Lake MI, slob

[Smoke-N-Finn]

41# caught out of Muskegon Mi

 

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[fisherdude]

nice, been awhile since i heard of 40 lb plus king on the great lakes ..

[Trouthunter]

Beautiful Fish Lake Ontario produced fish like this all the time we need new genes from Alaska to bring back these monsters

 

[Decoy Hound]

That's incredible, it's been at least five years since I've fished out of Muskegon, might have to go back! Awesome fish!

[Sk8man]

Thas one for the wall

[John E Powell]

Years ago I had a tour down on the working floor at Altmar during the time the egg collection process was underway. After watching for a few minutes it was pretty clear the workers were not selecting the larger females. Instead, smaller fish were harvested. When I asked the worker about why they weren't collecting from the biggest fish he replied something similar to "they're too large/heavy and more difficult to handle.

 

I don't know if that is still the habit of the workers at the hatchery. I hope not, but I suspect it is.

 

 

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[saygrace]

That is really interesting info. about the hatchery selecting the smaller fish. My neighbor swears that he used to catch many Lake Ontario kings in the 40lb category and I keep telling him he is mistaken. In my 20 years fishing Lake O I have not heard of or seen anything close to the 40lb mark. They are a blast at 30lbs - can't imagine fighting them 10 plus lbs heavier!!! 

[salmonboy41]

6 hours ago, John E Powell said:

Years ago I had a tour down on the working floor at Altmar during the time the egg collection process was underway. After watching for a few minutes it was pretty clear the workers were not selecting the larger females. Instead, smaller fish were harvested. When I asked the worker about why they weren't collecting from the biggest fish he replied something similar to "they're too large/heavy and more difficult to handle.

 

I don't know if that is still the habit of the workers at the hatchery. I hope not, but I suspect it is.

 

 

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you could be onto something here as small fish create small fish and big fish create big fish on average, its in there genetics. I know in Alaska they want people to take the jacks and to not touch the big kings so that there genes can be based on. 

[whaler1]

In 2001 fall LOC the top 16 out of 20 kings were all over 40 lbs.


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