A REAL State record fish...

[CaptainMusky]

Finally, we all have had enough of the bantor about the "MN State Record Muskie" that never was a record in the first place, NOW, we have a legitimate state record fish. But wait, he released it. Bravo to this gentlemen on the incredible catch and double thumbs up on the release.

48.5" x 28.5" Tiger. BEHEMOTH comes to mind.

[Dylan33]

When and Where?

Wow...that is a FATTY! Awesome fish! Congrats on the catch and the release!

[Shoot2Kill]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

HOLY smokes what a fish!

[Tragic_Mishap]

Holy jeez...now that's a fat tiger, great fish.

Double thumbs up indeed.

[CaptainMusky]

It was caught just this past weekend on the St Louis River.

[mrklean]

what a hog

[Zelmsdawg]

Wow...that is a horse of a fish

That thing has mille lacs like girth. My congrats to the lucky angler. Out of curiousity, if a record sized fish came out of border waters, would both states get the record or would it be anglers word which side it was caught on?

But once again, Wow

Zelmsdawg

[MUSKY18]

Holy Cow!! THat thing is the true definition of a TANKER!

[reinhard1]

looks like it just swallowed a state record bass. congrats to the gentleman. good luck.

[CaptainMusky]

Wow...that is a horse of a fish

That thing has mille lacs like girth. My congrats to the lucky angler. Out of curiousity, if a record sized fish came out of border waters, would both states get the record or would it be anglers word which side it was caught on?

But once again, Wow

Zelmsdawg

I can only guess, but I would think the record would go to the state it was caught on. Meaning if this was in MN waters, then MN would get record. In actuality, this fish could very well have been a world record at those dimensions, at least very very close. And we all know how fudged those original records were.

[Moose-Hunter]

HOLY SMOKES!! What a belly!! Oh... You better turn the engine off. It looks like that "submarine" is still running.

[rugbymn]

It's a huge fish for sure!

[RK]

looks like it just swallowed a state record bass. congrats to the gentleman. good luck.

Bass? Looks more like it swallowed a beaver. Wow. What an incredible fish.

A natural hybrid besides. A one in a million fish.

Very very cool.

[Nick Kuhn]

Must have caught that thing with a slow presentation as it looks to fat to catch anything being burned

[Nick Kuhn]

I can only guess, but I would think the record would go to the state it was caught on. Meaning if this was in MN waters, then MN would get record. In actuality, this fish could very well have been a world record at those dimensions, at least very very close. And we all know how fudged those original records were.

Minnesota's state record is only 34 lbs, which this fish easily broke. The Wisconsin state record tiger however is 51 lbs. Guessing that that fish weighs about 48 lbs, I'd would personally say I caught it in MN.

Looking at that photo though, that is a WI strain X pike hybrid. Those occur far more frequently than LL hybrids, and I see far more of them caught in the upper 40" range than I hear of coming from the metro waters.

[Carp-fisher]

Awesome fish!!!!!

[MUSKY18]

Looking at that photo though, that is a WI strain X pike hybrid. Those occur far more frequently than LL hybrids, and I see far more of them caught in the upper 40" range than I hear of coming from the metro waters.

Curious as how you can tell it is a WI strain X pike hybrid. Coloration different or what?

[JimBuck]

I love the pattern and coloration on those tigers. What a glutton. Congrats to the angler for letting her swim.

[EBass]

WOW!

[ThunderLund78]

Even if you wanted a replica how do you get an accurate measurement of a belly like that. WOW! they'd have to make new mold for that fish.

[Nick Kuhn]

Curious as how you can tell it is a WI strain X pike hybrid. Coloration different or what?

The LL tigers tend to have a lot of spots and almost black bars, whereas Wisconsin (well, Chippewa strain) fish have very few spots and dark green bars with narrow stripes of light bars between.

[nate larson]

Photoshop!

JK

[Kettle]

Here is another pic I pulled off line of it, This fish is unreal, it looks like it swallowed a small mammal.

Kettle

[Kettle]

I still cannot get over this fish, it looks like an alligator

Kettle

[cbrooks]

Awesome fish