50" St. Clair Muskie

Post by **Musky51** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:08 pm

thats a terrible article...

Post by **Bobber** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:19 am

Well I have to agree with all on here that this article, while it may be the guy's catch of his life, is "highly exaggerated" and unfortunately not a good representation of how to handle, properly release, or conserve these wonderful fish.....let alone the author of the story didn't publish anything that was fact.

It's too bad really, we all get that, but please let's not go down a rat hole on this one with a campaign to tear the guy up.

Nice fish...some lessons to be learned by the guy....let's leave it at that.

Cheers,

Post by **Lunker Larry** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:51 am

Both the reporter and the angler may be exagerating, but the guy caught his fish of a lifetime, regardless of the size, so let him have his moment. It doesn't hurt anyone. I'm sure by the time his grandkids hear the story it will be twice his size.

Post by **AnglersChoice** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:34 am

heres a pic of the musky in question and a pic of a known 53lb fish for comparison. i did not take the pics, they were posted by a friend on another site.

if you ask me, knowing that this guy is only 5'4" (64"), my guess is that his fish is 40" - 44" tops, and 20lb if he is lucky.

Post by **wolfe** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:58 pm

Anglers Choice,

WOW, thanks, because your posting those two pics together REALLY puts a harsh bite of reality on the 1st claim.

I was disturbed at the article for the same reasons others are citing: 1/2 hour to land, 20 pictures, vertical hold. None of this is speculated, but quoted directly from the article and/or seen in the pic. What a shame, and it seems this angler truly wanted to see the fish swim off successfully but was just grossly under-educated. I think he is very naiive and believes in fairy tale endings.

A probable sad ending that really tarnishes what could have been a great story. Let's hope that the slim statistical chance of this fish surviving is teamed up with an exceptionally tough fish that just might recover.

W.

Post by **wolfe** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:01 pm

PS: this fish made my eyes pop out.

INCREDIBLE! Beautiful, fat, mammoth of a fish. Just gorgeous from its massive size, to its fantastic patterning. Love that it doesn't seem to have a detrimental mark on it.

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:20 pm

wolfe wrote:

PS: this fish made my eyes pop out. INCREDIBLE! Beautiful, fat, mammoth of a fish. Just gorgeous from its massive size, to its fantastic patterning. Love that it doesn't seem to have a detrimental mark on it.

What a nice LOOKIN' GAL!!!!!!......I love this pic!!....I'm just heading out for a little hunt myself while the sun is still up...

Post by RJ » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:48 pm

Worst part of that whole article is the writers cluelessness...the fish he caught is common on Lake St. Clair.....with most days on the water there yielding multiple fish similar to that for those who fish there regularly....

RJ

Post by **AnglersChoice** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:54 pm

no kidding, the guys i know that are out regularly on LSC (sometimes 4-5 times a week) are pulling in 5 - 12 fish that size per trip

Post by **Robert Goulet** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:41 pm

Looking at both of these photos, I'm most intrigued by the correlation of the size and shape of the fish with the size and shape of the happy anglers.

I've always wondered why most fisherman are on the husky side....now I have scientific proof.

I'm off to the buffet.