Michigan record musky.

[Dylan33]

That is a beast!

[Dylan33]

59 inches-

58 pounds

[Musky Buck]

If I caught it I'd be like you 2 boys get out of the picture, I handle sturgeon by myself much larger than this guy lol. Super nice fish ! What was the previous record there ?

[TruthWalleyes]

Having caught a 51# catfish and a 48# Sturgeon in the past month....I can appreciate how much fun it had to be to catch that monster!!

YeHAww!

[Fish Head]

Nice fish! Its too bad it didn't make it back in the water though. I supposed to be certified as a state record they needed to keep it? Either way... thats a beast!

[Dylan33]

Yeah...i just saw the pic on field & streams site, and wanted to share. i agree, skip the record and get the fish back swimming, if possible.

[Jmeyers]

gotta love fall

[10,000 Casts]

Does anyone know if they were fishing for muskies? Congrats to them either way but I was just wondering.

[ted4887]

From what I read, they were smallmouth fishing on a musky lake.

[DTro]

A new state record was recently confirmed by the DNR! The new record comes courtesy of a Great Lakes muskellunge caught on Saturday, October 13 at 10:30 a.m. by Joseph Seeberger on Lake Bellaire in Antrim County. The fish weighed 58 pounds, measured 59 inches long and had a girth of 29 inches.

Seeberger, of Portage, was actually bass fishing with a minnow at the time when he caught the fish. It took nearly two hours to land and required the help of two friends.

The record was verified by Patrick Hanchin, a DNR fisheries biologist at the Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station and Conservation Officer Steve Speigl.

The previous state record Great Lakes muskellunge was caught by Kyle Anderson of Rapid City on Torch Lake in Antrim County on September 27, 2009. That fish weighed 50.5 pounds and measured 56.13 inches.

State records are recognized by weight only. To qualify for a state record, fish must exceed the current listed state record weight and identification must be verified by a DNR fisheries biologist.

[50inchpig]

Story says hook and minnow but I believe they were fall smallie fishing with 7 inch suckers

[DTro]

Isn't that hook and minnow?

[Jim Uran]

Yeah if they were using 7" suckers, that's hook n minnow

[RumRiverRat]

Story says hook and minnow but I believe they were fall smallie fishing with 7 inch suckers

Your post is confusing.

[50inchpig]

and then there was the guy that was breifly confused but didn't comment, and later he figured out on his own that 'minnow' implies a really small bait, and found it interesting that someone split shots 7" suckers in the fall for smallies.

[goblueM]

A lot of folks use big chubs and medium suckers for smallmouth in the fall - they pound em

And there are some PIG smallies up in that part of the state. Torch Lake, Portage Lake especially