Author Topic: New World Record Musky? (Read 4294 times)

northernnyice · « **on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:39 PM »

On November 28, 2008, Ottawa native Dale McNair caught and released a musky on the St. Lawrence river which totaled in at a whopping 57", and a 33" girth. Muskies, Inc. formula for calculating the weight of a musky, which is length x girth x girth divided by 800. Using this formula the fish would weigh over 77 pounds and easily be a world record.

I was thinking that a new world record class fish would be coming from either the St. Lawrence or the Georgian Bay. What do you guys think of this?

bassinbrian_on_ice · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:43 PM »

Very possiable ... i am sure there has got to be pics floating around somewhere of that beast !

Who wouldn't take a pic of a monster like that.

SLED_NECK · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:45 PM »

i think wi still has the biggest muskies, but i think if that one is real it will most likely be bigger

BaitWrangler · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:46 PM »

I think if I caught a Musky that big there would be no question as to its legitimacy.

Why?

Because I'd be dragging that fish on the back of my sled, holding a beer-with an ear to ear smile and screaming 'whoooooooo'at the top of my lungs.

Whats the rest of the story? Why didn't they keep it, no pictures to prove all the measurements, no offical weight, or even a "It maxed out my 50 lb Rapala scale"? I always practice c&r, but a fish that big... come one.

northernnyice · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:47 PM »

oh yeah pics are easy to find. just google "dale mcnair musky"..the fish was caught there is no doubt about it..hes touring the US right now doing seminars and what not. The thing people are debating is weither or not you think it'd be a world record musky..and that its a shame that it isnt official because it clearly is a record.

http://z.about.com/d/fishing/1/0/H/q/cadian_muskie.jpg

not very good quality but thats about as big as i could find of it

northernnyice · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:50 PM »

well a lot of hardcore musky fisherman dont keep any muskies under any circumstances, now me? I might have just kept that fish haha.

and to casey w, wisconsin and minnesota both have bigger muskies no debate..but as to that ONE true giant world record? i think we got yah beat

gsxrextreme22 · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:51 PM »

yes it is true there is an article about it in the musky hunter magazine feb/mar 09 issue and they do show pic's of the fish and it is huge if u go to muskyhunter.com you may be able to find the article

pooley · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 06:52 PM »

IGFA sucks!

bassinbrian_on_ice · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 07:08 PM »

SLED_NECK · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 07:12 PM »

holy crap thats a big fish! i take that back about wi lol

wally chaser 3 · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 07:15 PM »

Here is a clearer image...

northernnyice · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 07:17 PM »

lol thanks bassinbrian_on_ice, and wally chaser 3. i wanted to do just that, but i dont know how haha

mcboatsret · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 07:51 PM »

Leaves no doubt in my mind...can't even give it the ol' roland martin pose...Great Fish

carper34 · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 07:53 PM »

read the article on it (cant remember where) and it said it would of weighed 65 bs

northernnyice · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 08:31 PM »

wierd. cause i read multiple articles saying it would be 77. not to mention i personaly did the calculations with the length and girth on two different website's methods and they were within ounces.

wally chaser 3 · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 08:38 PM »

I read that this guy is 5'11'', 300lbs. and it looks big in his arms! I live a little more than 30mins. from the st. lawrence and I never fish it

I'm hooked on big lake ontario 'eyes, but that is simply incredible. Better yet, she's still out there swimmin'

northernnyice · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 08:50 PM »

true that! its hard to be a successful musky fisherman on the st. lawrence cause its such a big river..you really have to know it well. I mainly target the Grasse river but will be doing much more st. lawrence river musky fishing this year. the ice fishing on the STL has been good though

SquirrelHunterJay · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 18, 2009, 09:27 PM »

that thing is huge, i used to think my uncles 50" musky he caught was big tell i saw that one

jkskeet · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 19, 2009, 06:34 AM »

I wonder if he fought it like bill dance? back and forth about forty times by the boat before he netted it?? haha.. nice HUGE fish...

jacksmelt71 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 19, 2009, 07:26 AM »

makes my biggest a 21lber look like live bait! nice fish! the canadians have been catching and releasing some monsters in the lower st. john. saw a pic of a 57lber caught this fall and i thought that was impressive!

SLED_NECK · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 09, 2009, 06:17 PM »

Quote from: northernnyice on Feb 18, 2009, 08:31 PM

wierd. cause i read multiple articles saying it would be 77. not to mention i personaly did the calculations with the length and girth on two different website's methods and they were within ounces.

whare can i read the article?

db1561 · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 09, 2009, 06:31 PM »

Quote from: casey w on Mar 09, 2009, 06:17 PM

whare can i read the article?

www.muskiehunter.com

Ski Hunter · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 09, 2009, 06:43 PM »

The problem with the various methods is there are too many variables to always get an accurate weight just by the weight and girth.

Theres no doubt in my eyes that fish hit 60# but 70#+ might be pushing it...but then again I've never seen a fish of that class up close so who knows for sure...certainly nice to know she was released to spawn and pass on her genes

northernnyice · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 12, 2009, 08:54 PM »

Lol how do you figure 70 is pushing it though? 3 of 5 methods stated 70+ and the other two were mid to high 60's. I don't know if you guys have read any articles but i read it in the Musky Hunter magazine and there was a whole page on this fish. But like you said, few people have seen fish in such a size class so its really just a shot in the dark for us to guess the weight.

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