New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics

Cutting Point · 10-05-2009, 10:52 AM

On Sunday, September 27, Kyle Anderson of Rapid City, MI caught this 50-pound 8-ounce Great Lakes muskie. The fish is now the new Michigan state record. It beat the old record, set in 1984, by 2.5 pounds. Anderson was fishing in Torch Lake, near Traverse City.

Photo by David Rose

B33R · 10-05-2009, 11:11 AM

Holy fish!

Cohoangler · 10-05-2009, 11:25 AM

That fish is probably older than the guy holding it. Most muskie anglers I've known practice C&R exclusivily, even with State record fish. Nice fish but it's dead.

edgerat · 10-05-2009, 12:05 PM

C&R is the only way

CURADO KID · 10-05-2009, 12:36 PM

That is a pig! Muskie look like a blast to catch.

West Linn Wader · 10-05-2009, 12:50 PM

Is it just me or does that first picture look shopped? The other pics on the Field & Stream website look real but that first one sure looks funny.

Apparently he says that he did attempt to revive and release the fish but it was hooked in the gills.

jaysea · 10-05-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by West Linn Wader

Is it just me or does that first picture look shopped? The other pics on the Field & Stream website look real but that first one sure looks funny.

sms · 10-05-2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by West Linn Wader

Apparently he says that he did attempt to revive and release the fish but it was hooked in the gills.

Don't they all say that?

Herringaide · 10-05-2009, 02:26 PM

Here is a little more info I found.

http://www.freep.com/article/2009100...-record-muskie

Dave G · 10-05-2009, 07:21 PM

Dag gone

stlhdr1 · 10-05-2009, 07:35 PM

Pretty colors on that fish.......

Keith

ET · 10-05-2009, 08:20 PM

Another side of the coin ...... I have a friend that worked for the Wisconsin Department of Fish and Wildlife. They would do a lot of fish surveys and in the lakes with lots of big muskies the results were obvious. Fish numbers of all other species were down.... He joked, "Catch and release of all muskies is great, if you want lakes with one big fish in it."

It's alright to keep trophies.... they've shared their genes for many, many years already and there are plenty of their offspring ready to move into their slot.

butwhymalemodels · 10-05-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Cohoangler

That fish is probably older than the guy holding it. Most muskie anglers I've known practice C&R exclusivily, even with State record fish. Nice fish but it's dead.

The fish was 16. If that dude is 15, I hope he plays football.

Chance · 10-05-2009, 10:14 PM

That fish may have never passed its genes. I heard it's pretty common for trophies/records to be sterile. I.e., no energy is allocated to reproduction, only growth.

rock bottom · 10-05-2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by butwhymalemodels

The fish was 16. If that dude is 15, I hope he plays football.

Could be a 4th year freshman.

fishindan · 10-05-2009, 11:58 PM

I'm sorry but this pic does look fake to me... and look at his hands??? Could you hold a 50#er like that?? Hmmmmmm photoshop or fiberglass mount?? lol
food for thought

fishindan

Thumper · 10-06-2009, 05:13 AM

Looks like a mount.

BanannaMan · 10-06-2009, 07:14 AM

Well this time it only took to the 6th post before someone said a big fish was photo shopped/fake. It it does end up in the record book then it was certified and then we will know if it was real. Do you see the strain on that guys arm? I dont think a mount would do that.

KevinsDriftboat · 10-06-2009, 07:18 AM

Its likely the camera had a vivid color setting, thus making it look shopped. Its not. And if your bicep was that large, it would be no problem lifting 50lbs!

West Linn Wader · 10-06-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BanannaMan

Well this time it only took to the 6th post before someone said a big fish was photo shopped/fake. It it does end up in the record book then it was certified and then we will know if it was real. Do you see the strain on that guys arm? I dont think a mount would do that.

Correction....I said it looked shopped and it does. Personally I believe it's real, that particular picture just looked weird to me due to the lighting.

Cutting Point · 10-06-2009, 09:30 AM

Mangled plug

What a Tyranasaurus. These fish are huge. It's not that suprising. I'll try to find the old record from the Chippewa Flowage in Wisconson later. That thing is a toad and then some.

boom_fish_on · 10-06-2009, 09:32 AM

Awesome fish.

I've been beaten by some Northern Pike half that size and they were fun.

fish-on-bend · 10-06-2009, 09:35 AM

What a couple of months for fresh water records. A new world record rainbow, then in barely more than a month, Michigan kicks out a new world record brown and state record muskie. I grew up fishing for these guys on summer trips to Minnesota. I dreamed about these guys when I was a kid, I still do.

Congrats.

samsberr · 10-06-2009, 09:55 AM

He's holding it with both hands...and still straining...
Nice catch...I've always wanted to catch a Musk....
That Larry Dallenberg feller makes it look easy...
Maybe someday.

