Government Shutdown Prevents Potential Record Fish

Well sort of....

John Gergen landed a monster musky on Lake Sallie in Minnesota that came in at 57.5 inches and 54+ pounds on the family scale -- a weight that would break the state record.

Only problem for John was that due to Minnesota's government shutdown, that is also threatening to cut off the states beer supply, he could not find an open DNR office to direct him to a certified scale.So instead of doing a Google search, which would have told him that the local meat market or bait shop would have a state certified scale, he gave up on getting the fish officially weighed.

LINK (Via: The Twin Cities Pioneer Press)