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Location: Minnesota | The author of this thread has apparently decided it's not on track, but I see alot of very good answers and quite a bit of thinking about the subject here, so why destroy that? We'll leave this open for discussion with me asking the question...
Steve Worrall
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Location: Iowa | I know of a couple fish that were caught that pushed the state records in a couple different states and I would do exactly what those anglers did...I would release her to swim and fight again another day...the way that I see I really don't care if I catch a record or not...I am just in it for the thrill of the fight and maybe to stick a 50...someone else might as well have the same shot I did at her so why thump her...give someone else the saem thrill with the hope that they have the same conservation ethic that I do...just my opinion anyways...
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| There's no way the average guy would be able to ID and make a judgement call on a fish big enough to beat the record. (There'd be a lot of 40#-45# fish killed, that's for sure). Maybe just hang it off a weigh hook, to be sure. Anything with a girth over 24 inches, hang 'em on the scales. Agree 100% with Big Perc, that's what I'd do too. |
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Location: lansing, il | state record.......id release it without a doubt...world record, dont know til im starin it down...your #*^@ed if ya do, #*^@ed if ya dont! i used to say id thump it in a minute..but to be honest with ya the more i think about it the more id lean on lettin it go...id like to have the oppertunity to see what id really do! |
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| I would keep a certain world record, but release any possible state record I think. I want to see fish pushing the 70 pound mark for real  |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | I think anyone releasing the World Record would be doing an injustice by releasing it. It's obvious the old records are tainted, controversial if nothing else. WOuld be nice to erase those and start over by getting a new, 100% verified catch |
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| As I stated in another thread,I only purchase conservation licenses in Canada where I musky fish,so that decides it for me.I would girth,length measure for a replica with some pics.Good enough for me. |
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| That's an excellent point, Brian it would be good to get a record 'on the record.' You'd have to beat the hell out of that fish and likely kill it in the process. It'd have to be weighed, and it ain't gonna fit in the livewell. More than a few of those upper fifty/low sixty pound fish die on their way to the boat, too. Pretty sure that's what happened with O'Brien's. They're really old. You never see 12lb chipmunks or mallards with 8 foot wingspans....maybe muskies max out right around 65/67lbs, with rare ones over 70. The record is a sitting duck, it'll fall any time now, and getting it on record is a valid point. |
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Location: nationwide | Being from Wisconsin and with the state record also being the world record, I know I know, there are differences of opinion here but for the sake of this post I will keep them the same. The post states that I know this is a world record with no doubts.
If I was fortunate enough to land a world record muskie I hope I don't tear my rotator cuff beating it on the head.
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Location: Lincolnshire, IL | http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=27... |
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| Never know for sure until you're looking at it, but I probably wouldn't feel right whacking it. You can't eat it, a replica looks as good as a skin mount, whether it's still breeding or not nobody knows...
But fishing that body of water would be more fun knowing that she was still out there and not the same knowing she wasn't. |
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| I just caught the world Record today....... I thumped it and then released it. I thought this way I wouldn't be *&%#@ed either way....... |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I'm not sure if I could give you a 100% answer unless I was actually faced with the situation. Sitting here right now, I think I would release it. Would just be hard to kill a fish that has lived that long, seen that many baits, and grown to unusual proportions. If it wouldn't revive, it would sure look good on the wall though.
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | I would without a doubt thump the world record (although I don't get too many chances at something like that). State record...I fish/guide in Indiana and on one of the main lakes (Webster) there is a certified scale for anyone to use. I would without a doubt weigh it and release it right back in the water. |
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Location: The desert | If that fish lived long enough to grow to that size, in my opinion, I owe it to that fish to release it. It deserves the right to die where it grew up. I dont think I have the right to take it from its home and kill it just for my personal gain. Maybe its the environmental ethics class rubbing off on me, but I think it would be a disrespect to a fish of that size to just whack it and hang it on a wall. That is my opinion.
