i have never went muskie fishing in my life. I plan on going sometime this summer and this fall, but i was wondering if i have any good baits? I have a gold 9" Bull Dawg 9" green bait with a yellow and orange belly and a black stripe on its back and red eyes,and my dad has a 9" ol' woden plug. So are any of these good?
It is a shame that the fish died but don't feel bad that it died. It's gotta be an old fish and could have been caught several times before. It's not native to the waters and cannot reproduce in that southern climate. It being caught raises awareness about the awesome fishiery that Kentucky has, making more people come and spend money to fish for musky there which will raise funding for more and better stocking efforts.
@bigstomcraft - actually, KY has a native strain of Musky as well as Walleye and they DO reproduce in native KY waters.Of the 3 major subspecies of musky, only E. m. ohioenis, the Ohio Muskellunge, which is found throughout the Ohio River Valley, is native to Kentucky.
The Chautauqua muskellunge (E. m. ohioensis) is known from the Ohio River system, Chautauqua Lake, Lake Ontario, and the St Lawrence River.
It was a tagged fish "fishery personnel from the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife on Nov. 3, when the fish was certified as an official state record. The muskie is believed to have been stocked as a fingerling in 1989, making it 19 years old. "
@hazaratkhan In the kentucky afield episode in which Sarah Terry was interviewed it states that the fish was 14 yrs.old based of the way the fin was clipped.
Unfortunately, a record must get killed to get homologated.. i caught the same size from the shore in quebec/canada but here this size is not rare, the record in canada is now raise to 78lbs, catch'n release.
google: Kentucky state-record muskie caught by 14-year-old girl
"As a muskie guide, I'm big on catch-and-release fishing, but after trying to revive the fish for 45 minutes and watching it go belly up time after time, I knew it likely wouldn't survive so we kept it," Salchli said.
i have never went muskie fishing in my life. I plan on going sometime this summer and this fall, but i was wondering if i have any good baits? I have a gold 9" Bull Dawg 9" green bait with a yellow and orange belly and a black stripe on its back and red eyes,and my dad has a 9" ol' woden plug. So are any of these good?
coolbeans9911 8 months ago
Very nice fish. Muskie get alot bigger here in Canada tho. I know Ontario record is 65 lbs. Quebec is prolly higher
SuperBirdman96 1 year ago
nice fish. but they get bigger in Canada. Ontario record is 65 lbs
SuperBirdman96 1 year ago
It is a shame that the fish died but don't feel bad that it died. It's gotta be an old fish and could have been caught several times before. It's not native to the waters and cannot reproduce in that southern climate. It being caught raises awareness about the awesome fishiery that Kentucky has, making more people come and spend money to fish for musky there which will raise funding for more and better stocking efforts.
bigstomcraft 1 year ago
@bigstomcraft - actually, KY has a native strain of Musky as well as Walleye and they DO reproduce in native KY waters.Of the 3 major subspecies of musky, only E. m. ohioenis, the Ohio Muskellunge, which is found throughout the Ohio River Valley, is native to Kentucky.
The Chautauqua muskellunge (E. m. ohioensis) is known from the Ohio River system, Chautauqua Lake, Lake Ontario, and the St Lawrence River.
hazaratkhan 1 year ago
that fish was likely 30 to 40 years old.
MrWalleye 1 year ago
@MrWalleye
It was a tagged fish "fishery personnel from the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife on Nov. 3, when the fish was certified as an official state record. The muskie is believed to have been stocked as a fingerling in 1989, making it 19 years old. "
hazaratkhan 1 year ago
@hazaratkhan In the kentucky afield episode in which Sarah Terry was interviewed it states that the fish was 14 yrs.old based of the way the fin was clipped.
TheBuckhunter12 11 months ago
its not a record unless you kill it
joem1234569 2 years ago
thats an awesome fish!
and in some states the fish has to be killed if you want to apply it for a state record
carpmanjake 2 years ago
Unfortunately, a record must get killed to get homologated.. i caught the same size from the shore in quebec/canada but here this size is not rare, the record in canada is now raise to 78lbs, catch'n release.
Theamazingjs 2 years ago
nice catch looks like it just ate a smaller fish...
cubsrule72425 2 years ago
1:32 looks like an alligator!
discodarth 2 years ago 3
That's a shame that it died, but what a fish! Awesome catch!
sploosh56 2 years ago
i wounder howu much bigger it woulda got if it lived .
codkiller23 2 years ago
Nice catch young lady! I bet all the muskies I have caught in 30 years of fishing wouldn't equal your one fish. ;-)
It is a shame the fish died, but sometimes it happens.
ezelder 2 years ago
Shame the fish died, but as my father jokes, sometimes they just commit suicide for one lucky angler. Good job none the less!
gotglock 2 years ago
Sucks that it died... Beautiful Fish.
Number1CROWN 2 years ago
goto espn and read the article:
google: Kentucky state-record muskie caught by 14-year-old girl
"As a muskie guide, I'm big on catch-and-release fishing, but after trying to revive the fish for 45 minutes and watching it go belly up time after time, I knew it likely wouldn't survive so we kept it," Salchli said.
hazaratkhan 3 years ago