wi (Corner of 172 and GV) where Ryan currently works.
I hope you enjoy the pictures
Eric Haataja Big Fish Guide Service www.wibigfish.com
copy right 2005
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Location: Madtown, WI | looks like they cut and pasted the fish from the "obvious land mark" and put it on a nice natural setting...
nice fish...
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Next spring I'm going walleye fishing 
Nice Fish
Edited by JohnMD 5/31/2005 3:33 PM
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| WOW!!!! Where are all the naysayers now???? |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Holy Fatness batman!!!! I hope to see one of those this weekend.
PK, you stay over there, we don't need you drinking all of our beer.  |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Wow!! Hopefully that big girl will be hungry now that the season is open. |
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Location: New Baden IL | I officially said OH MY GOD when I saw that picture!
WOW |
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Location: Sakatchewan,Canada | What a PIG!!!!Awesome fish!! |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Wow!! What a pig!! Glad the guy finally allowed it to be posted.... |
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Location: So. Illinois | I'm going to show this picture to all those people I know that do not understand my passion for muskie fishing. This fish is a perfect example to explain why I love to hunt muskies -- there is always a chance of landing a monster....... |
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| can anybody else here the sounds of the song "we go green bay" playing in the background?
hoo f-ing ahh.
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| I will be after her this year, in season and hopefully beefed up for Fall
Thank you very much for finally posting the pictures. What a great catch and surely a line class record.
Wisconsin. land of small fish....NOT
Edited by muskyboy 5/31/2005 10:29 PM
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| Great fish! Is that the great lakes strain? Could the great lakes strain be stocked in inland lakes? How about the hold? No way that is 70 Lbs and held like that! Photo analysis?
Out of season vertical hold? Suprised noone has hit that! |
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Location: Miller time Wisconsin. | .........Doin' some math here......56 x 33.5 x 33.5 / 800 = 78.5......
Hmmmm.......
I have always believed in that formula. But wow. Must be lotsa spawn in her to achieve that kind of "Fat chick" status
Thanks for sharing the pics. Awesome |
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| CONGRATES on a catch of a lifetime. Holy fat cows Batman did you see the belly on that one. |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Man...I need one of those tonight!!! Nice fish.... I think I need to rethink the size of the tackle I'm using. Back to the Walleye rods and 8lb test. |
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| These pictures show us why we are all the same in our need to fish muskies. No matter where we are from, the south, Wisconsin , Minnesota, the northeast, the west and Canada this is why we fish. When I say fish, there is only one type of fishing, MUSKIE!! Congradulations on the fish, it is truly a moment to rember the rest of your life. Now to the rest of us LETS GO GET ONE BIGGER!! |
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| What a beast! Sure looks to be something over 70lbs. Does anyone know the dimensions of Obrien's 65lber. caught out of Georgian Bay some years back? The question is what will that fish weigh after dropping all of her egg mass or will she even drop it. I remember some years back a 60lber. that was caught in Ontario and was in Musky Hunter I believe that scientists agreed adsorbed her egg mass and was a sort of freak of nature thus the incredible weight. |
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Location: Maplewood,MN | Congrats!! she's a fatty.. |
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Location: Monee, Illinois | What was that about 42 inches LOL GREAT FISH got to love it..
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| Yup, it's a biggun! I knew there were giants here, to rival any system out there.
I never doubted the size, or the catch. I just don't agree with all the praise and congrats on a fish OOS and caught by accident. As I stated before, and I stand by it still, it doesn't count. And to have a replica made? Well, to each his own. And besides, who am I to criticize? I know that the guys out east catch alot of great big fish. You rarely here of them, and never hear about an OOS fish.
The fish looks not like it's full of just spawn. It looks like it's got a 10 lb eye in it's belly! The big fish Eric caught two years ago had what felt like a brick in it's belly when we held it. Obviously, these fish have voracious appetites!
Edited by Shep 6/1/2005 8:10 AM
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| 2Rodknocker - 5/31/2005 4:33 PM
I officially said OH MY GOD when I saw that picture!
WOW
DITTO! Exactly!
Congrats on that fish. That is honkin' huge! |
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| I would also like to know where the second guess folks are now? There have been many people stating those types of fish
exist in G.B. I guess the biggest fish I ever saw (in Door Co.) was a figment of my imagination. I guess it was just "another Wisconsin 40lb fish story eh?"
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Without the correct landmarks (background) how do we REALLY know it came from Green Bay or Wisconsin for that matter. Heck, how do we even know the photo is authentic since it was obviously photo shopped.
Looks like a Mille Lacs fish to me (ha ha).
Sorry... couldn't resist stirring the pot considering all the "controversy" over this fish a month ago.
Regardless... that's one giant fish. Glad to see the pics finally surface.
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Whats with the fish that are coming out of Green Bay? The anal fin on this fish looks deformed or under developed as what we have seen in past muskies caught in that river. Sanks caught one last year that had a crooked spine and deformed fins and a posted picture later that year had a problem with fins.
There's a genetic problem with fish in that river but if the all are going be 56 x 33? Thats why we don't eat muskies!!!! I hope you walleye guy's aren't having any shore lunches up there.
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| I suspect they are derformed from the fin clip process, is all. Sometimes they take all the fin, sometimes they take just a portion, and they grow(heal) funny like that.
Wonder if the DNR can age that fish by the clip? |
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Location: Wausau | I love to hunt as much as I love to fish.But you know there is one thing I have never been able to figure out. if I am walking through the woods in the springtime and happen apon a dead deer with a rack that scores 220 Typical points I am the world record holder for a typical whitetail, at least two of the top ten bucks were killed by a train or a car and noone bats an eye. But if someone happens to catch a world class Musky out of season while trying for another species they are ripped to shred's for doing it. This poor guy goes Walleye fishing with Walleye tackle and hooks an awsome fish. He then takes a couple pitures and puts the fish back in good health and gets bad mouthed for doing it? He wasn't fishing for musky out of season, the way I look at it is it was the fish's fault for eating the small Rapala, you can't help what is going to eat your lue once you throw it in the water. Have any of you caught a Bass or Norhtern while musky fishing? Do you treat a small Northern with respect when they bend up your favorite Bucktail? If he was out with heavy equipment it would be another thing. If he want's to get a replica done I say go for it, hell get two. I say thank you for putting this fish back for someone else to catch. OK I am done with my rant, back to fishing and see you when the water freezes. |
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| The LXGXG/800 formula isn't widely used anymore as it overestimates larger fish and underestimates smaller fish. The newly accepted formula which more accurately represents weight of all sizes of musky is (LXG/25-10). That puts the weight of this fish at 65.04 pounds, which I believe is pretty close. Had this been caught legally in season and the estimated weight was / is correct it would rank as one of the 5 largest verified muskies of all time. Either way it's HUGE and ranks right up there in the same class as one of the largest muskies caught in history. It's also at least 10 pounds larger than any fish that's ever been caught in Minnesota.
Edited by esoxcpr 6/2/2005 4:53 AM
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | All weights are just " Estimates ", Unless the Fish is weighed on a certified scale.
While the various formulas may get you into the ball park there are too many vaviables for formulas to be accurate
What Did the fish Eat? Is it still in it's Stomach
Like People some have a higher fat to muscle ratio those with a higher muscle ratio tend to weigh more even though
the physical dimensions may be the same or very close
So unless it's on a Certified Scale it's just a Really Nice Fish
Edited by JohnMD 6/2/2005 7:47 AM
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