Dead 73" Muskie

  • Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5821
    August 16, 2016 at 11:09 am #1634330

    Saw a pic on another site of a supposedly dead muskie washed up to shore, any truths?

    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    August 16, 2016 at 11:14 am #1634331

    Doubtful…This is what I heard

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    steve-fellegy
    Resides on the North Shores of Mille Lacs--guiding on Farm Island these days
    Posts: 1294
    August 16, 2016 at 11:34 am #1634338
    Denny O wrote:

    Saw a pic on another site of a supposedly dead muskie washed up to shore, any truths?

    The whole story is /was a hoax/joke. been out there now for several weeks and was actually also used on the same level story for Forest Lake, Mn. …a JOKE!

    Tuma
    Inactive
    Farmington, MN
    Posts: 1403
    August 16, 2016 at 12:17 pm #1634348

    73” would have been nice to see!

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    August 17, 2016 at 8:34 am #1634513

    There’s a story and pictures on Facebook where a former CO found it floating took a couple pictures and re-released the dead musky. No where near 73, but if I remember it would have broken the world record by a couple inches.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    August 17, 2016 at 8:44 am #1634516

    The story is in the Mille Lacs Messenger

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    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    August 17, 2016 at 9:11 am #1634521
    chomps wrote:

    There’s a story and pictures on Facebook where a former CO found it floating took a couple pictures and re-released the dead musky. No where near 73, but if I remember it would have broken the world record by a couple inches.

    Chomps…no, that is from last year. Not the same as the recent finding this year. The rumored 73″ fish was most likely a recently released 57″. Furthermore, not likely a world record. Fish would have to be kept and certified weight over 69 lbs.

    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5821
    August 17, 2016 at 10:52 pm #1634622
    chomps wrote:

    couple pictures and re-released the dead musky.

    Re-released a dead huh? coffee

    Rodwork
    Farmington, MN
    Posts: 3975
    November 10, 2023 at 6:33 am #2235008

    Reports of a another 73” washed up.
    My sources say this was the musky that ate all the walleyes in Mille Lacs lake.

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    Rodwork
    Farmington, MN
    Posts: 3975
    November 10, 2023 at 6:50 am #2235014

    Just looked into it a bit and seems like the photo I shared that was sent to me this morning was the same photo used in 2016 73” dead muskie post. I just woke up. sleeping

    buckybadger
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 8179
    November 10, 2023 at 7:53 am #2235020

    This is definitely a hoax and has been spread. That fish wasn’t over 71″ at most, it’s just held out a long ways from that guy’s body.

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