Record Tiger Muskie Caught
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Angler Edward Kalinowski of New Meadows has caught a record tiger muskie in Little Payette Lake.
Kalinowski landed the 44.26 pound lunker on a 12-pound test line with a Neon Magic lure. The fish is 50.5 inches long with a 25-inch girth.
It was caught August 6.
The previous record was 38 pounds, 7 ounces, 48.25 inches with a 22.5- inch girth. It was caught June 16, 2001, in Hauser Lake by Douglas Butts of Eureka Mont., on a Mepps Bucktail Yellow lure.