Controversial World's Largest Real Muskie
USA /
Wisconsin /
New Post /
World
/ USA
/ Wisconsin
/ New Post
World / United States / Wisconsin
9404 Dun Rovin' Rd, Hayward, WI
The muskie on display here, the only 70-pounder ever caught, will forever have an asterisk next to its name because the scale that was used to weigh it was not officially certified. This 70-pound, 4-ounce record-holder, caught by Bob Malo on June 6, 1954, bests the muskie in the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame by a full ten ounces, enough of a lead, we'd think, to override any scale error. But freshwater fishing is a sport of rules and verification, and this suspect muskie must therefore be banished to the back pages of the record books.
The muskie on display here, the only 70-pounder ever caught, will forever have an asterisk next to its name because the scale that was used to weigh it was not officially certified. This 70-pound, 4-ounce record-holder, caught by Bob Malo on June 6, 1954, bests the muskie in the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame by a full ten ounces, enough of a lead, we'd think, to override any scale error. But freshwater fishing is a sport of rules and verification, and this suspect muskie must therefore be banished to the back pages of the record books.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°58'26"N 91°10'5"W
- dairyland reservoir 48 km
- Turtle Flambeau Flowage 72 km
- Round Lake Semi-Primitave Nonmotorized Area 81 km
- Long Island 89 km
- Basswood Island 105 km
- Superior Municipal Forest 113 km
- Oak Island 114 km
- Michigan Island 114 km
- Sand Island 115 km
- Cat Island 127 km
- Rice Lake 8.3 km
- Lake Chippewa 8.7 km
- Chief Lake 13 km
- Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation 13 km
- Round Lake 13 km
- Chequamegon National Forest 13 km
- Grindstone Lake 20 km
- Lac Courte Oreilies 22 km
- Lake Winter 23 km
- Naval Radio Transmitter Facility, Clam Lake 24 km