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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Hi all, I am looking at records of fish by state. I dont care about Wisconsin record as that one is in dispute. Here is a list of Musky state records. Many are outdated and I can not find current ones. Perhaps someone here can update the list for me.
Alabama 19 lbs 8 oz Wilson Dam Tailwater Steve Leatherwood 12/31/1972
Georgia 38 lbs 2 oz Blue Ridge Lake Rube Golden 6/1/1957
Illinois 37 lbs 13 oz Shabbona Lake Chris Kim 4/1/1997
Indiana 42 lbs 8 oz James Lake Darrin Conley 2002
Iowa 50 lbs 6 oz 52" Spirit Lake Kevin Cardwell 8/2000
Kentucky 47 lbs 0 oz Cave Run Lake Sarah Salchli 11/2/2008
Maine 26 lbs 8 oz Glazier Lake Allen Dufour 3/22/2001
Manitoba 0 lbs 41.50"" Line Lake 1991
Michigan 48 lbs 0 oz Skegemog Lake Charles S. Edgecomb 1984
Minnesota 54 lbs 0 oz 56" Lake Winnibigoshish Art Lyons 1957
Missouri 41 lbs 2 oz Lake of the Ozarks Gene Snelling 3/9/1981
Nebraska 41 lbs 8 oz Merritt Lake Jared Haddix 8/9/1992
New Jersey 42 lbs 13 oz Monksville Reservoir Bob Neals 1997
New York 69 lbs 15 oz St. Lawrence River Arthur Lawton 1957
North Carolina 41 lbs 8 oz Lake Adger Richard W. Dodd 1/23/2001
North Dakota 46 lbs 8 oz 54 "" GDU Canal Lakes Cory Bosch 7/3/2007
Ohio 55 lbs 2.08 oz 50.25" Piedmont Lake Joe D. Lykins 4/12/1972
Ontario 65 lbs 0 oz N/A 0
Pennsylvania 54 lbs 3 oz Conneaut Lake Lewis Walker Jr. 1924
South Carolina 22 lbs 8 oz 42" Broad River Zavier Jefferies 2004
South Dakota 40 lbs 0 oz Amsden Dam Daniel B. Krueger 4/16/1991
Tennessee 42 lbs 8 oz Norris Reservoir unknown 4/27/1983
Vermont 29 lbs 8 oz Missisquoi River Stephen Demar 1978
Virginia 45 lbs 0 oz New River R.A. Underwood 7/30/1989
West Virginia 49 lbs 12 oz 50.37" Stonecoal Lake Anna Marsh 1997
Wisconsin 69 lbs 11 oz Chippewa Flowage unknown 10/20/1949
I know that the Michigan record has been broken twice since this list was published. I see some states that have Muskies where I never dreamed they would be like Alabama. Mike |
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Location: Illinois | Illinois 38 lbs 8 0z Kaskaskia River Matt Carmean 4/20/2002 |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | muskellunged - 2/15/2011 5:51 PM
Illinois 38 lbs 8 0z Kaskaskia River Matt Carmean 4/20/2002
Yes its like I thought, this is an outdated list. Thank you. Mike |
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| 69 lbs huh 
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Location: Medford, WI | Hey...not sure if you're planning on doing anything "official" with this or not (any type of publication). I'm guessing it's just for yourself, but just in case, I thought I would mention that Kentucky's record should be Sarah Terry, not Sarah Salchli. I believe it was Scott S.'s step-daughter.
And what...you guys don't think that Wisconsin grows bigger muskies than Minnesota and all other states? ... |
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Location: West Virginia | We have broke the record length in WV a few different times but not the weight. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Medford Fisher - 2/15/2011 5:40 PM
And what...you guys don't think that Wisconsin grows bigger muskies than Minnesota and all other states? ...
Minnesota fish certainly have the potential to break the record, if they would only stop spearing them before they got that big... |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Check this out,
http://forum.gon.com/showthread.php?p=5791411
Georgia Muskies and Muskies in North and south Carolina. This is too cool. There are rivers in the south where we can get our fix during hard water up here Mike
Edited by Kingfisher 2/15/2011 6:01 PM
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Another cool article. I fished with Tim Mead before. He is the real deal.
http://www.northcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=280
Mike |
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Location: In a shack in the woods | dfkiii - 2/15/2011 5:48 PM
Medford Fisher - 2/15/2011 5:40 PM
And what...you guys don't think that Wisconsin grows bigger muskies than Minnesota and all other states? ...
Minnesota fish certainly have the potential to break the record, if they would only stop spearing them before they got that big...
