Albino Musky

  • Jeremiah Shaver
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 4941
    October 20, 2010 at 5:21 pm #1240144

    Ladysmith man catches rare albino muskie
    Associated press

    Updated: 10/20/2010 10:25:52 AM CDT

    Albino muskie caught in Wisconsin’s Rusk County. Paul Parise bagged one rare fish this month.

    Parise, of Ladysmith, Wis., snagged a 51-inch inch albino muskie on Oct. 6 on the lower Flambeau River in Rusk County.

    The fish is the second albino muskie caught in Wisconsin waters over the last five years. A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries crew caught one in their nets during population surveys in 2005. That fish was far smaller at 32.7 inches long.

    Tim Simonson, co-chair of the DNR’s muskie committee, says albino muskies rarely survive to grow as large as the one Parise caught because they lack the camouflage they need hide from predators and sneak up on prey.

    http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_16385209?source=rss&nclick_check=1

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 20, 2010 at 5:31 pm #905150

    Way Cool!

    That would have to be classified as a true “Fish of a Lifetime”!

    Even better, he admitted to snagging it which means it’s still swimming!

    jeremy-liebig
    mpls
    Posts: 1455
    October 20, 2010 at 5:41 pm #905151

    Saw that fish on another site as well. Way cool! Here’s a link to one that might be a true albino.

    albino skllunge

    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    October 20, 2010 at 5:42 pm #905153

    that is awesome. I fish that river 2 or 3 times a year although not that far south. big ‘skis in that river. a 51″ fish out of a river had to be quite a tussle albino or not.

    timschmitz
    Waconia MN
    Posts: 1652
    October 20, 2010 at 5:44 pm #905154

    That’s a fish of a 1000 lifetimes to be 51″ and pigment free WOW.

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    October 20, 2010 at 7:05 pm #905181

    Thats a neat fish.
    Being that its an albino to you supose its meat would taste kinda bland?

    mikeraiche
    Arkansaw Wi
    Posts: 90
    October 20, 2010 at 11:37 pm #905249

    Quote:

    Thats a neat fish.
    Being that its an albino to you supose its meat would taste kinda bland?

    No matter how I cook muskey I think it is bland! Ill keep trying though, there has to be a good recipe out there somewhere

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    October 21, 2010 at 12:58 pm #905318

    I wonder if the filet’s on this fish will be whiter? Maybe more flakier than the standard muskie, which is kinda brownish-pinkish color?
    Probably better flavor?

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