Unique Muskies

[Esox_Magnum]

Show some of your more unusual marked or just plain cool looking fish you have boated.... A few of ours....

[thrax]

Those are some cool lookin fish Esox!

[Esox_Magnum]

Interesting note I forgot to add, they all came from the same waters and in Iowa....

[Nick Kuhn]

Here's a bronzish/goldish fish. Wonder what this fish looks like in the sunlight. Need to catch it again in about 5 years and find out.

Just for comparison to the normal color I get, the other from that day:

[Esox_Magnum]

Thats a cool color for sure....

[bemidjibasser]

Both from the same lake. The top fish was 41" bottom is 53.25" my biggest to date. I hope to be picking up the replica at the Expo in a few weeks!

[50inchpig]

we were pretty close to getting a big white upper 40s to eat in the metro a couple years ago, didn't see her last year but maybe i'll run into her again this year.

[RiverFish]

Did you guys see pictures of the 51 inch Albino Musky caught last fall in Rusk County, WI on the Flambeau River? Cool looking Musky!

[guideman]

That spotted fish is really different, you don't see many that big with such obvious spots on them, at least no where I fish anyway. That 53 is really a beautiful fish, no matter where you catch it.

"Ace"

[B420]

A nice spotty

[10,000 Casts]

Esox, what strain are those? Bottom one looks like a leech but what are the others?

Wades Wobbler ALERT!!!!

[Esox_Magnum]

John I'm realy not sure, Leech was used in the past as well as 1 or 2 others but we use our own now for stocking.

[10,000 Casts]

the bottom 2 look like leechers and I don't know what the top 4 are..

anyone have any clear muskies?

[Esox_Magnum]

Well 2nd ones a Tiger LOL I want to catch that bottom one again when shes big, that would be one sweet replica only one we have seen that light in color. Haven't seen her since and I got her Sept of 08.

[Esox_Magnum]

Another for your veiwing enjoyment...

[Shoot2Kill]

Dang that last one is a fatty Esox!!!!! Beautiful fish and I love that fish pose too.

[Nick Kuhn]

the bottom 2 look like leechers and I don't know what the top 4 are..

anyone have any clear muskies?

If you go just across the border to the NW WI lakes, the rule of thumb is the bigger they get the clearer they get. Usually they'll maintain some markings around the tail, but that's about it. Which is interesting because north central WI waters tend to have barred fish, and SE WI has spotted fish.

I'll add Cooter's fish too:

And Cooter's tiger, which shows WIxPike results in a very different looking fish than LLxpike

[goldie11]

heres a couple small ones that looked pretty cool

[NoWiser]

The fish we catch in Canada are typically very light colored with very few markings on them. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but is something I've noticed over the years up there.

[Cooter]

I have no idea where Kuhn got that fish..... actually I don't but have a pretty good idea! Fish out of Holcombe are gorgeous, lots of Packer green on em! Will be showing pics of leechers from Wissota over here soon....we hope, unless the cats have eaten then all. Are planning on another stocking this fall and then take a year off and see how they are doing.

New biologist in the area plus as I'm sure has been mentioned statewide in WI will be going to 40" - hopefully and any support would be awesome, if you know someone in scoonie land ask them to got to the CC meetings and let their voice be heard if they so choose. Hope I didn't hijack the thread! Later

[Esox_Magnum]

WI needs it, sad such a once great muskie state still has such low lenth limits. Even though I fish Iowa can't argue the quality/

[Cooter]

Thanks esox - we do need it in a big way and I believe we will get there with MN and other states in the lead.

[Nick Kuhn]

I have no idea where Kuhn got that fish..... actually I don't but have a pretty good idea!

I told you the lake acreage, that should have been enough. It's actually very close to the cabin, it's just I had never caught a fish there in years past, so I really never was a fan of the lake. For whatever reason this year I managed to catch 3 there.

[Sherpa]

Here is a bronze or gold colored musky I caught. No markings other than that little gash something made in it's side. 43" roughly.