Mn has more problems with border jumpers and walleye guys keeping the fish of their lifetimes than spearing. |
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| Medford Fisher - 2/15/2011 5:40 PM
And what...you guys don't think that Wisconsin grows bigger muskies than Minnesota and all other states? ...
Considering that WI is noticeably absent from the yearly contest standings for the Muskies Inc Longest Fish Release, year after year after year? I'd say it's not belief as much as proven statistical analysis.
But then what do I know? Maybe the giant muskies are just too smart to be caught in WI!
In fact, that could be a new marketing campaign! "Wisconsin. Our biggest muskies are so intelligent that nobody ever sees them. The muskies in MN and Ontario are just stupid. Smart fishermen fish for smart fish! Come to WI and try your luck against a worth adversary -- SMART muskies!" |
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Location: VA | Virginia 45 lbs. 8 oz. New River 06-01-2007 Shannon Hill |
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Location: Elk Grove Village, IL & Phillips, WI | Wisconsin 69 lbs 11 oz Chippewa Flowage unknown 10/20/1949
unknown? King Louie of course!! Well maybe not. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Mullhead - 2/15/2011 7:50 PM
Virginia 45 lbs. 8 oz. New River 06-01-2007 Shannon Hill
Cool, another one from the NEW River and only half a pound bigger. Still 45.5 pounds is a big freaking fish.
What really surprises me is the Illinois record not being over 40 pounds. Mike
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | One very interesting statistic is glaringly present. I dont see one one famous Musky fisherman holding a state record. I have never heard of most of them except for Art Lawton but he was not really in the industry or a guide . All the top guides we have and professionals and not one record between them. This must be due to release ethics. I have to believe there has been a bigger fish caught from Minnesota then the posted record. Mil Lacs? Vermillion? Come on man. Mike
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | I don't see Utah, Washington,Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, ect ect,...Ya know Tiger Muskie Water.
Isn't a Tiger still a muskie?
Give me a 48" Tiger over a 54" pure breed any day !
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| WV has a record for length and weight. You have the weight listed.
2003 57.2" 38.5 lbs Stonecoal Lake Glenn Boyd
1997 50.37" 49.75 lbs Stonecoal Lake Anna Marsh |
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| hard to believe Illinois has never produced a 40 pounder |
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| ManitouDan - 2/15/2011 9:08 PM
hard to believe Illinois has never produced a 40 pounder
not really. |
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| muddymusky - 2/15/2011 9:48 PM
WV has a record for length and weight. You have the weight listed.
2003 57.2" 38.5 lbs Stonecoal Lake Glenn Boyd
1997 50.37" 49.75 lbs Stonecoal Lake Anna Marsh
Correction...
2003 52.2" 38.5 lbs Stonecoal Lake Glenn Boyd
Nice thing about this record is that fish longer than Mr. Boyd's have been caught and released. |
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | I have heard of many fish caught in MN that are most likely pushing the record.....problem is this is a dead fish contest...I think there is definetely a culture in MN that opposes killing a musky to break the record....seems to me that a new process needs to be put in place. |
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Location: Illinois | Illinois has forty pounders but to have the record it has to be clubbed. I personally hope the record is never beaten. Sure would like there to be an accurate way to record release records and honor THOSE fisherman instead!
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Yes, this was the only list I was able to find. So far I am very surprised to find Muskies in Georgia and Alabama. I didnt think they were that far south. All of the Tiger waters were not listed. Im thinking the musky world is growing eh? Mike |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | muskellunged - 2/15/2011 11:31 PM
Illinois has forty pounders but to have the record it has to be clubbed. I personally hope the record is never beaten. Sure would like there to be an accurate way to record release records and honor THOSE fisherman instead!
Well Lake St. Clair went from being the club em capital of the Muskie world to the Release em capital. With the new tanks and the weigh in stations all around the lake they can do just that. Weigh them then take them back out and release them. This was done by the Michigan Ontario Muskie club and some and some very dedicated anglers who purchased those scales. It can be done anywhere in the Musky range if you want it bad enough. There should be several on Mil Lacs and Vermillion. These lakes have the potential to erase the old record in Minn. Mike |
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Location: MN | What I found interesting was the records (if they are correct) for Ohio and Pennsylvania. Those are some big fish from states you wouldn't necessarily suspect would produce them that big. |
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I believe the info was found at landbigfish, which lists tigers separately.......see the following
http://www.landbigfish.com/staterecords/fishrecords.cfm?order=state...
