51 inch White Muskie

[ketchenany]

Published on: October 20, 2010

 

 

Paul Parise landed this 51-inch albino musky from the lower Flambeau River.

www.muskiesinc.org

 

The musky Paul Parise boated on Oct. 6, 2010, from the lower Flambeau River in Rusk County is truly the rarest of the rare: a 51-inch albino musky.

 

"That is a pretty fantastic catch," says Tim Simonson, co-chair of the Department of Natural Resources musky committee. "Albino musky are pretty rare to begin with, and for one to survive to that size is pretty uncommon given they don't have the protective camouflage to hide from predators or sneak up on prey. This fish stood out from day one, but through luck and maybe some skill, it survived."

 

The fish is the second albino musky to surface in Wisconsin waters in recent years. In 2005, a DNR fisheries crew caught a white musky in their fyke nets during population surveys. But that fish was much smaller -- 32.7 inches long and 7.9 pounds at the time.

 

Albinism is a heredity condition in humans, other mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, in which there is a total or partial lack of pigment that gives color to the skin, hair and eyes.

 

The growth and development of an albino is the same as that of a normal individual. They also have the ability to reproduce offspring.

 

The complete story about Paul Parise's unique musky catch and release will appear in the December 2010 issue of MUSKIE Magazine, the official publication of Muskies, Inc.

[Headhunter]

Pretty cool! I wonder if it had a hint of vanilla taste to it!?

HH

[Guest Manitoubass]

wow! what a fish!

[jbailey]

albino animals are just creepy lol

[tb4me]

Albino eh...I dunno that pic is a little ify?

[TC1OZ]

shooped

[bigbuck]

There are musky in GBay that are deep water dwellers that are almost white in colour so I can believe it.

[SRT8 smoker craft]

Too bad about the picture quality and lighting. If I didn't know otherwise, I would have thought it was just a nice silver musky on a sunny day.

 

x2

[TC1OZ]

That's the whitest black pants/hat/and sweater I've ever seen!

[Dozer]

Those eyes on the fish are dark too, need a better picture.

 

Looks shifty, but damn thats a wicked looking fish!

[AverageJoeFishing]

Kool fish... Very rare! I'd love to catch that myself and take a nice picture too ! lol

[aplumma]

I got an albino skunk for sale he is all white except for were he is black still... A faded fish is not truly an albino their are other factors to consider but the photo does not give the detail to confirm or deny that it is what it is claimed.

 

 

Art

[bare foot wader]

crappy pic but do a bit of research, it's a legit fish...wisconsin dnr first netted albino musky in 2005, heard of a few since then, all smaller ones though and all netted by dnr...i heard musky magazine is running this article in their dec issue

[ketchenany]

I got an albino skunk for sale he is all white except for were he is black

 

Art

[Forester]

Really rare ! Maybe only a few in the world.

[Djeep]

in musky hunter magazine their was an albino muskie over 40" caught in wisconsin it was in an issue from last year I'll post when I find which one. I was thinking it was the same fish till I saw the pic, the one in the magazine doesn't look similar

[Musky or Specks]

This is what comes of hatchery raised fish. Freaks survive!

[TerryC]

I'd buy that story, I have personally seen a picture of one caught in the north kawarthas about 2 years ago. It was not nearly this big but it was albino for sure. I will see if I can get a copy of the pic and post it.

 

Clarence

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Nice Musky. Either way.

[skeeter]

it wasnt white until you got it into the boat.

stop scaring the crap out of the fish.

what color would you be if something 10 times the size of you lifted you up and showed you a frying pan ?