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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | From another thread from Larry that failed to merge:
At the risk of overwhelming your sensory organs, I decided to continue with my posting today rather than wait until tomorrow...I love this stuff and it sounds like you do to!
First I'll start with toad that has been published before. I have no details other than size, but it looked some much like the recent Charlie Gallagher tiger (48.5 x 28.5-google it) in its extreme obesity, I just had to put it up again. It was reported to be 48 x 32 and no weight was given, but 50 pounds wouldn't surprise me.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | From the thread, Larry Comments:
Ok, let's talk Tigers for a bit, since we mentioned Charlie's giant above. First, I should mention, since Round Lake has been a focus today, that it too has had a giant tiger or two in it. Many years ago one was found dead (covered in my book) that weighed 49-pounds. Some years ago, when "Mr. October", the late Peter Haupt was seriously pounding Round, he told me he lost a huge Tiger the year following his capture of a 47 1/2 muskie there.
Recently, in 2009, guide Brian McInerney was trolling for walleyes on Grindstone Lake in Hayward and hooked into a dandy 53-inch Tiger Muskie, which he photographed and released.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | From the Thread:
From ski:
'Hey Larry, the great bambino along with barbosa's other giant caught in December. The wosney fish plus Craig's catch and release record.'
Larry comments:
ski: I'm still adding fish, stay tuned. Not sure what the "wosney" fish is? I'm not going to put up a lot of photos that have already been published and been around for some time.
The last Tiger I have to share is a probable world record that was speared by a native American who shared the photo and information with me. I have blocked out his face for obvious reasons. This fish was 55.5 inches long and had a 28 inch girth! Sorry about the quality of the image.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Larry comments:
In December of 2013, Ed Barbossa caught and released a giant that weighed "at least" 58-pounds on an IGFA certified scale. Due to the fact that Seeberger's 58-pounder was under review for record, Ed decided to release this massive fish that 54.75-inches long and had a massive girth of 30.50-inches. While already publicized, I have some additional unpublished photos, courtesy of Mike Lazarus, to share with you. The first is a full fish shot of Ed and fish; the second is an across the back shot showing width and the third is an in the net shot of the massive belly/girth. By the way, the girth measured the same both in and out of the water.
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| i remember seeing a picture of a fish on rowan lake that was like 48 to 49 inches but had a huge girth around 30 inches maybe. ever hear of that fish and any idea of weight. if i remember the story it was caught under a fallen tree. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | During the confusion, the third photo of the Barbossa fish didn't get posted. Here it is now and that will be it for today. Tomorrow we'll start on 60-inchers!
Edited by Larry Ramsell 3/6/2014 4:13 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Geez what a toad. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | OMG!!!! |
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Location: Western U.P. | Thanks for sharing these pics guys. The picture of the 30.5" girth fish in the net with the guys hand on the back is really something... Wow! Very cool. Can't wait for Spring. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
Good Lord are those fish fat !
Larry, where was that beauty of a tiger speared ? |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | HANS79, not sure what fish you are talking about.
dfkii, that tiger was speared in Wisconsin. |
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| I was wondering about genetics as well. We used to buy Wisconsin strain barred muskies way back in the day and I thought they were some of the best fish we ever stocked in N.J. Is that strain still viable or have all the waters been polluted by shoepac genetics? |
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| I remember the fish Hans speaks of. Guy claimed like a 38" girth or something ridiculous like that. Was a fat fish but 38" come on. |
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| Han's that picture was in a very old Musky Hunter Mag, I remember seeing the 38" girth too. Must've been a typo. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | the width photos are incredible ... |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Good stuff LR, I wish I had a fish worthy of this thread. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | muskyrat wrote: "I was wondering about genetics as well. We used to buy Wisconsin strain barred muskies way back in the day and I thought they were some of the best fish we ever stocked in N.J. Is that strain still viable or have all the waters been polluted by shoepac genetics?"
LR: There are many strains of Wisconsin muskies, however as I understand it, NJ now uses only Mississippi River strain muskies (from MN) for their stocking program and have even created their own brood stock from same.
Will: That fish you got your son this year is worthy of any thread. Feel free to post it here! |
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Location: Thief River Falls MN | More recent but has anyone heard the story on this fish? Maybe it has been discussed here, but I cant find anything.
http://thedrydenobserver.ca/2013/09/eagle-lake-yields-big-muskie/
From the looks of the rocks on the shoreline he looks like he could be close to Skyes reef |
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Location: central Wisconsin | Larry, wasn't there a huge set of jaws found on the Chip a number of years ago? Are you able to guesstimate the size of the fish from as little as that?
