Giant Georgian Bay Musky

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Originally Posted by fiftyquest

if this is the "record fish" ive been hearing rumblings about it went 58.5lbs on a certified scale at a marina and was still live released.. could be a different fish though, there will be an article in the upcoming Musky Hunter mag about it.

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Different fish, that fish was caught on the St.Lawrence and in the same class as a couple of others that were caught there as well and released this fall.

Sorry, I have been way too busy to call Johnny and ask for more details. I seen a picture after he caught it. He said he was going public with the pictures in December and no one is questioning the numbers on her. He forget to mention the numbers....

None the less we'll find out soon enough.

Good fish,
Doesn't look super long. I helped land a mid fifty pounder out of gbay that was less than 54". Crazy to think that fish may have been too small to keep!

Thats a monster... incredible girth!

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Originally Posted by avid angler

hello fishing community.

I received some great news from johnny dadson this past fall about a giant ski he caught while fishing georgian bay with his own dadson blade. I can attest to the fish catching ability to these spinners having taken a number of fish over 40" the 2012 season.
I have been waiting months to post these pictures, here you go!

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...k/kingkong.jpg


http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...moroziuk/2.jpg

i can't get over the girth on that beast.

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nice catch! Here are a few leviathans to come out of my area :

What a fish!

http://forums.oodmag.com/picture.php...452995&thumb=1a ski I got trolling georgian bay near midland 2003 55 ins. a little bigger then average I was trolling for pike.

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Originally Posted by puckster_guy

http://forums.oodmag.com/picture.php...452995&thumb=1a ski I got trolling georgian bay near midland 2003 55 ins. a little bigger then average I was trolling for pike.

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Hey dude, nice Muskie.
How did she swim away?

Just a tip: In the picture I see you'r holding it vertically. It's best to hold Muskie and pike horizontally, so you're supporting there jaw/neck with one hand, and there tail with you're other. This way the organs in the fish all supported, rather than having them all kind of fall out of place. Because man, those fish have some heavy organs!

Nice fish though! :goodstuff:

He swam away very slowly...lingered for a while and then disapeared.

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Originally Posted by puckster_guy

He swam away very slowly...lingered for a while and then disapeared.

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Yep, Unforchanitly, many muskies end up this way. Although most people think that there muskie made it ok, the truth is alot of them don't. I'm very passionate about my Muskie and I get quite worked up when I have a bad release. Infact, It's usually best to keep a Muskie boatside if you can, and release him from there. However if it's a smaller one they are obviously alot easier to handle, so you can usually pick them up. I'm not sure what landing gear you have, But a rubber coated mess net is best, along with rubber landing gloves. Gloves are like 4$ at BPS and a net can be bait more. But trust me it is worth it to see them swim away everytime. Good pliers and a small pair of bolt cutters are really helpful for cutting free an unforchanit fish. Try to use a heavier line to insure a good quick fight, light line can result in a very long harmful fight to the fish. When fishing for pike always be prepared for a stray Muskie to come along, as it happens alot.

ANYWAYS, this is starting to sound like a lecture.... So I'll stop typing.

But trust me, a few extra precautions will for sure result in more live releases.