Ksl article about "record" muskie

[Jordanporritt]

Saw this article on KSL today about a 51" muskie caught at Pineview. Awesome fish! I think its funny that they mention it being a record breaking fish but it only beats the catch and keep record and since you can't keep them it doesn't seem relevant but still an awesome fish! Seems to be a lot of big ones coming out of there lately.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=26386066&nid=148...id=queue-1
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[ekimjack]

I LOVE the muskie! [fishon]
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[Got_Bait]

Relevant is one of those magical words now isn't it. I'd dare venture that if you had landed that fish it would be pretty darn relevant that it had potential to break a state record. I know it would be relevant to me if I had caught it.

So I don't really see anything wrong with how they wrote the story. Pretty hard to argue that the dude didn't land a record-class fish, whether it goes down in the books or not. It's just too bad our state's tiger musky program isn't in better shape.

I used to have those awesome fish 10 minutes away from my house. I don't think it has quite set in yet that I am going to have to make the long drive to Pineview if I want any quality musky fishing anytime in the next 5-6 years.
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[harlin]

It wasn't a record "muskie" at all, because it wasn't a muskie, it was a tiger muskie. Big difference. Not the same fish at all.
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[zack801]

Harlin not sure if you're being serious....
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[riverdog]

He's got a good point. It not a record or a muskie. It's a couple inches short of the record and it's a hybrid tiger muskellunge. Like stating a mule is a record horse when it's neither. Crappy written article even if a great fish.
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[CoyoteSpinner]

Technical details . . . makes all the difference how you put the EM-phasis on the SYL-able, now don't it. (and "don't it" means it just, case you wuz wunnerring) [crazy][:p]

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[PineviewFisher]

kind of funny when they say it is a record breaking.
1. they have to have a certified scale.
2. Can't keep them.
3. I have seen and witnessed bigger muskies. only 2 tho.
4. How do they know it is a catch and keep record?
5. Trophy fish yes. But record breaking. unknown.
just my 2 cents.. tight lines
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[tubbyama]

Big enough to get our attention.
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[flygoddess]

Well put.
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[k2muskie]

[font "Calibri"]Very nice for the angler on a Pineview beast. [/font]
[font "Calibri"]We had this same exact picture that KSL showed of this angler and TM sent to us roughly 3-4 weeks ago on about 9 August…Nice fish without a doubt. However, a record not at all maybe a PB for this angler. [/font]
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[font "Calibri"]We have seen and personally caught a 51” and beast and numerous others pushing 50” fish. Catch and release goes by the length and angling goes by weight. Not a record-breaking fish per KSL reporting, nice fish yes, but no record breaker as it wasn’t weighed.[/font]

[font "Calibri"]Next per the article, its stated the angler has caught many fish 36” range. Well folks a serious/seasoned TM angler won’t use 12# mono and fight the fish for 20 minutes in the heat of the summer with 75 degree plus water temps. I can tell you when this picture was sent to us it was 75 pushing 77 degree water temps and several days pushing close to 80 degrees. Nice that they said the fish swam away but what they fail to mention is there is a delayed mortality especially fighting the fish for 20 minutes with 12# mono again per the article.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Now we were on PV fishing after we got this picture sent 9 Aug and hmmm per my relocation probably 48-72 hours later doing out usual PV fishing I see something off in the distance with birds around it…we mosey over and see this HUGE TM floating. We both look at each other and say this fish is close if not over a 50” plus fish. [/font]
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[font "Calibri"]This floater had the basic same profile as the fish in the KSL photo and same photo sent to us early August. The fish we saw was bloated where the upper portion of its body was floating a good 2-3’ if not more on the surface and the rest of the body curved under the water…thought about picking it up and doing the MM ritual and decided if we see it again we would…well the PV Marine Patrol zoomed by us and stopped where this fish would be as you couldn’t miss it.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]We kept on fishing and made our way back to the vicinity of where we saw the fish as we were going to pick it up and properly dispose of it but no fish to be found and to this day we believe the Officer picked it up. We worked this area for an hour and never saw this floater again and like I said you couldn’t miss it at all. [/font]
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[font "Calibri"]Was it the same fish????…hmmm sure had the same profile based on the photos we had sent and the one shown of KSL…same area on PV where the angler pictured caught this beast…I’ll be honest I highly doubt that fish is now swimming in PV. [/font]

[font "Calibri"]All the same, congrats to the angler I’m sure a PB for him. I’d strongly suggest if this angler and or his father reads BFT and fishes for TM regularly per the article stated they do, that he and his father seriously consider upgrading from 12# mono and try to get the fish to the boat in less than 20 minutes when water temps are above 75 degrees as they were during the beginning of August…again congrats on a PB.[][][/font]
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