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Location: Brookfield, WI | I would give it a few slices of ham, take a picture of it chewing the ham, turn the net, and let it go.
Why ham? Big girls like ham.
Kevin
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| I will always release 99.999% of the skies I catch so.... release aWorld Record - LOL ...no , State record ....Hmmmm oh what the heck BONK! |
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| MuskyHopeful - 10/11/2006 1:08 PM
Big girls like ham.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA |
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| BWAHAHAHAHAHA
So I'm not the only person out there that actually thinks about feeding them, huh?
"here you go, good boy!" *pat, pat*
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| Might as well take some photos and release it. Only way to get a world record recognition would be to have multiple people that don't know each other witness the catch, follow you to a certified scale where it would be witnessed by additional folks, re-weighed on another certified scale, and then in front of all the witnesses, do an autopsy to show there were no weights in the fish or stomach. After the DNA test shows it to be a pure muskie, there will still be people that will say the whole process is void because the moon was full or for another less valid reason.
Not worth it. |
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Location: Madison, WI | Thump!! It's just a fish... That's why we have a conservation programs and high release requirements, so the fisheries can produce trophies. |
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| Magruter - 10/11/2006 1:50 PM
Thump!! It's just a fish...
LOL
a 40 is just a fish.
a 48 is just a fish
even a 52 is just a fish
but a world record? Kinda goes beyond "just a fish" in my opinion...
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| It is my personal intention to never keep another muskie for the rest of my life, if possible.
Who am I kidding? Many guys catch more fish in a year than I'll catch in my lifetime.
As long as I get a picture or 10, I'm happy.
What benefit would I get by keeping it? Providing there was no doubt that I could release it successfully, she would go bye-bye and I would be just as proud.
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| I would kill that sucker in a second be it a state record or world record. I hope anybody that caught the WR would kill it just shut all the folks in Hayward up, I am so sick of the fake records and bs that come out that town. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | MuskyHopeful - 10/11/2006 1:08 PM
I would give it a few slices of ham, take a picture of it chewing the ham, turn the net, and let it go.
Why ham? Big girls like ham.
Kevin
Iberico Ham.
What about the ribs Kevin? I think she would prefer the ribs. |
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| If I was dead sure it was the new World record, man would I smack that thing. I'd then make thousands from lure companies and advertising. Not a bad trade off. I believe I'm entitled to thump 1 fish in my life. Aren't we all?
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| Its easier to say you would release the world record than to actually do it. Now a state record... how many of you muskie fisherman actually have a scale in your boat? Now how many of you dont? Now those that do; do you weigh the fish you catch? My guess is not many people do. Many fish are caught each year with guys thinking they caught a state record, but they are released. If those guys actually weighed the fish would they have kept it if they knew for a fact that is was a state record? It's a hard decision to make. I would release it, thinking that in the future someone might catch one bigger anyways. A picture with measurements is good enough for me. And if your starved for attention, muskiefirst is always here and will let you post a picture of it  |
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| pretty hypothetical stuff...but I think I'd probably release it...the WR and current WI Record at present I don't have to worry about catching..If I was say in Indiana and got what I thought was the state record I think I'd be more inclined just to get accurate length, girth and photos and let it go...really what does a state record get you anyway? probably just alot of people trying to knock you down or people that are now gunning for you....and a dead fish...I'll take the thrill of seeing it swim away knowing I probably had it...
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| If In my home state of Minnesota it woulbe be too valuable to release,,A world record would go along way in helping get more then the 80 some muskie lakes we have ,,once people see what can be produced |
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| What do you mean? The entire world already knows what Mn is capable of producing. Im not saying I would hate on someone if they kept it, but there really is no point. Like I said... does anyone know the name of the guy that holds the state record Muskie in their state? BESIDES WISCONSIN
Its not that big of a deal. You will get more credability and respect for releasing the fish if that is all you are looking for. |
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