I agree. No way would a muskie of any size pull around a boat for over 2 hours. Didn’t someone say “Vagina” in another post?? I think this guy may have found his.
Years back the while I was Musky fishing on Deer lake, the wife nailed a 28 (appox) pound musky fishing for crappies, took her about 40 mins to get it landed, that was with 4# test. So ya, 2.5 hours seems a bit long to me.
Buddy at work said he thought the article he read said they had to get a bigger net, that might explain the long time maybe???