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im sure they eat plenty of gills, small bass, and perch. pike do, why wouldnt skies? i think thats just made up to try n snow panfishermen. lol
taxi, just to let you know on the stocking of Musky in Indiana waters. webster is the broodstock lake for the IDNR and those fish go to the hachery raised and then restocked into Indiana waters every fall. the clubs still stock the lakes to. the Webster Lake Musky Club actually stocks 1 lake with fish and we are adding 2 more lakes in the fall of this year. there are 2 Muskie Inc chapters here in Indiana and both do stock and help the IDNR with funds for different things they need for the fish.. we are now working on having them minnow fed more before they are released, so they will be better off after they are stocked. the clubs would not be around if this was not happening. so yes the clubs do stock fish too....billalso Bigr i am a Indiana Musky Guide if you need any info or so forth let me know and i am always here to help out in anyway i can.. these fish are a blast as i have been chasing them for over 30+ years all over the country and i cant seem too get enough
90% of the time "they" "stick" them in lakes that are on the decline do to the invasive nature of gizzard shad and the way they out forage and out produce more desirable fish and dominate the population dymanics of a lake or reservoir. This coupled with the timing of a declining panfish and/or gamefish population reinforces the ignorant opinion that the stocked predator is consuming the desirable species that they were introduced to help. Let us not forget "they" are scientists. That's what they do.
Fantastic work, Cecil.
I thought Taxi1 was a taxidermist I knew from the Ind. Taxidermist Shows back in the 90s. Couldn't remember your name until I seen Cecil on the post. I knew that was you in another thread holding that 1lb 4oz gill. You sure had some great looking fish at the shows I used to go to, this Replica Musky is awesome, nice detailed paint work. Do you still go and compete at the Ind. Taxi Shows? The last one I went to was in Terra Haute, I took the 13pt WT Deer showing in my aviatar, believe that was in 96 or 97. Learned allot at those shows, some of the finest Taxidermist from Ind. went to them, includeing you one of the best fish taxis around.
Yeah...the point is you are trying to start something out of nothing. If you are gonig to take the time to post, why not contribute something to the thread intstead of trying to start an argument which is your intent and what you are doing. You fish for musky all the time according to your other posts over the years, so why not contribute? This thread should be right in your wheelhouse. Share some knowledge and add to the discussion like so many others have.