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Marty the Musky is an 18-foot fiberglass musky statue outside the Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce in Wisconsin. It debuted in the town’s 2021 Fourth of July parade, was named through a public contest, and was repainted in July 2026.
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Marty the Musky
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Site-level location · 46.1052° N, 89.6429° W
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Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, calls itself the Musky Capital of the World, and Marty is the 18-foot fish that says so from the roadside. He stands outside the Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce office on Park Street (Highway M).
The town’s tourism site says the phrase was coined in the 1930s by a Chicago-based sportswriter, and that Boulder Junction kept using it for decades even after other resort communities in Wisconsin and the Midwest claimed it. In 1971 the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued a registered trademark for “Boulder Junction, The Musky Capital of the World”. The site adds that nearly 200 lakes lie within 10 miles of downtown, many designated Class A musky waters by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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An outdoor statue beside the chamber office on Park Street, popular as a photo stop. Repainted in July 2026. The town’s tourism site (2022) also lists a second large musky on a propane tank two blocks west of Main Street on Highway K, and says the Musky Jamboree is held the second weekend of August.
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Outside the Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce, 5352 Park St (Highway M), Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, per the town’s tourism site. The statue stands outdoors beside the chamber office and can be seen from the street.
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