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Posts 1 through 7 for A 48" Muskie Caught on Big Pelican Lake New? - Register Here! No Obligations - Click Here for more information. Login Main Forum Page     |     Fishing Blogs     |     Find a Fishing Partner     |     My Fishing Pals Home     |     To The Top - Minnesota Fishing Forum You Are Currently Viewing - Minnesota Fishing Forum   A 48" Muskie Caught on Big Pelican Lake - - - 7 messages. Showing 1 through 7. BigBite Senior Member Joined 08/17/2004 Posts:1550 BigBite's blogs, pictures and recent posts Daily Subscription Msg 1 Posted: 06:27 AM 11/13/08 (CST) "It was the fish of a lifetime," says Ryan Bristle about the 48" muskie he caught Friday, Oct. 17 at Big Pelican Lake in northwest Minnesota. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1842&dept_id=335645&newsid=20195713&PAG=461&rfi=9 By the way... it was released. PierBridge Moderator Joined 02/14/2005 Posts:1767 PierBridge's blogs, pictures and recent posts Daily Subscription Msg 2 Posted: 12:19 PM 11/13/08 (CST) Great Fish and Picture! You gotta love CPR! My Fishing Pals Bkchero Full Member Joined 02/10/2006 Posts:545 Bkchero's blogs, pictures and recent posts Daily Subscription Msg 3 Posted: 04:08 PM 11/13/08 (CST) Awesome fish. I do not want to start a catch v. keep debate/argument here. I would have released the fish too. But from the pic it looks like the fish is bleeeding out of the gills. Isn't that when you are supposed to keep it? Pictures can be deceiving, so its hard to tell what that is under its gills, but if its blood, I'm not sure that fish survived. I hope it did. Big Muskie Fisher New User Joined 11/07/2008 Posts:40 Big Muskie Fisher's blogs, pictures and recent posts Daily Subscription Msg 4 Posted: 04:11 AM 11/14/08 (CST) That is a beautiful fish. Now the question is did you let it go. Big Muskie Fisher New User Joined 11/07/2008 Posts:40 Big Muskie Fisher's blogs, pictures and recent posts Daily Subscription Msg 5 Posted: 04:15 AM 11/14/08 (CST) ok, maybe i should read everything instead of just looking at the fish. That is the great fisherman in you. I caught 4 muskies last year.49 1/2, 48, 38 and a 32 and let them all go. I want a 50+ or better for my wall Bkchero Full Member Joined 02/10/2006 Posts:545 Bkchero's blogs, pictures and recent posts Daily Subscription Msg 6 Posted: 09:59 AM 11/14/08 (CST) Yeah, I read it and saw he released it. My question is, if that is blood on its side and it was bleeding from the gills, should he have kept it b/c it wasn't going to make it. Its hard to tell from a picture though whether that's blood from the gills, from where the hooks were in its mouth, or something else. Great fish regardless. JCU Junior Member Joined 04/05/2008 Posts:70 JCU's blogs, pictures and recent posts Daily Subscription Msg 7 Posted: 11:59 PM 11/17/08 (CST) Nice to see her swim away nothing beats a release and a replica Muskies Inc Chapter 54 A 48" Muskie Caught on Big Pelican Lake - - - 7 messages. Showing 1 through 7. You Are Currently Viewing - Minnesota Fishing Forum   New? - Register Here No Obligations - Click Here for more information. Login Main Forum Page     |     Top of This Forum     |     My Fishing Pals Home Members Browsing the Forums:     ING     Users Online: 1 Guests Online: 113 Total Online: 114 Terms and Conditions There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home.         ~ Roderick Haig-Brown, Fisherman's Spring, 1951 Copyright © 2011 Minnesota Fishing with My Fishing Pals All Rights Reserved