Anyone catch MonsterQuest tonight about Gigantic Muskies?

[Musky_Madness]

History Channel had an awesome show tonight about gigantic fish and the musky was featured. James Linder and Lee Tauchen were featured to help find a world record musky on Mille Lacs this past winter through the ice. Very interesting show! Their attempts to find a world record musky were unsuccessful however. One dude got attacked by a musky boatside and interviewed the two in the boat that captured the incident on tape. Pretty cool stuff!

[Andrew Erickson]

i watched that,pretty cool stuff. loved when they had the fish all the way up to the boat without hooks on a sucker

[walleyeslayer18]

i just got done watching that. It was a really good show they put it together well! im planning on taking a trip up to mille lacs this fall for some big muskys!

[JRedig]

I thought the show was pathetic portraying these fish in an improper light...that guy did NOT get attacked, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. They put a bad twist on the story trying to make them out to be man eaters...lame at best.

[Dano_the_jigasaurus]

that is how that show is though, it puts the same spin on all the fish that it shows on there...man eaters...whether true or not. Just the way it makes the show more entertaining...I guess.

Dan

[DTmuskie]

Also watched the show and thought it was very misleading. Talking about muskies as man eaters/attackers should really help the DNR/privite stocking of our waters here in Minnesota. Was also very surprised to see that Lee and Linder who are avid muskie anglers/enthusiasts would even be on a show like that.

[slabchaser]

well maybe if people think there man eaters they wont swim in my favorite spot and wont fish for them at my lake

[JRedig]

From what i've heard Lee and the Linders had no idea the show would be twisted as such.

FWIW, my dad was interviewed on that show for the raptor stuff (which is the biggest lie in the world about that kid getting carried by a bird) and they twisted and mis-used everything he said too, he was quite angry when he saw what aired on TV.

[Musky_Madness]

I agree the "maneater"/Gigantic Killer Fish title is a little extreme. Muskies are no doubt an aggressive fish and would bet many of you have been bit before, myself included during a photo op right through a "Fish Handling Glove". The show did exaggerate quite a bit but was neat to see Mille Lacs and muskies in the national TV spotlight. Most of the storytelling took place in the editing room and without a doubt Lindner and Tauchen didn't have a clue what took place when all was said and done.

[muskyhunter57]

I saw the show and came into it late. What was he trying to do with the fish in the net that bit him? It appeared to me that the fish was unhooked. Why bother trying to grab the fish in its home environment. Lift the net and obviously drain the water then grab the fish

[SkunkedAgain]

That kid did get bit by a muskie in Calhoun last year....so the whole man-eater stuff (while blown way out of proportion) does have one grain of truth!

[JimBuck]

I had a chance to see this too. Far fetched? Yup. Entertaining? You bet. I enjoyed it. I'd love to see Al's response to seeing the show for the first time.

Muskyhunter57, surely you jest?

[JRedig]

That kid did get bit by a muskie in Calhoun last year....so the whole man-eater stuff (while blown way out of proportion) does have one grain of truth!

Actually a kid was bit by a toothy fish on calhoun last year, nobody saw it and nobody has a CLUE whether it was a muskie or pike. It could've been an overly aggressive walleye or a really angry bluegill for what anyone knows...

Another poor assumption by a form of media...big shock.

[Muskiefool]

When Monster Quest shows up to make the fish you make a living off a show; you may want to consider their motive before you go kicking your leg scratching your own side thinking about all of your exposure and consider the resource and all the lies its endured for 100 years.

Consider it like this, if you your wife and newborn son with a small birthmark were approached by Devil Baby Quest would you expect the producer to do anything but turn your son into Damian....

If the show wasn't so blatantly stupid I would be (!$$&d

[propster]

Agree John, and mh57, surely you jest?

[DaveZman14q]

was there any particular reason they were filming in winter? I always assumed muskies would be less aggressive and more lethargic in winter resulting in a lesser chance of seeing a giant. am i incorrect in my thinking?

[Musky_Madness]

Maybe that was Lindner and Tauchen's way of throwing the team off and leaving the mystery up in the air?

[JRedig]

How else are you going to set up a tent and spend time observing a single spot for a lengthy period of time?