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Location: Ontario | Hi everyone,
Caught this muskie in Georgian Bay Ontario last October. Thinking of having it replicated,but never measured it. Was hoping some members could give it a guess. Im 6'2 if that helps
Thanks,let me know if your ever travelling up this way,lots of great fishing !!
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Location: MN | Hey Tim, need the pic |
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| yah we need the pic, you got me curuios now! |
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Location: Ontario | Sorry,heres picture
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Location: Ontario | Got picture posted,thanks for the opinion
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| maybe 43 to 46 lbs
hard to tell
but i am sure of 1 thing that fish is a monster. |
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| Best guess would be 54x25 and 42-45 lbs. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Just get another big one and don't forget the tape measure!!!!!!!! Monster fish for sure. I have no clue how big that is |
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Location: La Crosse, WI | Nice fish Tim, that thing is a pig! I really don't have a good idea on the size of it but if you bring it to someone who does replicas, they might have a pretty good idea. Of course they could exaggerate it to make a couple extra bucks but I doubt it. Again nice fish! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Maybe 49-50" long and somewhere in the 38-40 lb. area,,.Maybe
Really hard to tell by that pic .Any other pics of that fish? |
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Location: Ontario | Thanks ! Was a beauty day. Was supposed to visit my inlaws that day...but begged the wife to go fishing.70 degree day in the middle of October in the north was too nice to pass up.Was in 50 ft of water twitching a plug on the surface when it hit.Unreal |
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Location: Cave Run Lake KY. | I gussed it a 44# before I scrolled down to see Pepsiboy and Silver Scale are in the same ballpark. I have caught a 54"er and neted 3 more like it for fishing partners out of Georgian Bay. It can well be your fish of a life time. Great fish. Marv. |
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Location: Ontario | Thanks Marv,it was a thrill for sure.Found this lure at Bass Pro called the Grandma.Been trolling it for 3 years now and wow has it delivered.I troll pretty quick for Muskie..last year caught a huge catfish on it and a 15 lb salmon in pretty chilly weather |
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| around 50" maybe 40lbs big fish!! congrats |
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| Honestly, (I assume that's what you really want?) I agree with the above 50" length (maybe 51"?) and would guess around 34-35 pounds. Typically muskies (and all fish) weigh less than most people think. If you are going to get a replica made, I'd recommend cutting a piece of cardboard to mimic the shape in your best picture and taking that to the taxidermist, let him decide what size to make it. |
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Location: Ontario | Guess the weight is not as important as getting the length as close as possible and watching that fish swim away. Taxidermist estimated around 51-52 today.
On another note,the muskie fishing on Georgian Bay is really getting good,especially in the fall months of October November. We saw major devastation in water levels dropping and zebra mussels changing habitat. But weed are starting to grow again.
Last year a Buddy caught a 19lb Muskie downrigging in 140 feet of water.Craziest thing Ive ever seen. Guess when your habitat changes so dramatically you go where the restaurants are open |
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Location: Pickering, ON | If you're thinking of spending $1000 on a quality replica, possibly the only one you'll ever get done, and really want it to be accurate, why not look into the cost to have photoanalysis done?
The guy who has done so on Muskies in the past is actually in Toronto - Dan Mills of Toronto, Canada-based DCM Technical Services per the O'Brien report.
Won't help you much with girth though.
Without going to that extreme, it might be a good idea to contact the guys at Advanced Taxidermy (local boys, and some of the best in the biz), who you can provide with photos and/or possibly go see them to see some moulds/mounts to find one that you feels best reflects the measurements of your fish. |
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Location: Ontario | Hey There,
Ya Advanced Taxidermy is the company Im going to get it done by.He does awesome work.Cant wait to get it into the house,and into the basement.Might give it to my wife as a gift. It worked when I bought her a fishing boat then left and went fishing the same day |
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| 53.5"
42.4982#  |
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| next time crush the fish on ya.lot of gb guys like to do that,because the girth look bigger.
as you can see some guess dont know how to judge a big fish when the pics are not the best. |
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Location: N.FIB | don`t have a guess,but nice fish and congrats to you on a trophy muskie |
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| pepsiboy - 2/27/2012 12:40 PM
next time crush the fish on ya.lot of gb guys like to do that,because the girth look bigger.
as you can see some guess dont know how to judge a big fish when the pics are not the best.
The guy asked for a guess on the weight/size, not how to make it look bigger. I personally think it's a great picture, shows the true size.
I think it's interesting that my guess was very close to the taxidermists educated guess of 51-52" (and he gets paid by the inch). With that said Pepsi, what would be your best guess as to what a 51-52" muskie from GB should weigh then? Unless those fish are made out of iron, a garden-variety low 50" fish weighs 31-33lbs. This fish appears to have a better than average girth, but nothing huge, so 35lb class should be a fairly good assessment.
There's no way that fish weighs 40-45lbs, and there's nothing wrong with saying that either because the guy is looking for the truth, not some misinformation that's going to make him look like he's exaggerating, that's why he asked.
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| 53" and 37 lbs |
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Location: Ontario | Muskie paradise..
Thanks for all the input..Were all Packers fan here too
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Very nice fish. What's a Packer? |
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| Were all Packers fan here too
Too? I'm not a Packers fan... |
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| the fish is close to his body,and the guy is 6.2 so imo that fish look like a 53 to 54 inch fish x24 to 25 nothing less.jesus for comparaison look at the size of that head ,compared to the angler head
mr bs if that fish is only 50 and dont have a hughe girth i would like to see the fish you caught |
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Location: Ontario | Honestly couldnt hold it away from my body for the shot.Guess a few more pictures would have helped. I figured 40-42 lbs, but never caught enough in that range to act like an expert |
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| Congrats very nice fish! I'm 6'1" and have a photo of a 53" fish held in almost exactly the same way... your fish is between 51-53" IMO. I would think she'd be right at 40lbs for weight - big fall fatty for sure. |
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| pepsiboy - 2/27/2012 5:01 PM for comparaison look at the size of that head ,compared to the angler head
He is definitely holding the body of the fish close to his own body, but I think what's throwing you off is the head of the fish is being held out and slightly closer to the camera, therefore skewing your perspective.
If you average the length estimate guesses here, it comes to 51.75. Our closer guesses are not that far off, my 51" is 3/4" short and your low guess of 53" is 1 1/4" long. The taxidermist came up with and average of 51.5, he was super close to the average! With that said, what is your best estimate of how much this fish would weigh if it was known to be 51 3/4"? Not that it matters much, but my adjusted estimate based on that length is 36-37lbs, 38lbs tops.
For those that think I'm needlessly arguing over a "few inches and a few pounds" here, I beg to differ because I was just honestly doing my best to help him establish an accurate length for his replica. I think collectively we've manage to do just that? Great fish sir, excellent 51.75 release!
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