tiger muskellunge
Arkansas 23 lbs 12 oz Spring River Randy Wyatt 6/27/1995
Colorado 40 lbs 2 oz 53" Quincy Reservoir Jason Potter 1994
Delaware 15 lbs 2 oz 39" Brandywine River Richard Harris 5/11/1991
Idaho 38 lbs 7 oz 48.25" Hauser Lake Douglas Butts 2001
Illinois 26 lbs 9 oz private pond Joseph Veronda 5/4/1999
Indiana 24 lbs 0 oz Wolf Lake Michael Senics 1995
Iowa 27 lbs 2 oz 47" West Okoboji Lake Shannon Green 8/1989
Kentucky 13 lbs 12 oz Dewey Lake James Mollet 5/5/1981
Maryland 29 lbs 4.75 oz Potomac River - dam #5 Kevin Conner 2/14/1997
Massachusetts 27 lbs 0 oz Pontoosuc Lake James Lambert 2001
Michigan 51 lbs 0 oz 54" Lac Vieux Desert John Knobla 1919
Minnesota 34 lbs 12 oz 51" Lake Elmo Josh Stevenson 7/7/1999
Missouri 22 lbs 0 oz Stockton Lake Ned Posenki 4/25/1986
Montana 27 lbs 0 oz 45.25" Lebo Lake Dan Dupea 10/2/1994
Nebraska 26 lbs 8 oz Oliver Reservoir Steve Keys 5/19/1995
New Hampshire 11 lbs 11.68 oz 35.5" Connecticut River Brian Patch 6/27/1982
New Jersey 29 lbs 0 oz Delaware River Larry Migliarese 1990
New York 35 lbs 8 oz Tioughnioga River Brett A. Gofgosky 5/25/1990
North Carolina 33 lbs 8 oz Lake James Gary D. Nanney 4/3/1988
North Dakota 40 lbs 0 oz Gravel Lake Marvin Lee 1975
Ohio 31 lbs 8 oz 47" Turkeyfoot Lake Ronald P. Kotch 4/22/1999
Ontario 26 lbs 44 oz N/A 0
South Dakota 37 lbs 7 oz Lake Sharpe-Stilling Basin Jason Besmer 5/30/2003
Texas 9 lbs 1 oz 32" Lake Nocona Mike Gaines 5/27/1979
Utah 31 lbs 4 oz 48.38" Pineview Reservoir Roger S. Klug 2001
Vermont 17 lbs 13 oz Connecticut River Daniel W. Magoon 1987
Washington 31 lbs 4 oz Mayfield Lake John V. Bays 9/22/2001
West Virginia 36 lbs 8 oz 49.25" Mountwood Lake Clyde E. Beckett 1994
Wisconsin 51 lbs 3 oz Lake Vieux Desert unknown 7/16/2001
Wyoming 29 lbs 5.92 oz 49" Grayrocks Reservoir Frank Rubrecht 1992
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| Missouri state records come from lakes where there are NO longer any muskies. Are there any other state records coming from lakes where there are no longer any muskies?
Missouri 41 lbs 2 oz Lake of the Ozarks Gene Snelling 3/9/1981
tiger....
Missouri 22 lbs 0 oz Stockton Lake Ned Posenki 4/25/1986
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Kingfisher - 2/15/2011 5:31 PM Hi all, I am looking at records of fish by state. I dont care about Wisconsin record as that one is in dispute. Here is a list of Musky state records. Many are outdated and I can not find current ones. Perhaps someone here can update the list for me. Michigan 48 lbs 0 oz Skegemog Lake Charles S. Edgecomb 1984 I know that the Michigan record has been broken twice since this list was published. I see some states that have Muskies where I never dreamed they would be like Alabama. Mike The best way to compile a list would be to search each state and not look for a list that someone else created. This list only shows the Michigan GL muskelunge. That record was broken in Sept. 2009 and now stands at 50.5#. The record not shown is the N. strain muskellunge was set in 2000 and stands at 49.75#. |
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Location: Grand Forks ND | esoxaddict - 2/15/2011 6:26 PM
In fact, that could be a new marketing campaign! "Wisconsin. Our biggest muskies are so intelligent that nobody ever sees them. The muskies in MN and Ontario are just stupid. Smart fishermen fish for smart fish! Come to WI and try your luck against a worth adversary -- SMART muskies!"
That is some funny stuff right there! |
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| muskellunged--with totally negative attitudes towards someone who would keep a state record fish it makes it hard for reasonable people to discuss anything. "THOSE" fisherman have every right to keep a record fish ---I guess you would slam 14 yr old Sarah from Ky since she kept Ky's new record fish 2 years ago ? She was fishing with a guide --you wish to slam "THOSE" fisherman also ? Ohhh the audacity of keeping a record fish -- I hope Ill's record gets broken numerous times !!!! !!!! !!!!! !!!! ! ! ! |
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