Ummmmm yeah??? Much deserved don't ya think? Just askin'

Its probably one of the closer ones to come to the state record in recent history, just off by about 8 or so pounds.

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That pic must set some kind of record for being posted on fisherie..

like 100 times since last year.. nice fish but.. just sayin

lol, just be glad it doesnt blink back and forth between them!

That is a beast.....

Here's the picture. Not a very good angle and my memory was full after this pic so I didn't get any others. Doesn't look as big here but I hope the pictures from the Boat Livery get posted sometime. The girth on this thing was unreal.







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Thanks for the picture pj, but like you said....it does it absolutely NO justice.  That fish was huge and the poor ol fella that caught her looked like he was strugglin just to hold her up... 

45 lbs

You can believe what you want.

Like I said, the picture does make it look like it's maybe 30"s and I'd be doubting too.

Many people were there. The Mercer/Crawford county Envirothon was going on at the time and lots of people were there. A PGC warden came down with a tape and measured it first before he took it over to the livery to get it weighed. I went over because I was curious to see what it would weigh. 45 on the nose.

Heck it's not my fish and I don't even know the guy but I thought guys would be interested in it being caught. I'm sure better pics will surface at some point in time. Sorry guys.

Yeah, its tough to tell by that picture for sure....laying down like that and a bad angle to to boot. 45lbs sure doesn't surprise me though. Just imagine a 54 lber!?!?!? I have a hard time believing our state record will be beat anytime soon...Thats just a true freak of nature!

That pic definately doesn't look like a big fish but at the 3 rivers muskie inc meeting this monday fish and boat commission were there and confirmed a 45lb fish was brought to the hatchery by an angler. If someone finds a better pic please post here.