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Yea, Great job nothing better than a bis dead muskie
rock on! thats a monster, some people are just jealous.....
NOT ACTUALLY ICE FISHING, BUT I WAS STANDING ON ICE.(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)JAZII
Are you kidding me?jealous?No conservation minded YESyou could have had a repo done and it'd look much much better.That fish is prolly 15 years old and in prime spawning age.
Actually, a musky will typically live 8-10 years under prime conditions. That fish was at, or nearing, the end of it's life. No shame in keeping that fish. I love how so many people consider themselves to be fish police. If it's legal and within the season, nobody should criticize or scrutinize anyone for keeping a legal fish. That's their choice. No need to bash someone for keeping a big fish if they please. I would have mounted that bad boy too!Great fish Joe!-Zach
HARDWATER347,I was trying to stay out of this rant, but I just could not!I was not targeting Muskies, I was casting stick baits for walleyes, after dark none the less.1ST off the muskie was bleeding allot.2ND I did not have a measuring tape with me to take measurements for a replica. I did know that it was the biggest that I had ever caught. In my 25 years of fishing THE RIVER, I have caught 25 to 30 muskies that all have been released.Did you ever hear the saying? "If you do not have anything nice to say, say nothing at all."By the way, I'm Northeast Hawg Haulers bass club president and tournament director. I fish local, regional, and national bass tournaments. I would never post negative things about people posting pics of harvested bass, that is their right.HAVE A NICE DAY!Joseph A. Zombek II
I doubt any true muskie guy is jealous he caught that, I'm not. What burns us is the public mishandling from someone who claims to be somewhat of a muskie guy, kept or not. We treat our fish better than that even in the event they die on the hookset. As far as age, we net fish every spring and find many in the 15-20 year old class and muskies do have up to a 30 year life span. If you have so many summer floaters I would think your DNR would realize it's wasting money ( and lots of it) missmanaging a non or under utilized fishery. I also know from living in PA the attitude I found was, if it's not trout its trash.
JAZII did you ever hear the saying " in one ear out the other"? Nevermind Hardwater, he's jelous! It's in season!!! End of story!!! Personally I would have kept it too, IT'S A FISH OF A LIFE TIME!!!!!! With that said...... CONGRADULATIONS!!!