Typical piss poor reporting. Journalist sucks. (Sorry woke up full of piss and vinegar this morning). Where did he catch this fish (other than a lake in Cambria County)? And how much did the fish weigh? I find it difficult to believe that a guy catches a fish this big and only goes on a guess of it's weight. The Commonwealth record for a Muskie was set in 1924. It was 54 lbs. 3 oz.
they did not weigh
Prince Gallitzin State Park? I’ve walked trails there many times.
There are charts that convert length and girth to weight. The idea is to get the fish back in the water as fast as possible and not fiddle around trying to weigh it. Actually the fish is being held incorrectly. It should be held horizontal for taking pictures.
Where did he catch it? In the mouth of course.
Sorry, that was the standard line of an old fishing buddy of mine when someone was trying to get him to say where he caught something.
This appears to be Pennsylvannia. Cambria County is a little east of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh).
I am not a fisherman, so I have now learned (from wikipedia): Anglers seek large muskies as trophies or for sport. In places where muskie are not native, such as in Maine, anglers are encouraged not to release the fish back into the water because of their alleged negative impact on the populations of trout and other smaller fish species.
I wondered if you could eat this one. Apparently not.
One of the items not included in my tackle box is a scale simply because I have no intentions of catching a fish that needs to be weighed.....
Been awhile since I eyeballed a fish weight, I’d say that one would be about 40 lbs */- 5. There, close enough 👍😁