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nice handiwork! You should start making musky lures though...that is where the $$$ is at

thanks capt! That is what I was hoping for...someone who had actually taken a measurement. Man that thing does have a big head but you are right, not very thick at all. Beauty fish though

haha that was funny Terry. I totally fell for it (shows what I know about computers)

Terry I didn't know that was possible. Thanks for the update, but I have removed the photo for the sake of the guys that fish that area regularly. Thank you all for the congrats and the guesses. From now on I will carry a small tape measure for girth in addition to the bump board just in case I am fortunate enough to get one like this again. Only fish that even remotely compared was a fall fatty I got on Nipissing about 20 years ago.

...maybe try fishing the ponds at Canada's Wonderland....you never know!

so I don't know anything about lenses, but this was just taken on a phone, no adjustments made. I am not the most techy guy. Even posting it here and blurring out the background was a real challenge! If a 52 inch Kawartha fish would be 15 or 16 then I suppose low 20's could be accurate. This thing was far fatter than any Kawartha fish or Lake St Clair fish that I have ever seen (have caught a few hundred personally). No contest. Wish at some point I had measured a girth once or twice, then I would at least have something to compare to! We were pretty much laughing and shaking at the sight of it, absolutely beside ourselves. I now understand the passion for GB muskies, this was a totally different kind of beast.

It literally was work. It was so heavy I could not hold it. Never experienced that before

haha so true. We were up at a cottage and only had access to a tinny. Debated whether we should bother going out or not...good thing we did! It was a drizzly gross day in a crappy little boat. We decided to stay close to shore fishing a drop off and it worked. Funny thing is probably my 2 biggest muskies have come in same condition...gross fall day, in a tin can boat rather than the comforts of a "proper" vessel! Currently considering selling my current boat and fishing from a tinny all the time.

Although I will take a quick measurement of a fish's length, I have never measured girth. We got a real good one a few weeks back (sorry for the crappy airbrushing....my first attempt). It was 52 inches long but no clue what the girth is. It was super fat, but of course these things are hard to tell in photos. What would the "normal" girth of a 52 inch musky be? Is it 24 inches? 22 inches? And if that is "normal" what would a thick fish have as a girth at that length...25? 27?. This one was clearly eating some fatty oily fish (ie trout) not surviving on a meal of perch! Reason for asking is a mount is being considered, but don't want to underestimate it or overestimate it. **sorry guys pic now deleted. I wasn't aware someone can "un blurr" the photo to see the background. For the sake of guys that fish that area regularly I did not want to reveal the spot**

yes I heard that, very sad

ya that looks nice and clear...solid ice. That is not what I was seeing!

Was up in the Hanover area today, decided to check ice thickness (I will admit...I did have fishing gear in the trunk, was hoping to find a safe amount!). Anywho, I went around 20 feet offshore where the water would be only a couple feet deep. Spud bar went through on second hit. Rats. No ice fishing today. With the warm weather coming this week, southern Ontario still at least a couple weeks away from safe ice. There was approx 2.5 to 3 inches but was not particularly solid

would suck if you went that far just to find unsafe ice! glad it worked out

actually I used to fish Niagara about 20 years ago and would do quite well. Then things started to go down hill so I started elsewhere. Maybe go back some day, not sure how that fishery is now

Gross. When I was a teen I would "catch" all kinds of lampreys in the Humber under the old mill bridge. Never thought about eating one...preferred throwing them at my friends instead.

when I lived in Barrie, a skunking wasn't so bad as I was only driving maybe an hour to an hour and a half to get fishing. Now that I am in Guelph...3 hours from St. C and 3 hours from Kawarthas....I really really hate the skunking. The drive seems soooo much longer when you smell as fresh as when you headed to the lake.

hahahaha...ya everything is great up to negative 35

great read...keep at it! We have all had some rough outings, just suck when they come back to back

haha oh ya my wife would have a look alright

As a Dutchmen I do it with braid all the time. Also as a Dutchmen I never use fluoro as a mainline, just mono. But i don't think mono would work. Just try it and see what happens. Test it out the day before you go fishing tho

...or valentines....DEFINITELY not Valentine's day!

ya I saw the title here and thought "oh man...he is doomed". You can buy fishing stuff for the wife, it just better not be on Christmas, anniversary or birthday.

some amazing fish...and plenty of em! Never seen lower unit oil look like that, wow. I just drained mine yesterday (so sad) and fortunately it looked as good as the day I put it in last year. Its kinda tempting when it looks good flowing out just to put the screw back in! (I didn't)

somebody trying to get creative

yipes. That is a shame (so many dead bass I mean)