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Found a Big Dead Musky #7583996 05/14/22 07:51 PM 05/14/22 07:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Wisconsin G Green Bay OP trapper
Green Bay OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Wisconsin	The muskies are spawning on the Fox River in Green Bay, WI. I am down there whenever I have some free time. Saw 9 muskies spawning yesterday and ran across two floaters. The small one was 45" and this giant was pushing 54". They made it to the spawn one last time. Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584009 05/14/22 08:30 PM 05/14/22 08:30 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,960 South Dakota H Hydropillar trapper
Hydropillar trapper H Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,960 South Dakota	what would a 54 inch muskie weigh?? how old ya think they live The only place you find free cheese is in a mousetrap !

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584073 05/14/22 11:02 PM 05/14/22 11:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,519 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,519 james bay frontierOnt.	Get it stuffed. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Boco] #7584105 05/15/22 12:05 AM 05/15/22 12:05 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,563 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co. W walleyed trapper
walleyed trapper W Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,563 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.	Originally Posted by Boco Get it stuffed. Why don't you stuff it ? w "Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters I Support Non-Resident Trapping

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584159 05/15/22 06:40 AM 05/15/22 06:40 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,081 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,081 SEPA	Eh...wot?

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Hydropillar] #7584168 05/15/22 06:54 AM 05/15/22 06:54 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,857 Mn W Whopper Stopper trapper
Whopper Stopper trapper W Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,857 Mn	Originally Posted by Hydropillar what would a 54 inch muskie weigh?? how old ya think they live I caught one a few years ago that was just a bit bigger and it was 49 pounds WS

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584194 05/15/22 07:36 AM 05/15/22 07:36 AM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 112 PA F fieldsy trapper
fieldsy trapper F Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 112 PA	do muskies make a spawning bed like sunnies and bass?? That would be awesome to look for them like that..

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584363 05/15/22 12:08 PM 05/15/22 12:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Wisconsin G Green Bay OP trapper
Green Bay OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Wisconsin	It was heavy but I didn't have a scale. They lay there eggs in rocky areas with current. Once they are done they head back out into Green Bay. Similar to walleyes. Brian Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584469 05/15/22 05:06 PM 05/15/22 05:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,363 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,363 East-Central Wisconsin	How much did it weigh? B4 or after spawning, on a female that size that is several lbs. Bryce

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584805 05/16/22 08:09 AM 05/16/22 08:09 AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,774 Eastern W by God V Crowfoot trapper
Crowfoot trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,774 Eastern W by God V	https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/west-virginia-record-muskie/ 55-plus-inch .... 51 pounds !

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584813 05/16/22 08:22 AM 05/16/22 08:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,115 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,115 Minnesota	Amazing Fish NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584832 05/16/22 09:07 AM 05/16/22 09:07 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,307 Wisconsin R RdFx trapper
RdFx trapper R Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,307 Wisconsin	King of fresh water preditors RdFx

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7584843 05/16/22 09:16 AM 05/16/22 09:16 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,215 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,215 Manitoba	augh the extended arm photo

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Northof50] #7584960 05/16/22 01:34 PM 05/16/22 01:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,774 Eastern W by God V Crowfoot trapper
Crowfoot trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,774 Eastern W by God V	Originally Posted by Northof50 augh the extended arm photo I wish they wouldn't do that. (fisheye lens helps too) Thankfully, they gave the specs. All about deception ..... seems everything today is about deception.

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Crowfoot] #7585224 05/16/22 10:37 PM 05/16/22 10:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,363 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,363 East-Central Wisconsin	Yes I sure wish I would have been born taller or with longer arms, I could have bigger looking fish too.! Bryce

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7585228 05/16/22 10:49 PM 05/16/22 10:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,215 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,215 Manitoba	It is only the matter of time that SELFIE Fish Holding Sticks will be on the market with fake finger tips going around the fish. Just for those pictures

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7585333 05/17/22 06:43 AM 05/17/22 06:43 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,081 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,081 SEPA	So when you guys catch monster fish you want to take a picture of you hold them behind you? You do what you can to make them look smaller? Got any pics? Eh...wot?

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Lugnut] #7585342 05/17/22 07:08 AM 05/17/22 07:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,774 Eastern W by God V Crowfoot trapper
Crowfoot trapper Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 1,774 Eastern W by God V	Originally Posted by Lugnut So when you guys catch monster fish you want to take a picture of you hold them behind you? You do what you can to make them look smaller? Got any pics? Eh ..... naw. How about beside you .... same distance from the camera. You know, for an actual comparison. But, you could have your toddler hold it Like this little 131 lb. guy ...........

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Green Bay] #7585365 05/17/22 07:55 AM 05/17/22 07:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,180 Three Lakes,WI 72 C corky trapper
corky trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,180 Three Lakes,WI 72	Several of the well known musky guides were midget people. Joe Bucher and the late Tony Rizzo come to mind. Any fish held up by those 2 guys looked like a monster. LOL http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Re: Found a Big Dead Musky [Re: Crowfoot] #7585439 05/17/22 09:19 AM 05/17/22 09:19 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,762 West Virginia,age 49 cathryn bvr-takr-upr
cathryn bvr-takr-upr Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,762 West Virginia,age 49	Originally Posted by Crowfoot https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/west-virginia-record-muskie/ 55-plus-inch .... 51 pounds ! We trap near the lake where that fish was caught IF IDIOTS GREW ON TREES THIS PLACE WOULD BE AN ORCHARD !

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