Musky and Perch Mount

[Duck-Slayer]

well finally got my mount back, caught this guy out of Lake Cascade on June 1st, 2011, it was 46.5" and 26 lbs, my biggest fish too date, also my biggest perch too date that I caught this last March during the Cascade Ice Cup Derby which I won, this perch went 15.5" and 2.4lbs, Lake Cascade has been really good too me,
Matt

 

[JohnCushman]

Awesome!!

 

[Missoulaz28]

looks great, awesome way to work a couple trophy's together.

 

[recon6036]

That's great Duck-Slayer!!!!! Musky fishing is addictive!!!!

 

[Muskeez]

Tiger

Wow, 46.5" is one heckuva tiger musky!! Congrats!! I assume all of the muskies in Idaho are Tigers? The small lakes around Minneapolis MN are stocked with those as well, and a few friends have caught some naturally wild produced ones from Lake of the Woods, CA.

 

[fowladdict]

Very nice. Any photos of him right after you caught him?

 

[Duck-Slayer]

here was about 2 hours after I caught it,
Matt

 

[mdunc8]

Great looking fish. I've always wanted to catch a musky.

 

[THWAK1]

Very sweet!

 

[Outdoor Junkie]

Awesome Tiger Muskie!

What's up with his head? His snout appears a bit short and humped? I fish for muskies in MN a lot (or used to before the kids) and I've not seen one with a head like that! Definitely got character! Normally I would lean towards getting a replica mount, but it would be almost impossible to recreate the character on that fish!

Congratulations!

 

[texasbucksandbirds]

Awesome fish and mount! Congrats!

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Awesome Tiger Muskie!

What's up with his head? His snout appears a bit short and humped? I fish for muskies in MN a lot (or used to before the kids) and I've not seen one with a head like that! Definitely got character! Normally I would lean towards getting a replica mount, but it would be almost impossible to recreate the character on that fish!

Congratulations!

these fish were planted by F&G, they are sterile Tiger Musky, I would have leaned towards a replica also but it was close enough too the state record which was 47 1/4" only, 3/4" off the state record, so I wanted too have it officially weighed and such, but it was quite off the state weight.... this was a very early spring fish and was rather skinny, only weighed 26.5 lbs, coming off a long winter of not eating much i'm guessing....
Matt

 

[Mac7]

Thats a cool looking mount.

 

[ashersdad]

Now that's an awesome looking mount!!

 

[L. I. Yankee]

Very nice congrats

 

[Muskeez]

Most tigers (in the midwest anyway) don't have that shape of head. Ours are also stocked, as well as most of our walleyes and pure strained muskies. I have seen some odd shaped fish over the years, and most are thought to be the result of damage when they are fingerlings in the hatchery and during stocking, and sometimes from near brushes with death from predator fish. great fish regardless!

 

[Outdoor Junkie]

Now that makes the story that much better! I would defintiely keep it if it was that close to a state record! I haven't seen the Tiger Muskies up here (fish mostly the local lake, Mille Lacs and Ontario), so I wasn't familiar with that look. With that said, it's one of the coolest looking muskies I've seen! Congrats on an awesome fish!

these fish were planted by F&G, they are sterile Tiger Musky, I would have leaned towards a replica also but it was close enough too the state record which was 47 1/4" only, 3/4" off the state record, so I wanted too have it officially weighed and such, but it was quite off the state weight.... this was a very early spring fish and was rather skinny, only weighed 26.5 lbs, coming off a long winter of not eating much i'm guessing....
Matt

 

[pseshooter300]

That is a cool mount