HOLY CRAP! Pulled this from another site. 49 lb. Tiger out of the St. Louis River..released to fight another day! Huge congrats to the angler.
July 18, 2011 at 3:15 pm
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HOLY CRAP! Pulled this from another site. 49 lb. Tiger out of the St. Louis River..released to fight another day! Huge congrats to the angler.
Holy cow…that thing looks like it just swallowed a farm pig
Congrats to the angler
What a pig! I give props for releasing a fish like that. If I got a state record fish in my hands pretty sure its coming home with me.
Let me be the first…..
I saw it posted elsewhere claiming Eagle River, WI area……
Awesome fish regardless.
T
Let me be the true first. There’s no way that fish was a state record…nice fish but not a state record…
JK, nice fish, I wouldn’t know regardless…
Looks like a record to me. Here is the old record
Muskellunge, Tiger 34lbs. 12oz. 51″ length, 22.5″ girth Lake Elmo, Washington County Josh Stevenson, Woodbury, MN 7/7/99
Not sure if that looks like the St. Louis river in the background of that pic, but none the less, that thing is an absolute tank!!
wow, that thing is a tank! My eyes popped out of my head when I saw the picture… imagine the adrenaline rush when it surfaced!
Kudos on releasing the beast.
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Let me be the first…..
I saw it posted elsewhere claiming Eagle River, WI area……
Awesome fish regardless.
T
Here is the real poster. It was on the St. Louis River.
http://www.thenextbite.com/node/19879
fish of dreams right there, even better that the angler C.P.R.’d as well, impressive catch.
It’s to bad the MNDNR is shutdown (except enforcement). Record would not have counted regardless. Congrats to the angler and the release.
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Holy cow…that thing looks like it just swallowed a farm pig
Most of the pigs on the farm, holy cow!
Congrats to the angler
thats unreal. Was the fish just a complete overeater or did it have a “condition”. Either way… awesome TIGER
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Let me be the first…..
I saw it posted elsewhere claiming Eagle River, WI area……
Awesome fish regardless.
T
Here is the real poster. It was on the St. Louis River.
http://www.thenextbite.com/node/19879
Excellent!! I hope that is accurate and I am wrong!!
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It’s to bad the MNDNR is shutdown (except enforcement). Record would not have counted regardless. Congrats to the angler and the release.
RangerSki, why do you say it would not count because of state shutdown,there is not a time limit to get a fish certified. A fish must be weighed on a certified scale,[like at a meat market if it that big] witnessed,and then taken to a fisheries office to have the species verified and get the offical form to register it.
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It’s to bad the MNDNR is shutdown (except enforcement). Record would not have counted regardless. Congrats to the angler and the release.
RangerSki, why do you say it would not count because of state shutdown,there is not a time limit to get a fish certified. A fish must be weighed on a certified scale,[like at a meat market if it that big] witnessed,and then taken to a fisheries office to have the species verified and get the offical form to register it.
Those waters have a 50″ lenth limit…
This is especially true for muskies but other species as well, but with conservation practices of many dedicated anglers, lots of people (including myself) would not kill a fish on the chance it is a state record. Is that a requirement? If so, maybe its time for change on that rule. Obvious hurdles exist with getting a certified weight but I’m sure the MN govt could quickly and skillfully negotiate that obstacle
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