By Dave Hurteau & Chad Love

Now here’s one enormous muskie. Maybe even a world record. But we’ll never know—because the man who caught it followed muskie fishing’s strict code of catch-and-release and tossed the beast back. Kevin Davison hooked the 58-incher on a 10-inch crankbait while fishing Northern Ontario’s Lake Nipissing on October 6th (the same day, oddly enough, that one Jody Dahms landed and immediately released a potential Minnesota state-record muskie).

In a note accompanying the photo Davison sent us, he says:
Some are estimating a 30-32 inch girth which would make this girl a Canadian record and possibly a world record! The best thing is that this fish was released and is still out there!

Two questions: Would you have been able to toss this fish back? And to our muskie experts out there, do you think this fish would challenge the world record?

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from tim wrote 5 years 28 weeks ago

Hi , I would definately put it back.... after I weighed and measured it!

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from Peter Campbell wrote 5 years 29 weeks ago

What a differnce between Kevin and that Spray guy. Who's the real champion

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from markpangler@aol.com wrote 3 years 10 weeks ago

Good job on the catch and release Dude.

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from The Armchair Ou... wrote 3 years 10 weeks ago

Let me just say, "No freakin' way would I have released that fish!" To each his or her own, but it's not like the fish is going to the Old Muskie's Home some day. I do admire the man's strength of conviction. He obviously believed a release was the right thing to do, and he's the one who lives with the decision either way, so more power to him. You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

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from hound hunt chairman wrote 3 years 9 weeks ago

fishing has come to a new level, just within our lifetimes. catch and release was not heard of only a few short years ago.let us learn from the past, not judge by it.to pass on a animal, or to release a fish, is the sole choice of the sportsman of the moment. to praise or berate them shows more the comentators thoughts,than the facts of our world.

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from steve182 wrote 3 years 9 weeks ago

Dunno, is muskie good eaten'? If so, smaller ones are probably better anyway. Good for this guy for letting it go and not trying to get rich or famous. Either way, letting it go is never a bad thing.

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from tim wrote 5 years 28 weeks ago

Hi , I would definately put it back.... after I weighed and measured it!

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from markpangler@aol.com wrote 3 years 10 weeks ago

Good job on the catch and release Dude.

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from The Armchair Ou... wrote 3 years 10 weeks ago

Let me just say, "No freakin' way would I have released that fish!" To each his or her own, but it's not like the fish is going to the Old Muskie's Home some day. I do admire the man's strength of conviction. He obviously believed a release was the right thing to do, and he's the one who lives with the decision either way, so more power to him. You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

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from steve182 wrote 3 years 9 weeks ago

Dunno, is muskie good eaten'? If so, smaller ones are probably better anyway. Good for this guy for letting it go and not trying to get rich or famous. Either way, letting it go is never a bad thing.

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from Peter Campbell wrote 5 years 29 weeks ago

What a differnce between Kevin and that Spray guy. Who's the real champion

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from hound hunt chairman wrote 3 years 9 weeks ago

fishing has come to a new level, just within our lifetimes. catch and release was not heard of only a few short years ago.let us learn from the past, not judge by it.to pass on a animal, or to release a fish, is the sole choice of the sportsman of the moment. to praise or berate them shows more the comentators thoughts,than the facts of our world.

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