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congrats!!! i would think about Gene Bahr doing it...ive seen two large togue by him... my buddys 20 lber and another 27 lber from sebago... they may cost a lot more but they will never crack...last a lifetime, and to me that would be worth the extra!
how old do you think it is? anyone?
Thanks for all the congrats everyone! I am still reeling(no pun intended) from all the stir this thing has caused. Does anyone have any idea how much weight a fish like that will lose in bodily fluids after 5 hours? He weighed 31lbs 3 1/2 hours after I caught him. He then maxed out a 30lb scale at Indian Hill about an hour later and finally 29.67 at Countryside Meats in Dover 5 hours after being caught. Would he have eclipsed the state record if I had headed home right when I caught him? I couldn't believe I had to go over 50 miles just to find a scale that could weigh him. Something is just not right with that.Story and pics to follow hopefully this evening. BTW......10" hole...no chiseling but did have to keep getting the line out of grooves it was cutting into the ice in the bottom of the hole. A bit over a half hour to land him.
The head biologist didn't even ask. I thought he would be more interested?
That thing is just too big to believe! You weren't using any type of performance enhancing drugs from Arod's cousin were you?
The cool thing is that you know there are others in there that big and probably bigger. Get at it boys, got about 120 square miles to cover.