Wow! That’s a big fish.
Centerville resident Cole Menker caught this 50-inch muskellunge “muskie” Saturday morning at Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County.
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“Haven’t caught a lot of musk in my life but he looks like he’s a high 40,” Menker said in a Facebook video on his page before catching the fish on an eight-pound line.
Menker was fishing with his brother C.J. Menker on their late mother’s birthday.
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“She must have thrown one down from heaven,” Cole Menker said in his social media post.
The brothers have been fishing and hunting since they were young. On Saturday, they were practicing for an upcoming Mid-Ohio Saugeye Trail fish tournament when the muskie, a type of Pike, caught Menker’s hook.
Just landed this 50" Muskie at Caesars Creek on 8lb test while we were pre fishing for our saugeye tournament tomorrow! We released it right back. Moms Birthday today! She must have threw one down from heaven.
Posted by Cole Menker on Saturday, June 24, 2017
After posing for pictures, Menker threw the fish back into the water.
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