Wow! Now that's a fish of a lifetime. I see some blood on his hand, but I'm sure he doesn't even feel it with all that adrenaline shooting through his body!

"hemichemi" said:
[quote="Jim tenHaaf"]Wow! Now that's a fish of a lifetime. I see some blood on his hand, but I'm sure he doesn't even feel it with all that adrenaline shooting through his body!

Oh, yes he does, 'cause I know!

What a great fish!

I knew you'd respond to that!! 😀

I love how steve's smile is huge and the guy who caught it doesnt seem to care much lol.

Some things that crossed my mind about fish this size… #1 what is the estimated age. #2 How much longer would it live? Long enough for someone else to have a decent chance at landing her? what if the guy who caught her put her back, and she ended up dying a day later from natural causes? He could've just saved himself a LOT of money doing a real mount vs. a replica.

Jim-

Alot of these things cross my mind with these fish as well, with the low fecundity of spawning females even a shot at one more season of egg production in my mind makes putting her back the best idea. If she dies a day later then the nutrient cycle is going to do its job and return her to the system. Not putting her back means a zero percent chance of survival. As for the mount I personally would rather have a life sized framed picture, then when people come over I can show them the sucker holding the Musky [smilie=brows.gif] 🙄
Kevin