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Sounds like the guy tried to release it, but I must say that it's nice to see a new, verified record fish from the Midwest. Hopefully MN will fall soon. |
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| That's a big fish. possible michigan state record on a basment Michigan bait.
congrats to Angler and Kermit Good. Magnets are awesome baits.. |
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | Dang! Thats a pig!! |
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| That thing is a true giant. I plan on breaking the MN record tonight! jk that would be awesome though! |
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Location: NW WI | The guy should be drawn and quartered for not releasing the fish! He should have done everything humanly possible, including taking HIS OWN life to save that fish! Get out the torches!!!! Michigan here we come!!!!
Joking of course! WOW...what a horse!!!! Could waterski behind that girl! |
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Location: New Hope MN | Here an interesting quote:
"Anderson’s boat, seen here docked at the morning he caught the fish, was rigged and ready. Anderson doesn’t own a car, just this boat, which he drives to work every day." |
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| Congrats to the lucky man, neat to see that the DNR had it tagged earlier. They were saying that it weighed about 5lbs more when they tagged it :0 |
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Location: Oswego, IL | HUGE! They should give him at least 10% of all proffits made on that lake for the next year. Look out here comes the crowd! |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | We have mixed feelings here. Wonderfull to see the guy get such a great fish but sorry it had to end the way it did. He felt really bad. He stated that the hooks got into the gill plates and he cut everything he could to get her free. W e all know what happens when hooks get into gills these fish fight so hard that they can rip themsilves to shreds. It was a tagged fish and had a tracking beacon on her. W e were all very excited to see the results at our coming banquet in March. It would have shown the seasonal movements of a 50 pound class fish. But happy for Kyle and sad for the loss of the big girl. There are others and I am sure there are bigger ones. This lake is an inland sea deep ,long and dangerous. Northwest winds can put up waves like walls. Congrats to Kyle, Kingfisher |
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| Good for him. It's great to see an actual musky fisherman catch this than someone that accidentally lucked into it while fishing for something else.
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| Huge fish...but more importantly: beautiful fish. Love those great lakes strains with the spots.
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| at least this fish met it's demise by a musky fisherman who may have caught a state record. what happened to all the fish in that area that had a tracking devise in them? Spear Holes in thier and shoulders...so, yea, i guess it is too bad it died, but the crowd up there seems to be hip to spearing anyways...
normally, when a guy gets a 50 pounder and says "it would not release", i never believe them. however, this angler has caught fish similar to this one before.
Kingfisher - 9/29/2009 4:23 PM
We have mixed feelings here. Wonderfull to see the guy get such a great fish but sorry it had to end the way it did. He felt really bad. He stated that the hooks got into the gill plates and he cut everything he could to get her free. W e all know what happens when hooks get into gills these fish fight so hard that they can rip themsilves to shreds. It was a tagged fish and had a tracking beacon on her. W e were all very excited to see the results at our coming banquet in March. It would have shown the seasonal movements of a 50 pound class fish. But happy for Kyle and sad for the loss of the big girl. There are others and I am sure there are bigger ones. This lake is an inland sea deep ,long and dangerous. Northwest winds can put up waves like walls. Congrats to Kyle, Kingfisher |
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Location: Northern IL | Great job Kyle be proud of your fish! |
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| Awesome fish!!!!! |
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Location: Ontario | That's a beautiful fish, the dimensions and weight are almost secondary to the coloration! It must have looked amazing live.
Can one of you guys from MI explain the type of water? Its being described as an inland lake ('sea' is how one decribed it, sounds big) and a Great Lakes fish at the same time. Really interesting. A backwater off a Great Lake and/or connected to one? There are a couple similar fisheries in Ontario and they have a trophy fish history as well. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | 18,500 acres, 18 miles long, +/- 2 miles wide, 300 feet deep, gin clear... your basic trout water. The fishery is made up of lake trout, yellow perch, sm bass, brown trout, rainbow trout, whitefish, cisco, white suckers, etc. It's a natural lake that was connected to L. Michigan before a dam was put in place long ago. The muskie population isn't measured by fish per acre but by tens of acres per fish. The hours per fish average on this water, for those who know the water well, is 50-60 hours per fish.
Edited by Will Schultz 9/29/2009 7:04 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Beautiful fish, and the angler deserves credit for the catch and honest attempt at a clean release.
Beautiful fish! |
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Posts: 317
| WOW! Those Great lakes Spotted Muskies are truly beautiful! When I was in College, I fished Torch, Walloon, and Charlevoix-beautiful water. It looks like that angler put in his dues, well done! |
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| Yes to steve--I can't agree more---And what an absolutely beautiful fish--coloring and those bright red fins--Awesome!!! Congrats to the angler on a spectacular fish---wish it was me. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | WOW! |
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| Jaw droppingly awesome ! MD |
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Location: Twin Cities | Now that's just plain huge. Congratulations! |
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| What a monster! Congrats to the angler. |
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| I'm so jealous, that is a beautiful beast! |
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| “It doesn’t take a lot of lures to catch muskie, just a lot of time,” says Anderson, standing over his modest box of giant lures. The muskie fanatic fishes nearly every day. Over the past seven years he’s logged 4,500 hours and put 25,000 miles on his boat."
Yea....I would say he earned it. |
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Location: WI | Awesome fish!
The fish looks massive in the vertical hold picture. Back in 49' they would have called it an 80lber for sure. |
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| that dude is a champ. living the dream for sure
after lookin at them pictures, i seen a pic of a 48.5 incher that i thought was a baby hahaha
....i hate being at school and not being able to fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhh |
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Location: mad chain | What a great fish!!!!!! Man those magnets made by Kermit Good have some huge fish on them this year. |
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Location: MN | Fish of a life time for sure. How many people can say they caught a true 50lb fish congrats. |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Hey Louie, The Fat lady is warming up 
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