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A REAL State record fish...

CaptainMusky

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The fish was hungry because it had an empty stomach! Seems unbelieveable that a fish could carry that kind of girth on an empty stomach, but they didn't feel anything in the stomach while handling that fish.

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No cisco where it was caught...unless it went out into Lake Superior...and I don't know how you can tell what is a normal weight for a fish and don't really care. This fish was a freak anyway you slice it.

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on the subject of state records. when i was a kid in duluth i remember they had a lake trout mounted in the old Hotel Duluth that was displayed for a long time. it was much larger than the state record and was netted by severson [sp] fish co in lake superior. there was also a report of a huge pike netted by the same company that was larger than the state record in the superior entry. anyone recall this? good luck.

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Dang....that is a big fish....Kudos on the release. I was unaware that Muskie were in lake superior.....I knew that the St. Louis poured in there but are these common Ski waters?

It was caught in the St. Louis. There will always likely be a few muskies hanging out in Superior. In Green Bay they've seen tagged fish turn up over 100 miles away in Lake Michigan, so the fish will definitely move.

And something I just realized: this fish was actually not even of legal size (48.5" long, but the St. Louis is a 50" minimum body of water). He wouldn't have been awarded the record anyway.

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awesome fish for sure, theres a article in this weeks outdoor news describing the catch and required release of the beast, apparently the guys first musky, i could save that guy alot of money and tell him to quit now, you'll never top that fish!!

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Are tigers stocked in the St. Louis river or is this a natural tiger? If it's natural it's even cooler!

Such an awesome fish! And it came out if my backyard. The SLR is my favorite body of water to fish in MN. The Duluth News Tribune article said that 7,500 tiger muskies were stocked in the SLR between 89, 90 & 91. It also said it was caught on a squirrel pattern top raider. Congrats to those guys. Well done!

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Congrats to both the fisherman and guide Dustin Carlson! Dustin is a former member of our club here in Eau Claire/Chipp Falls. He and Bob B realized the big fish are in MN(at least most of them grin) . Guiltless plug for them here, Northland Musky Adventures, - St Louis or Big V. Diehard musky nuts, great guys.

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AMAZING,I just cant believe it was even hungry.

It's surprising sometimes when fish go 'on the gorge'.

I caught a huge ling cod out of Kodiak Alaska. It had two black rockfish and a silver salmon in its stomach. This was before it decided to chow on my halibut jig (giant white grub on a huge lead jighead). It's stomach bulge was out of this world, but somehow it decided it was still hungry.

I've seen similar bulges in medium sized pike up in Canada, in a lake where they supposedly target the lake trout when they're up shallow.

There was a pic on this site some time ago of a filleted pike that had eaten a single sucker that must have weighed at least a third, or even perhaps half, of the pike's body weight.

It's amazing what fish will eat sometimes.

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Its a tributary to a great lake, nothing like the blue earth pouring into the minnesota

That is truly an amazing fish. I would love to fish the St. Louis River some day. How far up from Superior can you go with a prop boat before you run into issues?
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