View Full Version : Lake Calhoun - MN state record caught?
muskiediver
10-20-2002, 07:34 PM
Sunday October 20, 2002
I was watching channel 45 in Minneapolis and they did a commercial for tonights broadcast at 10:00 PM CST. They showed two guys on a dock holding a large Muskie (appeared to still be alive). And the newscaster said something like, find out how this Muskie caught in Lake Calhoun (in Minneapolis, MN) compares to the Minnesota State record. Since I may not be able to watch the news this evening I was wondering if anyone has anymore information?
Sorry I couldn't give anymore information, I only caught a part of this commercial.
muskiediver
10-20-2002, 09:47 PM
Ok, I seen the clip, and it's nothing like the news commercial implied. Geez, the news really knows how to hype up stuff. They said, "Find out how this fish compares to the MN state record!" Thus making us think someone came close to catching the MN record. These guys did not even come close:
48 1/2 fish / 26 1/2 pounds
using a sucker minnow, 17 lbs test
They obviously kept it since the news reported a two pound northern inside.
The news did not even make a comparison to the MN State Record. Not that we needed one, but they basically exaggerated the whole story.
muskiediver
10-21-2002, 07:17 PM
video:
http://www.kstp.com/article/view/50314/
Sad but True
10-22-2002, 08:32 PM
I think the sad part about the whole story is that this Muskie was shown on a stringer and was most likely cleaned since the report said it had a northern in its stomach.
Please practice C.P.R.
MuskyTom
10-24-2002, 03:53 PM
My wife and I were coming back from four days in Hayward...no muskies, no follows. We turned south on Calhoun Parkway and she hollered that a guy had a big muskie in a landing net. Still pulling the boat, we pulled into the parking lot and talked to him. Previous posts had the data correct, however he also said that it had some coot feathers also in its mouth. It is his call, but it is a ##### shame to take such a big predator out of the system.
Tom
MuskieJ
10-25-2002, 05:51 AM
It is his right to keep this fish. So dont start bashing him.
horseplayer
10-25-2002, 06:51 AM
I agree, by law it is his right. If I had the same mentality, however, that fish probably would not have been there for him to catch.
MuskieJ
10-25-2002, 12:42 PM
I agree, But I am a CPR guy myself but this is getting carried away.