Hi Tim.

I read that article, good stuff. Attached you'll see a pic of a huge muskie (52") caught by Nick Pujic, a Canadian fishing writer/guide/filmaker. I don't know him or anything, I just love this pic!

Moonman.

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Mountain_Paddler wrote on Mar 16^th, 2011 at 3:14am:

While that rigging would be OK for Colorado, you'll find that you won't be boating many fish in canoe country with that.  Its not so much that you can't work a fish to get them to the boat with 1 lb line.  Its just that most species up there have teeth, so you'll likely suffer numerous bite-offs.  So unless you are boating a small mouth bass, I'd not recommend you sticking your fingers in the fish's mouth (and gill plates on fish like pike can be like razor blades).

dd

solotripper wrote on Mar 16^th, 2011 at 2:28pm:

The shadow cast by the fish seems inconsistent.

dd

mikea wrote on Mar 16^th, 2011 at 4:01pm:


I don't mean to impugn him as a person or a fisherman, but who's to say he wasn't the butt of a prank?

I found a on-line Muskie site that you enter length/girth if known and you get estimated weight. I don't know what they use for a calcualting point for girth, but I would say that muskie was fairly big in that regard.
Just entering length, it would way at least 40+ pounds.

Now I can't tell by picture, but it doesn't appear that Nick is a real big guy? Look how he's holding that huge fish. His right arm/hand from what I can tell is extended away from his body. Same with his left. He's kneeling on a boat deck. I never held a fish of that size, but I do know something about handling heavy weights from work/exercise. Unlike a solid weight, a live object is more like handling a sack of wet sand. It moves and shifts as you hold it. Try holding 40+ lbs of "loose weight" out away from your body, with your arms extended, kneeling on a surface that may/may not be bobbing up and down? A lot harder than you would think. I bet most people would have a hard time balancing in the position he's in under such a load.

Most pics of fish this size, the guy holding them is either using a two handed grip and holding the fish vertical off of his body, tight in to shoulder for support.
Either that, their clutching them with both arms/hands into chest for support/control.

Even the ratio of his right hand size looks off to his body size, unless he's, got hands like a NBA player?

Nice fish never the less, but the more I look the less authentic it appears.

Its just that this version of the fish looks more realistic.  Perhaps the other photo looks out of scale due to the camera angle (or a lens change).  This one looks to be 52 inches.  The other looks more like 70".

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Either way, its an impressive fish.

dd