Too bad the fish didn’t make it but there are monsters in the MPLS lakes. My guess is a long fight and warm water made the fish unreleasable but fish of a lifetime. Congrats to the angler.
How many boats and canoes/kayaks will be out there? Tough to get a boat launched there.
https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-man-catches-54-5-inch-musky-on-bde-maka-ska.amp
actually LAKE CALHOUN 
Calhoun, not Harriet.
That’s a heck of a fish. Unfortunate that it wasn’t able to be released, but the young man seems like a good and respectable angler.
Fixed it!!
Well done to him! Sounds like a great kid!
Thats a big fish. To bad it didn’t make it. I always thought that lake was known for big skis
That;s some good eats there. Easy….
Fixed it!!
Well, yes and no. 
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Matt Moen wrote:</div>
Fixed it!!Well, yes and no.
I refuse to use the other name…even though my taxes paid for the change.
Congrats to him on a great fish! As much as the musky die hards hate to admit it, old fish die one way or another. Sure this one may have lived a while longer, but probably not much longer.
What the hell is Bde Mak Ska? Sorry I must be living under a rock, did the lake get renamed?
What the hell is Bde Mak Ska? Sorry I must be living under a rock, did the lake get renamed?
In 2018
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Charles wrote:</div>
What the hell is Bde Mak Ska? Sorry I must be living under a rock, did the lake get renamed?In 2018
Really lol first I heard of that. Yeah I don’t watch local news at all.
Here are some details on the change:
http://www.in-depthoutdoors.com/community/forums/topic/hows-the-bite-on-bde-maka-ska/
I’ve read elsewhere that the musky guys are pissed at how he could purposely be targeting muskies at such high temps. Of course it’s not going to make it at 80 degree water temps.
I’ve read elsewhere that the musky guys are pissed at how he could purposely be targeting muskies at such high temps. Of course it’s not going to make it at 80 degree water temps.
How do they even know that the water temp is 80 degrees? That’s not mentioned anywhere in the article. It certainly could be, but without knowing I’m guessing it was somewhere between 75-80 degrees. I know that musky guys are pretty die hard about their target but sheesh let’s just not jump to a conclusion.
What is the minimum to actually keep a pure strain muskie from Calhoun Lake? 54 inches? Hopefully something good can come from the dead fish like a skin mount. I would not recommend eating that thing lol
I’ve read elsewhere that the musky guys are pissed at how he could purposely be targeting <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>muskies at such high temps. Of course it’s not going to make it at 80 degree water temps.
For every compliment there is a complaint. I’ll bet that not every musky guy follows the 80 degree rule.
Lake Calhoun minimum size is 40″ according to page 21 of MN 2021 regs.
Lake Calhoun minimum size is 40″ according to page 21 of MN 2021 regs.
Thanks. That’s interesting. That list is basically all of the lakes that have tiger muskies but this is clearly a pure strain.
Great fish. Bet those cheeks taste good.
Conrats to him. If it was caught legally and over the required size limit, he has every right to take that fish. Plus as Big Werm said, it was an old fish.
I’m a big musky guy, but a lot of the musky hardcores are hypocritical in my mind. They preach the save the musky gospel, but will treat bass and pike like carp when they accidentally catch one. These are the same guys that come winter will harvest their legal limits of panfish and walleye all winter long. Not trying to start a fight, but I hate when we give each other a hard time over keeping fish that are perfectly legal. That guy pays for a license the same as we do.
That guy pays for a license the same as we do.
Plus you can clearly tell that his intent was to release the fish too. Its not like he was meat hunting for a big muskie. Mortality happens amongst many species of fish after you catch them especially in the warmer summer months.
Being a musky guy I really could not careless. sure it would be sweet for that thing to swim off but its not a lake I have any intentions of fishing….. Great fish!
Being a musky guy I really could not careless. sure it would be sweet for that thing to swim off but its not a lake I have any intentions of fishing….. Great fish!
X2 Carter.
Not trying to start a fight, but I hate when we give each other a hard time over keeping fish that are perfectly legal. That guy pays for a license the same as we do.
Amen. x1000. And I still do catch and release for trophy caliber fish, life’s too short to get mad at guys on your same team.
He caught it in a canoe?! That damn thing must’ve been dragging him around for awhile!
Is it just me or does the new name for lake Calhoun sound like one of those low to the ground drinking fountains they have in Europe bathrooms?
Good for him. Nice fish.
Is hard to launch, load & park-no parking lot if you park on the street you have to drive a couple of blocks to get to a turnaround, know a guy who can parellel park a boat-not me! Doable if you go early, then I have the DNR weed person watch for various bladers, bikers, etc as I back the trailer in-quiet on the lake at least.
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