Ep. 61: Tarpon, Musky, and Executive Orders
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4.9 • 9.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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This week, Cal talks about hard luck bringing big musky, fossils, the original grip and grin, Utah bullfrogs, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with me, the Ethers new podcast of this country live. |
| 0:05.0 | You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish |
| 0:09.3 | on a trot line? |
| 0:10.3 | Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home, where in each episode I'll |
| 0:14.8 | be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever. |
| 0:20.0 | And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever you |
| 0:29.3 | get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.3 | From Meadie Ders World News Headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review |
| 0:47.5 | with Ryan Cal Calan. |
| 0:49.9 | Now here's Cal. |
| 0:51.4 | A 57 year old Wisconsin barge pilot caught a 57 inch muskie. |
| 0:58.8 | For those of you not in the know, a muskallunge or muskie is a big, mean, toothy, freshwater |
| 1:06.5 | predator fish, the largest in the Pike family. |
| 1:10.8 | They do on occasion grow beyond the 57 inch mark. |
| 1:14.3 | The all time tackle record is a 60 and 1 quarter inch fish. |
| 1:19.7 | Calan was recorded all the way back in 1949. |
| 1:23.5 | That muskie reportedly weighed 67 pounds and was 34 inches around. |
| 1:29.4 | That's a big fish. |
| 1:31.1 | Now I know what you're thinking. |
| 1:34.0 | Must have been one hell of an angler to hold a record for more than 70 years. |
| 1:40.3 | If you were to look that angler up, you'd find his name is Cal, by the way, just making |
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