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Good St. Lawrence muskie caught?
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:36 am
by Cancatchbass
Word comes from a reliable source that a Gananoque man pulled a 60", 57 pound muskie from the River a couple of days ago.
He and a friend were fishing from a
CANOE 
Unfortunately, it was kept and is on its way to be mounted.
I'll post more info as it becomes available...
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:51 am
by Tip-up
That's amazing
I can just imagine the boat side tussle
Any pics CCB?
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:58 am
by joco
CANOE.........
must gave them a ride off there life time........nothing beat some muskypower...
a lot better then horse power...
keept it...
must be a huge femmal.....
.big reproducter...
cant wait to see the picture...
joco
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:33 am
by muskymike
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:43 am
by muskymatt
I think you are refering to Duckboat Dave , it's a duck boat with a 30 hp on it . I believe it was a double eye hook and the fish died
unfortunately.I don't believe he would have kept it had he had the choice .I was talking to him at the MCI outing in Ganon. and he contacted the fish during the outing and vowed to catch it ,, but with better end results and the lenght girth conversion put the fish at over 60 lbs
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:57 pm
by muskiesRus
The fish was actually caught by Sal Ratolo fishing
with Duckboat. It was 58"x28" [56.8lbs.]. I was
talking to Sal last nite and what MuskyMatt says
was true. They are both experienced,live release
fisherman and they agreed that the fish had absolutely
no chance of surviving if released. Sal felt pretty crappy
about killing the fish but I told him that these things can
and do happen even to the most dedicated and careful
live release fishermen!
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:42 pm
by wolfe
I'm always sorry to learn of muskies (especially large ones) being kept, and I hope they definitely gave her a fighting chance and spent some time on revival before making the decision to keep her.
In any case, I can't imagine the absolute THRILL that fish must have provided. I would love to see pics. An absolute fish of a lifetime, I would think.
W.
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:13 am
by Lookinforlunkers
Just because a fish swims away after being revived doesn't mean it will survive. Duckboat has caught more than his share of very large fish and is more than experienced enough to make the call, be it crap or otherwise
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:49 am
by muskymike
You only can do your best to revive some of the big fish but if you take your time 99%of the time it will be ok
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:16 pm
by muskysean
I believe this is the fish in question.
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:51 pm
by eddie43
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:52 pm
by reel2reel
if my gf saw that she'd never swim again haha....
what a monster!
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:57 pm
by Jebby
HOLY CRAP
i wonder wut it was cought on.... a small dog possibly?
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:06 pm
by muskysean
This is an action shot just before the fish hit.
If you look up and to the left you can see the musky.lol
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:45 pm
by Lookinforlunkers
What size of treble would I use on a kitten that size?
