Influential Wisconsin angler Gene Allen poses with the catch of a lifetime: a 53 and 1/2 inch musky, weighing 51 pounds. The massive fish was caught on Flambeau Lake in Lac du Flambeau on Sept. 21, 1975. (Contributed photograph)
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A lasting legacy on Wisconsin waters
Gene Allen’s contributions built a musky destination
Fifty years ago, lifelong musky fisherman Gene Allen of Kaukauna made the catch of a lifetime: a 53 and 1/2 inch musky weighing 51 pounds on Flambeau Lake in Lac du Flambeau. It’s only one of an estimated 2,000 muskies Allen caught in his lifetime, but it’s hard to imagine the catch of Sept. 21, 1975 not being his most memorable.
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