My big Muskie

  • Bird
    River Falls, WI
    Posts: 309
    June 23, 2011 at 8:48 pm #1228758

    Caught this toothy critter in a bass tourny last Saturday on the St Croix….approx 52″, weight and girth unknown, C & R, caught at 8 AM on a chug bug and she put on a good fight, never landed a fish that big. Any guesses on the weight?

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    June 23, 2011 at 9:06 pm #975826

    Heck of a fish

    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    June 23, 2011 at 9:34 pm #975845

    bootiful

    25 to thutty pounds, sir. quite a rain storm that morning. a couple of them as a matter of fact.

    jeremy-liebig
    mpls
    Posts: 1455
    June 23, 2011 at 9:36 pm #975846

    Very nice! I’d guess right around 30 Lbs. or so.

    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    June 23, 2011 at 9:39 pm #975847

    maybe more than 30 lbs? it’s a heck of a specimen. glad you were able to let her go. sometimes they swallow the smaller bass baits and it’s hard to keep em alive.

    rod-man
    Pine City, MN.
    Posts: 1279
    June 23, 2011 at 9:51 pm #975851

    I c&r one almost the twin to yours
    36.2lbs
    nice fish

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    June 23, 2011 at 9:55 pm #975853

    Looks like you caught her on light spin gear…that could be a world record fish on 8-10lb test

    How did you land her? There must be a heckuva story there!

    Paulski
    “Ever Wonder Why There Are No Democrats On Mount Rushmore ? "
    Posts: 1180
    June 23, 2011 at 9:56 pm #975854

    I gotta take up bass fishing…

    Very nice catch and release. I would say 30-32 pounds also.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    June 23, 2011 at 10:47 pm #975873

    I held up a 52er once and I’ll swear that thing weighed 50 pounds!!!

    Nice fish, nice pic too! Congrats.

    -J.

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    June 24, 2011 at 12:05 am #975886

    WOW !!!! Dang nice fish rite there

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    June 24, 2011 at 1:12 am #975911

    I have caught a 50″ and it was 30# on the head. This one should be a few lbs more. Nice fish either way.

    Bird
    River Falls, WI
    Posts: 309
    June 24, 2011 at 2:20 am #975935

    Tom,
    Caught with 12lb P-Line on a medium heavy spinning rod. This was the 3rd muskie to follow up my chug bug in a span of less than 100 yards…. this was more a team effort….fortunately I had a partner that has caught a couple over 50″…. he was able to follow the fish with the trolling motor while manning the net…she made 3-4 good runs and after about 20 minutes tired and went head first into the net…honestly all I could think about was please don’t break off my favorite black chug bug….It was a wet day but the fishing was good!!

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3476
    June 24, 2011 at 12:28 pm #975995

    Awesome fish. Congrats.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18564
    June 24, 2011 at 1:12 pm #976007

    Really nice.

    Osprey
    Hudson
    Posts: 31
    June 27, 2011 at 4:40 pm #976514

    Nice fish Mo!

    I just sent you a PM.

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