59.5" Lake O Musky

[CrowMan]

https://www.in-fisherman.com/editorial/worldclass-mega-muskie-from-lake-ontario/466685

[BillM]

St.Lawrence produces some big fish! 

[CrowMan]

Unfortunately that Grandma might be one of the last of her kind...

https://bluefishcanada.ca/the-death-of-the-st-lawrence-musky-fishery/

Interesting opinion by John Anderson that long line trolling is contributing to their decline...as opposed to casting 

Edited November 25, 2022 by CrowMan

[glen]

Does it say what the girth was.  
nice fish. 

[LefroyFisherman]

Woah! such a giant

[outllaw]

truly a monster

[dave524]

While mine only goes to 30 pounds , those Chantillion scales in the picture can be certified for IGFA records, at least at one time.  Might be a good idea to get it certified in world record waters

https://www.chatillon-scales.com/products/handheld-scales/in-series-fish-and-game-linear-handheld-scales

Edited April 25, 2023 by dave524

[jordyn1976]

Wow, that's a monster muskie Cullen caught! Must've been one heck of a fight. Was he using one of his custom lures?

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Doesn't look 58 lbs

[outllaw]

sad to have long line trolling a bullcrap issue. blaming use of planer boards. obviously that statement is biased and un-educated. lets just blame using hooks and boats with motors.yes theres been issues but to construe tactics,lets just ban fishfinders also.

[bigcreekdad]

Geesh!

[CrowMan]

On 6/17/2023 at 7:48 PM, outllaw said:

sad to have long line trolling a bullcrap issue. blaming use of planer boards. obviously that statement is biased and un-educated. lets just blame using hooks and boats with motors.yes theres been issues but to construe tactics,lets just ban fishfinders also.

I don't know about "un-educated". Jon Anderson is one of the most respected Muskie authorities on the planet. And the list of names signing off at the bottom have a bit of experience too.

BTW, it's not planer boards so much as long line trolling with mono, which remains a common practice on the US side of the river.

 

[outllaw]

 

Well i have fished muskies on many lakes. home port is l st clair. caught my first skie in 1956.ran a charter service and due to age/injuries we build musky lures. the LARGESTissue is enviroment,and the great lakes as a sewer system.we daily deal with invasives..if guys will deal with the obvious then calling out styles and methods that are completly legal..yes i have fished the st lawerence,ottawa river everywhere b,bay kawarthas etc. its about enviroment and other issues..why is st clair not destroyed. michigan runs 3 rods,ont 2 rods.and yet mnr states we have a musky imbalance of too many fish.,per acre. do your home work guys.