"Enter through the door in the tail and work your way up to the muskie’s gullet to see the 6-acre “Sea-of-Fishes” sculpture garden," the WhooNew.com reports.

"It’s not just the world’s largest muskie sculpture, it’s a shrine to the world record fish of North America, with thousands of charter members’ names lining the walls.

"It has an observation deck where people have even gotten married! Enter through the door in the tail and work your way up to the muskie’s gullet to see the 6-acre “Sea-of-Fishes” sculpture garden."

The muskellunge, often shortened to muskie, musky or lunge, also nicknamed "the fish of 10,000 casts," is a species of large freshwater predatory fish native to North America. It is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae.

The Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame is an American hall of fame in Hayward, Wisconsin, dedicated to promoting freshwater fishing. Approximately 100,000 visitors tour the museum each year.

The 143-foot-long (44 m) muskie sculpture is the world's largest muskie.

"And while the interior exhibits are amazing, the real highlight of the museum is the Shrine to Anglers, a fiberglass muskie measuring half a city block long and 4 1/2 stories tall atop an 88,000-gallon pond."

"The big muskie is made of concrete, steel, and fiberglass, which was painstakingly hand-sculpted into the likeness of a leaping muskie," the Only In Your State reports.

"The spacious observation deck can accommodate up to 20 people and boasts a wonderful panoramic view of Lake Hayward and the museum's grounds."

"Standing 143 feet long and 41 feet tall, the muskie holds names of world record-holders in fishing across the world – over 3,000 entries," the State Trunk Tour reports.

"You can check out the names and climb the steps to show yourself from the muskie’s mouth, 4 stories off the ground."

WISCONSIN WORLD RECORDS

PENNSYLVANIA WORLD RECORDS

TEXAS WORLD RECORDS

Longest Shotski world record attempt in Eagle River, Wisconsin

The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the Largest pike; the largest caught specimen measured 161.29 cm long, weighed 30.61 kg and was hooked by Louie Spray in the Chippewa Flowage at Hayward in Wisconsin, USA, on 24 July 1949 – as verified by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA).

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS also recognized the world record for the largest freshwater fish (specimen) is a female giant freshwater stingray, aka whipray (Urogymnus polylepis) collected by fishermen in the Mekong River in the Stung Treng region of Cambodia on 13 June 2022. Assessed by international scientists from the US-Cambodian “Wonders of the Mekong” project (funded by the United States Agency for International Development), the stingray weighed approximately 300 kg (661 lb) and measured 3.98 m (13 ft) long (including tail) with a disc width of 2.2 m (7 ft 2 in).