Getting closer to the record: Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts...

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

WOW that's a tank 👍👍

Steelhead Mickey Loc: NJ

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

WOW 😮 that’s a chubby cheesehead beauty! Glad to hear that she was released & the gene pool will continue!

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

Oh my, a hit right there at the side of the boat. Epic!

Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

Wow that a whopper that would be on my bucket 🪣 list 👍🏽👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

That's a biggin 👍

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

I wish there was a better picture, but I believe there were only 2 in the boat and she is a beast!
Lots of food for them in Lake Michigan!

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

That's a hawg.

mistred64 Loc: Grayslake, illinois

I can only dream about something close to that.

Rogeruk Loc: FL

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

What a fish- there’s a great series of books by Fred Buller - “pike”, the Domesday book of mammoth pike” talking about UK history of northern pike- great reads

Rogeruk Loc: FL

Rogeruk wrote:

What a fish- there’s a great series of books by Fred Buller - “pike”, the Domesday book of mammoth pike” talking about UK history of northern pike- great reads

https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/pike/author/fred-buller/

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Wow 😮 that’s awesome 👏.

mistred64 Loc: Grayslake, illinois

Rogeruk wrote:

What a fish- there’s a great series of books by Fred Buller - “pike”, the Domesday book of mammoth pike” talking about UK history of northern pike- great reads

Thanks Roger, I just ordered the book.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

Looks like she had just swallowed a duck. WOW ! Thanks for the pic.

MuskyHunter Loc: Torrington, CT

OJdidit wrote:

Just saw this posted regarding a 60#+ Muskie caught on Green Bay on Dec 7. 55” with a 29 1/2” girth (no scale). The length x length x length / 2700 puts it at about 61#
That is a good one, for sure!
Caught on a figure 8 technique, using a Bulldawg in 20’ of water.
The fish was released.

OJ, you used the formula for walleye. The formula for pike/muskie is L x L x L / 3500 which would put the estimate at 47.5 pounds. This is the formula most people use but after catching over 300 muskies, I can tell you for certain that this formula underweighs big fish.

A less often used formula that I believe is more accurate is L x G x G / 800 which puts the weight of this fish at 59.8 lbs. In our fishing club, we weighed many muskies in a sling to come up with a more accurate formula and found the second formula to overweigh fish by a small amount, but was far closer than the first formula.

It should be noted that muskies are much heavier than a pike of the same length. They have much thicker bodies.

All formulas aside, this fish is truly a monster taken from an area that produces many of these monsters.