For years we have heard that at some point the bay of Green Bay was going to produce a world-record fish. Whether it was a walleye, smallmouth bass or muskellunge, people have been recognizing this body of water as a world-class fishery for a long time, and they were just waiting for a world-class fish to come out of it.
John Grover may have landed that fish.
Grover, a 44-year-old from Green Bay, was fishing for walleyes at the mouth of the bay May 9 when he set the hook into a fish he knew was not a marble eye. Using 17-pound monofilament line, he fought it for almost an hour, and blew out his reel in the process. Finally, he was able to tire this muskie out, and face landed him using gloves because he didnt want to damage the fish. Grover brought the fish to shore briefly, took a picture with the giant and after a few minutes of reviving the giant specimen, let her go back into the water.
Grover had no idea that the fish he landed, measured and released could have potentially been a world record muskellunge.
I didnt really think anything of it when I caught it. I just knew it was big, Grover said. To be honest, I dont fish for muskies, so I just imagined the record fish to be like 70 or 71 inches until I came in to (Smokeys) bait shop and talked to him.
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John Grover may have landed that fish.
Grover, a 44-year-old from Green Bay, was fishing for walleyes at the mouth of the bay May 9 when he set the hook into a fish he knew was not a marble eye. Using 17-pound monofilament line, he fought it for almost an hour, and blew out his reel in the process. Finally, he was able to tire this muskie out, and face landed him using gloves because he didnt want to damage the fish. Grover brought the fish to shore briefly, took a picture with the giant and after a few minutes of reviving the giant specimen, let her go back into the water.
Grover had no idea that the fish he landed, measured and released could have potentially been a world record muskellunge.
I didnt really think anything of it when I caught it. I just knew it was big, Grover said. To be honest, I dont fish for muskies, so I just imagined the record fish to be like 70 or 71 inches until I came in to (Smokeys) bait shop and talked to him.
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