MJ13 · 10-06-2009, 10:24 AM

good lord that's a HUGE fish. I bet that put up one hellva fight.

fishbait · 10-06-2009, 02:06 PM

Hey Kyle,

Nice fish man.

Congrats.

anglingaddict · 10-06-2009, 02:25 PM

AWESOME muskie!!!!

They are really a rush to catch. Muskie, Northern Pike, and Walleye. Nothing like fishing with wire leaders so your line doesn't get cut from their teeth when they strike!

A.A.

175 · 10-07-2009, 09:14 AM

Just think if you were snorkeling in a lake and one of those came up to your face!

If you know muskies, they are bold enough to do just that.

radderbehuntin · 10-07-2009, 03:58 PM

Holy Smokes...that's a fish!!

Derrel · 10-07-2009, 04:18 PM

NO, the photo does not look Photoshopped...stop by the link of the photo taken
by Eric Sharp, a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press, one of the finest newspapers in the USA...his photo of the fish that ran in the newspaper looks *exactly* like the fish and the guy in the photo posted here...the fish looks odd because it is a freakishly large specimen, and muskies are very long,slender fish.

In response to the poster above lamenting the fact that the fish was killed...yeah, it was. How many top predators does a lake need? That fish got that way probably at the expense of 5,000 perch, 10,000 alewives, 1,000 brown trout, 2,000 walleye, 1,500 smallmouth bass, and who knows how many other aquatic animals...

175 · 10-07-2009, 06:31 PM

There's plenty o muskies. And I Guarantee there are probably some bigger ones than that one in the lake. That one is a beauty. Great color!

btw, the method of photographing the fish is called cheating the lense. When you are at an angle or hold an object out in front or at a particular angle it will look bigger.

10-05-2009, 10:52 AM	#1
Cutting Point Chromer Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 823	New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics On Sunday, September 27, Kyle Anderson of Rapid City, MI caught this 50-pound 8-ounce Great Lakes muskie. The fish is now the new Michigan state record. It beat the old record, set in 1984, by 2.5 pounds. Anderson was fishing in Torch Lake, near Traverse City. Photo by David Rose __________________ Always be fishing Last edited by Cutting Point; 10-06-2009 at 09:55 AM.

10-05-2009, 11:11 AM	#2
B33R Steelhead Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Under a pale grey sky Posts: 237	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Holy fish! __________________ Clowns to the left of me Jokers to my right

10-05-2009, 11:25 AM	#3
Cohoangler Steelhead Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Vancouver, Washington Posts: 301	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! That fish is probably older than the guy holding it. Most muskie anglers I've known practice C&R exclusivily, even with State record fish. Nice fish but it's dead. __________________ MSB

10-05-2009, 12:05 PM	#4
edgerat Steelhead Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 144	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! C&R is the only way

10-05-2009, 12:36 PM	#5
CURADO KID Steelhead Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Corvallis Posts: 253	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! That is a pig! Muskie look like a blast to catch.

10-05-2009, 12:50 PM	#6
West Linn Wader Tuna! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: West Linn Posts: 1,216	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Is it just me or does that first picture look shopped? The other pics on the Field & Stream website look real but that first one sure looks funny. Apparently he says that he did attempt to revive and release the fish but it was hooked in the gills. __________________ GS/WLW Team Omba-Bomba

10-05-2009, 02:26 PM	#9
Herringaide Steelhead Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Albany, Oregon Posts: 383	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Here is a little more info I found. http://www.freep.com/article/2009100...-record-muskie

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Dave G King Salmon Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jefferson Posts: 15,628	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Dag gone __________________ If it can't be Salmon, I'll take Halibut!!!

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stlhdr1 Sturgeon Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Battle Ground WA Posts: 3,843	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Pretty colors on that fish....... Keith __________________ Without nuts, you're just another starving squirrel!

10-05-2009, 08:20 PM	#12
ET Tuna! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,188	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Another side of the coin ...... I have a friend that worked for the Wisconsin Department of Fish and Wildlife. They would do a lot of fish surveys and in the lakes with lots of big muskies the results were obvious. Fish numbers of all other species were down.... He joked, "Catch and release of all muskies is great, if you want lakes with one big fish in it." It's alright to keep trophies.... they've shared their genes for many, many years already and there are plenty of their offspring ready to move into their slot.

10-05-2009, 10:14 PM	#14
Chance Steelhead Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 141	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! That fish may have never passed its genes. I heard it's pretty common for trophies/records to be sterile. I.e., no energy is allocated to reproduction, only growth.

