Dylan Sampson says as soon as he saw the pattern of the fish on his line, he knew it was a special catch. He caught the second recorded muskie in the Toronto Harbour in the last 30 years back in December.
A local angler had a pretty notable catch recently.
Dylan Sampson could have never imagined a muskie would be at the end of his fishing line in the Toronto Harbour back in December.
“When I saw the pattern, I knew right away it was not a pike,” Sampson said.
It was only the second recorded muskie catch in Lake Ontario fronting Toronto in the last 30 years, according to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA).
The other angler who caught a muskellunge— more commonly referred to as a muskie — in the Toronto Harbour back in 2022 was his twin brother. The TRCA says it has had an extensive monitoring program in the Toronto harbour over the last three decades, and it has …