Only the guy holding the fish can determine “worthiness.” To you it might not make the grade. To someone else it might represent a cherished memory. Congrats to the angler on a fine catch.
I think he was from cotton,mn. He said it made the trip. Plus this fish was landed on a small rod and reel not a musky rod and reel design to horse them in.
So would a fish like that bite after being lost at the top of the hole. Then after being landed bite again and be lost at a hole and then a few days later again bite and be lost at a hole?
Yes they can be very territorial in the winter and I have seen the same large fish caught a couple times in a week. One was so bad we had to move the house as it was the ONLY fish we could catch or see on the camera over the course of a couple days.