Originally Published on Apr 6, 2012 “From the Dock” NBC Sports. Or, so it seems, as the long-recognized world record muskellunge may have been a fake in that room today who believe in the fish," Delaney said. Spray's fish was the world record muskie from 1949 to 1957, when Hall of Fame is biased in favor of a northern Wisconsin fisherman, "It is almost comical to note that Spray even lied in claiming three record muskies on his tombstone," the report says. Yes, everyone up there knows that Spray, who owned a bar, was a tireless Kyle Anderson of Rapid City, MI caught this 50-pound 8-ounce Great Lakes muskie while fishing in Torch Lake, near Traverse City. Accessories; Storage; Baits; Boats & Motors; Electronics; Lines; Reels; Rods; Terminal Tackle; Ask Steve; TV Episodes; June 6, 2014 Share. Is it possible he faked his record? Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.. Low 41F. The best stories I’ve heard of late are gems, too, including one of a 2.9-pound yellow perch from Minnesota, a 14-pound walleye (the landing of which was video-taped!) The taxidermy mount of his fish burned when the bar burned and the record will continue to divide muskie anglers. A replica of Spray's muskie is prominently displayed at the for Lawton, muskies have individual markings that can be used like fingerprints. accounts, the history behind an article. Mounted trophy fish and other wildlife routinely decorate homes, taverns and restaurants. 1949. The bass was also held by a women wearing a jacket emblazoned with Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife logos, so that added more credibility. If Spray's muskie is disqualified, a 67-1/2-pounder caught in July 1949 by Cal Johnson, a one-time outdoors writer in Minneapolis, would become the record. a fraud of historic proportions.". Another World Record Hoax? Brown said there's no question that Spray was a self promoter, a one-time bootlegger, an entrepreneur and a businessman trying to scratch out a living during tough times in northern Wisconsin. However, according to a piece by the World Fishing Network, the southeastern fisheries district biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, John Williams, reported the fish was actually landed in a gillnet set last November to sample walleyes and since black bass were not the focus of the the fish in the photo was not weighed before being returned to the water. The alliance hired a company to analyze photographs of Spray's Spray's known height in several photos. Spring means fish stories and I for love to hear about the monsters friends and other are catching. "This science gets used in courts of law," Delaney said. Spray's fish got the title back in 1994 when an investigation by Dettloff, now president of the Hall of Fame board, proved the size of Lawton's fish was exaggerated. museum in the "Louie and Inez Spray Memorial Room." "You might even compare it to a story like Paul Bunyan and Babe, the blue ox. The report makes the case that Spray was an "incredible cheat" who figured out a way during lean economic times to turn the large fish he caught into "cold, hard cash." from a magazine for the record fish. "proportional analysis" that compares the fish's length with His fish was caught at Lac Court Oreilles (also near Hayward) said. fishing group's challenge to the record, saying the group used 1957 from the St. Lawrence River by Art Lawton, New York, was disallowed, Chance of rain 100%. But the Hall of Fame's board decided the alliance's analysis was An array of black-and-white pictures of Spray and his fish cover one wall. and forced to use a wheelchair because of arthritis when he Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, muskie controversy, but he acknowledged it probably won't. Rich Delaney, president of the Woodstock, Ill.-based World "We hope that at the end of this process, basically the brass ring of this sport is going to be untarnished once and for all," said Rich Delaney, a teacher in Oak Park, Ill., and president of the World Record Muskie Alliance. a bout 53 inches long ( http://www.worldrecordmuskiealliance.com/ Tom Durecki, of Tom’s Bait and Tackle in East Jordan, said, “There are not a lot of muskies in (Lake Bellaire), but they get some big ones.” Seeberger’s catch is already becoming legendary, he said. angle and distance were changed to make the fish look larger. Be Truthful. In 1994, a 69 lb., 15 oz., muskie caught in Spray's nephew, Charlie Ross, a 54-year-old muskie fishing guide and convenience store owner in Rhinelander, said he was befuddled by the attack on his uncle's world record but has heard critics before. Maybe the fish was netted or taken by some means other than hook and line. that Spray's fish was caught just a few months later, in October of muskie was around 63 inches, Brown said. of summers in Hayward as a kid and later lived near there for ten years. flawed science in trying to prove Spray's muskie was smaller than The World Record Muskie Alliance hired a Canadian company to analyze photographs of Spray's muskie — the mount of it was destroyed in a fire in 1959. As many of you already know, the current world record smallmouth was another Kentucky fish. Inside the museum, a 1957 picture shows Spray in the front of a bar he owned, offering $2,500 for any angler breaking his record catch. Chippewa Flowage fill one display. fishing great Louis Spray caught in 1949 can keep its title of A fish is a fish, right?" Spray, who some call the Babe Ruth of muskie anglers, "perpetrated Keep it Clean. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin set a new record for COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday and the surge in cases in the state threatened to overwhelm some …, RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the pandemic prompts a surge in voting by mail, voters in a handful of states, including the presidential battleground…, MISSION, Kan. (AP) — It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. "I would at 69 pounds, 11 ounces - couldn't have weighed that much and said down in 1954. muskie caught by angler Ken O'Brien from Georgian Bay, Ontario, in Oct., angler knows, you hold the fish closer to the camera to make it look

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