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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645455

By fallen513 - Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:55 pm

- Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:55 pm #645455

Just imagine, in another 4 or 5 years... bluegill population down, no real small bass around...that shadow coming up from the depths will have you shitting your pants. Well done!

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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645472

By chadroc - Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:06 am

- Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:06 am #645472

this is just excellent

holding it down on the other side of the border

enjoy your catch (it died)

Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645476

By ironman - Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:50 am

- Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:50 am #645476

First musky? Homegrown to boot?

Hell yeah. Nicely done.

"if you don't understand the perfect logic of this, then you may as well fuck right off Teh Suk" - Fatman

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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645477

By Bobwhite - Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:26 am

- Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:26 am #645477

Hahaha...

Thanks, TX and Fatman, for the heads-up and direction to this post.

I don't get down to the classifieds much... I guess that's the point

Shit fire, BM... what a beautiful fish! That's ridiculous.

"Why in the fuck did I miss this place? It's like missing a raging case of the clap."

"Make it matter, fuckos." jhnnythndr

" Herre jävlar vilka fiskar!!" P-A

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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645478

By B.M. Barrelcooker - Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:38 am

- Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:38 am #645478

ironman wrote:First musky? Homegrown to boot?

yEAH......pinch me !

"worst that can happen is a big fat zero and a fine walk out of doors"---Chadroc

Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645484

By Transylwader - Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:27 am

- Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:27 am #645484

B.M. Barrelcooker wrote:

BM, this don't look like no freshie watta. Looks like a place where there be salinity, drums and~~prawns~~skrimps.
Congrats, very unique place to get a musky.
Invite or GDIAFF

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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645487

By befuddled - Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:07 am

- Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:07 am #645487

Freaking awesome man!

That's the pay off for an executed plan.

There are so many dildos out there, you''d think setting their phones to vibrate would come naturally. ---SUAF

greedy capitalist/liberal-elitist/gun-toting profit monger

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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645534

By Ruddy Duck - Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:29 pm

- Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:29 pm #645534

Persistence and all....

Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645650

By blumpkin - Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:55 pm

- Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:55 pm #645650

The whole cylcle of what you did here is very amazing.
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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645665

By Woolybug25 - Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:47 pm

- Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:47 pm #645665

Awesome stuff BM!

Have you thought about how to manage it going forward? I know you have done a ton with planting forage fish for them. Are you going to eventually try to manage it as an ecosystem or just continue to plant forage and go that route? I could go back and find where you probably addressed this, but I'm lazy. Either way, what an awesome thing you did here.

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Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645673

By Lando - Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:42 pm

- Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:42 pm #645673

I want to put the Carp Slut on that drink one day.

If my tombstone reads, "He never ate sushi." it won't be a lie, and I'll be OK with that.

~Average Joe

Re: wanted: muskie/musky knowledge..............#645678

By B.M. Barrelcooker - Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:17 am

- Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:17 am #645678

Woolybug25 wrote:Awesome stuff BM!

Have you thought about how to manage it going forward? I know you have done a ton with planting forage fish for them. Are you going to eventually try to manage it as an ecosystem or just continue to plant forage and go that route? I could go back and find where you probably addressed this, but I'm lazy. Either way, what an awesome thing you did here.

The management plan is basicly to let it grow.

It's full of stunted bass and crappie and generic bluegill.

As well as a thriving shad population after I got them planted.

Right now the 5 or so people that I let fish it are under strict guidelines to immediately return all musky caught and remove stunted bass and crappie.

The fishing pressure is pretty negligent .

No musky lures allowed on the lake.
Nobody here really musky fishes but if someone wants to take a shot it will have to be with a fly rod.

Also from what I've read and seen , crappie make great musky food too and I have lots of them in the right size range.

The growth has really impressed me.