10-05-2009, 11:58 PM	#16
fishindan Cutthroat Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 32	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! I'm sorry but this pic does look fake to me... and look at his hands??? Could you hold a 50#er like that?? Hmmmmmm photoshop or fiberglass mount?? lol food for thought fishindan

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Thumper King Salmon Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 8,868	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Looks like a mount. __________________ Jack Please join CCA. It took 140 years to make this mess. Together we will turn it around. Please join us.

10-06-2009, 07:14 AM	#18
BanannaMan Steelhead Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Clackamas Posts: 439	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Well this time it only took to the 6th post before someone said a big fish was photo shopped/fake. It it does end up in the record book then it was certified and then we will know if it was real. Do you see the strain on that guys arm? I dont think a mount would do that. __________________ I fish with bannanas because I can and I am.

10-06-2009, 07:18 AM	#19
KevinsDriftboat King Salmon Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Palmer Alaska Posts: 7,681	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Its likely the camera had a vivid color setting, thus making it look shopped. Its not. And if your bicep was that large, it would be no problem lifting 50lbs! Last edited by KevinsDriftboat; 10-06-2009 at 07:21 AM.

10-06-2009, 09:30 AM	#21
Cutting Point Chromer Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 823	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Couple more pics!!! Mangled plug What a Tyranasaurus. These fish are huge. It's not that suprising. I'll try to find the old record from the Chippewa Flowage in Wisconson later. That thing is a toad and then some. __________________ Always be fishing Last edited by Cutting Point; 10-06-2009 at 09:57 AM.

10-06-2009, 09:32 AM	#22
boom_fish_on Chromer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 708	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! Awesome fish. I've been beaten by some Northern Pike half that size and they were fun.

10-06-2009, 09:35 AM	#23
fish-on-bend Tuna! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: bend, or Posts: 1,789	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! What a couple of months for fresh water records. A new world record rainbow, then in barely more than a month, Michigan kicks out a new world record brown and state record muskie. I grew up fishing for these guys on summer trips to Minnesota. I dreamed about these guys when I was a kid, I still do. Congrats. __________________ Its bad luck to be superstitious.

10-06-2009, 09:55 AM	#24
samsberr Steelhead Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pendleton Posts: 111	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! He's holding it with both hands...and still straining... Nice catch...I've always wanted to catch a Musk.... That Larry Dallenberg feller makes it look easy... Maybe someday. __________________ Someday I Will Run The Deschutes... Most Likely It Will Run Me...

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MJ13 Tuna! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,033	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics good lord that's a HUGE fish. I bet that put up one hellva fight.

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fishbait King Salmon Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 6,726	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics Hey Kyle, Nice fish man. Congrats. __________________ You can always tell a fisherman, you just can't tell him much. Captain of Blind Squirrels Fishing Team Member # 287 Official IFish Mortgage Broker Direct line 971.250.4510 Life is not measured by how many breaths you take, but rather by how many times something takes your breath away. I have never met a tired Tuna Lifetime member of NW Steelheaders Proud Member CCA

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anglingaddict Sturgeon Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Dayton, Oregon Posts: 3,609	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics AWESOME muskie!!!! They are really a rush to catch. Muskie, Northern Pike, and Walleye. Nothing like fishing with wire leaders so your line doesn't get cut from their teeth when they strike! A.A. __________________ When one is able to laugh at themself first, then life will become much more humorous and enjoyable! Don't ask for life to be easy. Ask for it to be worth it! - Dani Johnson

10-07-2009, 09:14 AM	#28
175 Chromer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 785	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics Just think if you were snorkeling in a lake and one of those came up to your face! If you know muskies, they are bold enough to do just that. __________________

10-07-2009, 03:58 PM	#29
radderbehuntin Ifish Nate Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amity Posts: 2,230	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics Holy Smokes...that's a fish!!

10-07-2009, 04:18 PM	#30
Derrel Steelhead Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 220	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics NO, the photo does not look Photoshopped...stop by the link of the photo taken by Eric Sharp, a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press, one of the finest newspapers in the USA...his photo of the fish that ran in the newspaper looks exactly like the fish and the guy in the photo posted here...the fish looks odd because it is a freakishly large specimen, and muskies are very long,slender fish. In response to the poster above lamenting the fact that the fish was killed...yeah, it was. How many top predators does a lake need? That fish got that way probably at the expense of 5,000 perch, 10,000 alewives, 1,000 brown trout, 2,000 walleye, 1,500 smallmouth bass, and who knows how many other aquatic animals...

10-07-2009, 06:31 PM	#31
175 Chromer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 785	Re: New Michigan state record Muskie! A couple more pics There's plenty o muskies. And I Guarantee there are probably some bigger ones than that one in the lake. That one is a beauty. Great color! btw, the method of photographing the fish is called cheating the lense. When you are at an angle or hold an object out in front or at a particular angle it will look bigger. __________________ Last edited by 175; 10-07-2009 at 06:33 PM.

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