Wednesday, September 8

Record Musky and Northern Pike Catch n' Release Shots




a 57 1/4 inch musky caught July 23 on Lake Vermilion by Todd Kirby of Hudson, Wisc. . Kirby had caught a 48-inch musky earlier in the evening. The bigger fish hit at 10:30 p.m.

 Anglers over the summer of 2021 caught and released a new Minnesota state record northern pike and tied the record for muskellunge. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources certified the state catch-and-release record northern pike, a 46 1/4 inch fish caught June 19, 2021 on Basswood Lake by Brecken Kobylecky, a 15-year-old from Geneva, Illinois. The previous record was a 45 1/4 inch northern pike caught on the Rainy River in 2018. (Courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)

 a 46 1/4 inch Northern Pike caught June 19 on Basswood Lake by Brecken Kobylecky, 15, from Geneva, Ill. 

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*Photos released today by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Story: Pioneer Press.

posted by Derve Swanson at 7:34 PM