70 inch Northern!?!?!?!?!

[Maashkinoozhe]

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Frankly, I think I'm just a little jealous. Wish I coulda CPR'd it and then that guy coulda eaten it

. I'm not one of the hysterical-judgmental guys but cripes its just SUCH a big fish I temporarily went insane.

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I know what you mean. I want that pike to be mine, too - I'd be happy with a pike 2 ft smaller than that. I must admit, CPR isn't always so easy - I have visions of a nice trophy on the wall, but the guilt always wins out - that, and the thought of the taxidermy bill . In the end, I'm happy just to get a picture or two.

Dave D.

[MuskieMojoTackle]

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The goofy thing about it is that if that pike was really 70", someone would probably pay him enough money for the fish that he could feed his family for a year. Of course its easy to say that looking back...

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Doubtful...the Pike and Musky fishing market just isnt large enough for a world record fish to garner much financial gain. Nothing like the LM Bass or even Walleye record.

[BrokenRap]

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if i remember right it was decieded not to be 70 inches by lookin at the studs in the shack - if you read the story he never even had a tape on it it was the paper that gave it a number...... got to love the media -

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The article says the local fisheries Dept. manager did the calculation and his co-workers double checked it.

[Muskie-searcher]

Actually I have heard from several sources that the World Record Muskie would be the most valuable fish to catch. Largly in part to it putting to rest all of the arguments about whose record was legit and who was lying etc....

Hopefully I am the one to land a 70 pound muskie from a local swamp.

[Spork]

That pike is insanely huge.

[MuskieMojoTackle]

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Actually I have heard from several sources that the World Record Muskie would be the most valuable fish to catch. Largly in part to it putting to rest all of the arguments about whose record was legit and who was lying etc....

Hopefully I am the one to land a 70 pound muskie from a local swamp.

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Depends what you mean by valuable. Sure you would be "famous", but financial gain by the angler would be minimal. There are just not enough Large companies in the Musky game to assure the angler a large payoff.

[CommonSense Guy]

There would be a lot of interest do to the pure size of the fish. You would probably make some cash but it's not the money it's the memories right?

[DavidH]

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not asian - indian - or wait my bad native american -

if i remember right it was decieded not to be 70 inches by lookin at the studs in the shack - if you read the story he never even had a tape on it it was the paper that gave it a number...... got to love the media -

either way that thing is huge!

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Native Canadian.

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Wrong. Native American. I know. I am one.

[Hoffer]

I just have to throw in my 2 cents. I agree the memories would be the most important factor - but I also have to realistically think there would be a good chunk of change waiting for the lucky person who cracks the world record Muskie or for that matter Northern - but for sure Muskie. I wouldnt be able to guess just how much - but enough to probably be "life changing" (to me that would mean jus enough money to buy my new dream fishing boat ) to someone who catches the new record. Endorsements from companies whose tackle was used to catch the fish,companies who would want to run stories, interviews, and I am sure a company like cabellas, Scheels, or even Gander who would love to have that fish in one of their stores...

[drizzle]

I can't believe your seriously discussing money about a fish of this size. I hope the person who does catch the next world record throws it back or eats it like this guy did and recieves nothing but great memories about the catch. Monetary rewards for catching fish is slowly killing the sport of fishing. Why must people get paid for something so ridiculous as catching a large fish?

[Hoffer]

Drizzle - Hey this is a friendly reply - but not sure if I follow your logic...how does that slowly kill the sport of fishing...

In comparison, on any given weekend there are multiple bass, walleye and even Muskie tournies going on that pay big bucks to the winners...there are dozens of guys out their hammering the waters. Another example, might be deer hunting. The kid in Iowa that was fortunate enough to bag the new world record score for antlers will get a big pay day. There are many other examples of folks receiving monetary rewards for their "skills" - be it a bass tournament or a record fish.

I am just saying that if a dweeb like me heads out to lake of the Woods, throws on a bucktail and boats a 70 pound Muskie, brings the Muskie in to get verified, and the next day receives a call from Cabellas offering me 15K to have the fish so they can put it on their wall - they have a deal. How does that slowly kill the sport of fishing?? How many times is that ever going to happen in one year...10 years...maybe once every 10 or 20 years to a very lucky fisherman. I dont disagree with your opinion at all. If you dont want to go that route and just throw the fish back or whatever...then that is cool with me. I also dont see anything wrong with receiving a monetary reward for catching such a prize - I dont think that kills the sport of fishing at all...maybe that would be true if folks were going out and breaking laws and doing damage to the lakes etc..trying to bag a record - that would be totally different.

I am all for the sport of fishing....I am on the lakes or the ice at least 75 times a year - and I cant tell you the last time I kept a fish to eat - just C&R. I am going to Lake of the Woods this Fall - and if I boat a 70 pounder...hopefully next year I will go back with a new boat.