I caught a 30" walleye my second time to baystore on a 10" believer. This was pre-digital camera era for me, so I'll have to dig around for the photo. I've had many 27-28.5"ers in my boat, almost all on muskie baits, so I don't think they are that worthy of ringing the bell. And I guess I chose 30" over 29" because I like nice round numbers. Now I've had all of one 50" muskies in my boat, which I didn't catch, so I don't necessarily agree that it is so much easier, but then again I don't troll.

How about a 40" muskie through the ice? Is that enough of a feat, because it is rare, that it would deserve a bell ringing? I don't think so, which is why the bar, or bell in this case should be mounted high.