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Just read the Ely Echo, was it a typo that someone caught a 52.8 lb. Laker out of Burntside? Said it was brought into Maki's for measurement. 44.5 inches long and 30.75 girth. If it were true, wouldn't there be more hoopla than a little blurb?

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Not to mention the state record is 43 pounds, 8 ounces.

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It was no typo. Whether it actually came out of Burntside, or even from Minnesota waters at all, is still an open question. Stay tuned.

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Wow!!!! 30.75" girth on a 44.5 inch fish!!! That sounds too fat to be true! Any pics out there?

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He has a couple. I'm getting one for the paper, which I can post here later as well.

Regardless of where it was caught, it is a behemoth!

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I'll just kick back and wait to see how and if this unfolds.

It's unreal, but somehow believable, I want to believe it, I've had a couple hooks straightened in my day.

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Man if its true its unreal! Im skeptical but man if it is true it will blow away anything in that length. That girth is CRAZY! blush.gif

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Holy Cow! Does anyone have a picture to post?

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There have been 50lb lakers caught out of Lake Nipigon, Athabasca and Great Slave. After awhile there length seems to slow way down and they just get nice and fat. Where I work I get to see some huge laker pics. 50lbs is a throphy no matter where its from but I highly doubt its from MN. 50lbs, heck I'm having trouble getting just half of that grin.gif

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I won't get the story for this week's paper. Got delayed by the guy.

But two things strike me about it being an MN or Burntside fish.

1. It still hasn't been weighed. If it came from MN waters, caught by a longtime laker taker, which this guy is, I think he would have broken speed records getting it to a certified scale. There are two in town (at the grocery stores) that can handle a fish that big. The calculations make it 9 pounds bigger than the state record, and a longtime laker angler would know that. It is now wrapped and frozen in his freezer and waiting for the taxidermist.

2. When it came into the Great Outdoors that day, it was laying in a big bed of ice cubes in the livewell. That seems to indicate it came from a ways away, because if it was from Bside, a guy would just fill the livewell with water and put the fish in it and haul it to town that way, not pack it in ice. It's only a five-mile drive. On the other hand, if you're bringing a fish like that home from far away, say Canada, for example, packing it in the livewell in ice cubes is exactly the kind of thing you do.

I don't know how the idea got started it came from Burntside, though it says "reportedly" from Burntside in the Angler. I've heard from a couple people that the rumor got started to get a little attention for Ely. The guy, who I've talked to briefly on the phone, has not said where he caught it, and the guy at the Great Outdoors wouldn't tell.

Now, all this being said, it's still possible it's a Burntside fish, because anything's possible, and divers report lakers over 30 lbs in Bside. And until I hear it straight from the angerl's mouth, I'm reserving judgement. So, Burntside or not Burntside???

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There have been 50lb lakers caught out of Lake Nipigon, Athabasca and Great Slave.


Where are those lakes? Canada, eh? tongue.gif

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Yes, that was the word I'd gotten too.

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The guy with the big laker dropped his fish off to get mounted at the shop today. Its a big ole laker, a fat pig. right around 45 pounds. It was caught in canada. He said a guy started a rumour that it was from ely then it caught fire and pretty soon everyone thought it came from Burntside. I believe there will be a pic and a story of the fish in this sundays paper.

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That's why the guy put me off. He's an old Ely hand. He wanted to make sure the other paper got it first, instead of the "packsacker" paper I work for. No worries. That's one fat pig! grin.gif

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The fish dropped off today is not the same fish you are talking about . Ran ,I believe you will see a larger laker come through the door soon . There were two very large trout caught within 2 days of each other and these guys were together.

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He had pics of 2 different lakers. His and his friends or brothers? Anyway he left a huge laker to get mounted and and repo I think.

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Anyone else see the article in the Duluth News Tribune this morning. It has pics of both those big fish, and he says from "a top secret lake" because he's trying to protect his spot. Just seems stupid to me, as all the possible lakes are absolutely huge and in the pics you can't even see land behind him. Thats like saying Lake Superior is top secret.

oh yeah, i feel bad that stfcatfish didn't get that story and it ended up going to Sam Cook. mad.gif

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Sam's a friend of mine. I don't mind. grin.gif

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There is alot of rumors going around concerning the 50+ pound laker. These are the facts!

1. Pat MacMillan brought the fish to my bait shop, The Great Outdfoors, Sunday morning July 16th.

2. Our scale only went to 25 pounds, so we went on line to find a fish calculator and put in the measurments. It came out to 52.59 pounds (52lbs 9ozs)

3. When asked what lake he caught it on, he said "Top Secret Lake" which is what we submitted to the Ely Echo for their North Country Angler weekly fish contest.

4. When the Angler came out, it had the fish being caught in Burntside Lake. Ann Swensen, Echo Publisher, had changed it from the original "Top Secret Lake" entry.

5. Sam Cook's column in the Sunday Duluth News Tribune is factual, whereas the Angler clarification is very ambiguous, which one could construe that either Pat or I lied about the lake where the fish was caught. I still don't know (Pat won't tell me) but do not care because I personally saw and photographed the largest fish I have ever seen in my life.

As far as Burntside producing a fish that large, it is very possible. The lake is infested with smelt. In fact I spoke with a DNR employee Wednesday who informed me that their latest test nets in Burntside had double the amount of smelt that it had several years ago. With a food chain like this, a state record walleye, northern, or trout could definately be in the lake. Any questions about this, feel free to call me at 218-365-4744 6-10 am daily. Thank you and good luck fishing.

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Jim, thanks for clearing that up.

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Funny how the Ely paper took the name of the lake and changed it to Burntside Lake. Looks like the paper wants more tourists in Ely? How can a paper be factual when it changes names of things in stories when they see fit?

Whats up with that Stfcatfish?

No matter what those are 2 very large laketrout and Im saying Nipigon or Great Slave. I dont think they were lake Superior fish but who knows anythings possible.

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Hey Jim: Welcome to FM. You've been quoted by others here a time or two, so it's nice to see you on board.

Northlander: Shoot, Steve, I can't speak for the Echo. They do their own thing and I do mine.

Posted

I hear ya man. Sounds a lot like my job. wink.gif

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Posted

Welcome aboard GO.

I don't care where they came from, thats a couple nice fish.

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Thanks Steve, In fact you may be interested in taking a picture and doing a little story for the Timberjay. I'm going to give Pat a check for $25 for catching the largest Laker in Section 2 of the Echo Angler to compensate for the one they took away because his fish allegedly wasn't caught in the area. This means any fish caught on the Canadian side of Crooked, Basswood, Birch, Carp, or Lac La Croix won't be allowed to be entered. I'm sure this will make Mark Zupancich (Zup's La Croix Outfitters) real happy since he gives the grand prize to the winner of the Echo contest.

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Jim, I'll give you a call.

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