Great old pics by the way!!! |
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Interesting attire considering it was alleged to be caught on 8/26/13. I was on the lake that day and the actual temps were about 88 degrees, with a real feel of 109 with just about zero wind.
I've heard stories about this guy and how he allegedly catches a big fish of Skye's reef every year. Maybe some of the locals can chime in, they seem to smirk every time I ask about this guy...maybe its a long standing joke up there. Not sure. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Larry I don't see any pictures of the big musky caught on the St. Lawrence last Dec. 3rd  |
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| Keep the pics coming LR! Would love to see more Laz / Barbosa pics. Or maybe a Vilas County giant or two! |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | horsehunter - 3/6/2014 9:34 PM
Larry I don't see any pictures of the big musky caught on the St. Lawrence last Dec.
3rd ;-)
I guess that was 2 years ago how time flys |
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| Jeff78 - 3/6/2014 9:13 PM
Larry, wasn't there a huge set of jaws found on the Chip a number of years ago? Are you able to guesstimate the size of the fish from as little as that?
Great old pics by the way!!!
Yes there was. The son and daughter of a very good friend of mine found them on an island. I can't remember what the estimated size of the fish was but I could find out by tomorrow.
They spend a fair amount of time in Hayward each year and have friends up there. When they would go on family vacations they would take turns fishing. Four of them, one boat. They'd take turns pairing up to fish while the other two would be dropped off on islands to do some hiking, exploring, etc. They drop the kids off to let them explore and they found this huge jaw that at first they thought belonged to a wolf. Brought it back to where they were staying and were told it was from a fish which at first was hard to believe. Now, this is not a family who doesn't know muskies or have never seen, caught, or handled large muskies before either. They've caught many many large fish, it's just that this jaw was so incredibly unreal that it did not resonate how big of a fish it came from so it had to be from something else.
The jaw is displayed in a case at a resort in Hayward but I can't recall the name of the place. Anyway, a few years ago when I was living in Tennessee getting ready for work I turn the tv on and there's an episode of monster quest. I'm not paying attention to it and I hear familiar voices. Look at the tv and there Jack was talking about it. They aired about two minutes of interviews with them and left about an hour of footage out of the episode which was too bad. The producers of that show made them seem far less knowledgeable about muskies than they are.
To hear them talk about the experience of finding the thing followed by being interviewed for the show and then the follow up inquiries about it is interesting. For a period of time they were getting all sorts of questions about it and they don't mind talking about it but they are not the type of people who ever go looking for publicity or really want to be bugged about something they feel everyone should be able to enjoy by walking into a public place and looking at the jaw display. To be bluntly honest, if they would have even the slightest smidgen of an ego among their entire family and would post half of the quality fish they land each year it would make some very well known guides feel awfully silly.... Some of the nicest folks you'll ever meet who just enjoy the sport to the fullest with no desire to draw attention to themselves. |
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| I meant are the genetics still viable in Wisconsin. Actualy we have a brood stock lake that only has Leech lake strain. Those only represent a small portion of fish though. The state still makes other fish using mixed genetics from Greenwood lake. Fish in Greenwood were stocked by MI and had some WI fish from MN muskie farm. Later the state used some genetics from PA and NY as well as Leech lakers. After taking a guy from the state fishing I learned the mixed genetic fish are easier to raise than the leech fish for some reason. They keep them separate. Most lakes get both type of fish but Echo only gets Leech lakers so we always have a pure source for those. |
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Location: Dixon, IL | I have your two books! I like it very much, so are you plan to write third book?
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| I had no idea Tigers could get 55.5", that is ridiculous. Why can`t I catch one of those! |
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| Awesome pics Larry! After viewing the first pic, I've just formulated my new muskie strategy for this season. I'm going to wear a three piece suite and tie with an awesome derby for sun protection. That should do it! I just have to make sure my pocket watch chain is secure while doing the 8... |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Ok, a bit of catching up to do this morning before we post more great photos:
Jeff78: One could only make a wild estimate from a set of jaws. The local biologist had a spread of 15 pounds with his "estimate", so no, to answer your question.
Horsehunter: Paitence Frank those and more are coming!
Mr.Musky: More of those coming too...
ILmuskie: Actually, if you have my two-volume 3rd Edition Compendium, you have the 10th and 11th books I have written or co-authored. I have a muskie history post card book in the works that I've wanted to get published for several years, but the economy put a damper on that and as I've already noted, a 4th edition of my current book is a long ways out at best, but thanks for asking. |
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| I don`t know about everyone else but with this cold weather and Larry`s incredible fish pictures I`m getting Jacked up! I my have to hit the St. Lawrence for the opener! Maybe some slobs hang around late with this brutal winter. |
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