Same lake where these fish were caught:
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Good news is that only one of these fish were kept (third one down). Another good point is the one kept is the first fish kept by the angler and his friends in six years of fishing the lake. I actually know the angler and his friends and have been exchanging messages with them a little here and there about muskies so information is definitely spreading.

"Esoxonthefly" said:
I've seen these posts. The guys seems like a muskie friendly guy and took a pretty good beating for not keeping the fish in the first 2 pics. He was actually accused of being a member of PETA. The unbelievable ignorance of some people who keep fish "because the state says I can" is starting to bother me more and more. I usually try to keep my mouth shut on these forums but sometimes I just have to say something.

Im pretty sure the guy that gave him a hard time was just trying to ruffle feathers and I think he was banned from the site. The fish were not long enough to keep anyways as both were 38", but the guy does seem really musky friendly and most likely would have released them if they were legal size. Here is the thread is people are wondering:
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"swanezy" said:
Jason what did you mean by "information is spreading" . Just informing them about the preservation etc..?

Yes. Even though I hate seeing a fish kept, these guys have caught many other muskies and have released them. I'm in a little messaging conversation with one of the anglers and he is definitely interested in learning about these fish and had many questions about population, reproduction, musky's diet, etc. They are not the kind of guys who are just catching and keeping everything but this was a pretty nice fish and the angler is getting it mounted. I talked to him about reproductions but the prices he got from the taxidermy place were $550 for a skin mount and $720 for a replica so I can definitely see trying to save $200 even though he probably didn't know the price difference until after the fact. He did talk about one of those 'old timers' out there fishing for bluegills that complained about muskies eating all the fish so I gave him some info and stats that show otherwise so hopefully he can try to pass on that info a little bit. Just think about it though, he usually fishes with 5-10 other guys so he will probably tell them some of the information who could in turn tell 5-10 other people each and before you know it we have 50-100 people that know a little bit more about muskies. Also, I am more worried about random Jon Doe catching a musky through the ice than Jon Doe catching a musky not through the ice cause I feel ice fishermen are more catch-and-keep anglers so it never hurts to have some ice fishermen friends with a little information about muskies.

Yeah, Naber's is WAY more expensive. That makes sense that he is $140 more than Lax. He doesn't make his own fish. He buys the mold according to the dimensions you give him.

Jim Naber & I are duck hunting buddys. His fish guy does not do repos, Just skin mounts.

Ok so what lake is it? Mike

yea right by the road, how do we know no one ever spears out of murray or campau, do spearers need a much bigger hole etc.. for what they are doing?

people do spear at murray they have been doing it for years