Michigan Muskie Alliance

Exactly!... sorry for deviating from the original intent of your question!!

One last deviation that some might find interesting - an angler I know very well has boated 3 muskies while salmon fishing in Pere Marquette Lake over the past few years. The first was caught before Hamlin was stocked (so not a spillover), and all were heavily spotted. So they ARE out there! It would be interesting if the population is actually closer to 'fishable' in PM than the other drowned mouths. Speaking from experience, fishing areas that aren't fishable is not very exciting!

Pete wrote:One last deviation that some might find interesting - an angler I know very well has boated 3 muskies while salmon fishing in Pere Marquette Lake over the past few years. The first was caught before Hamlin was stocked (so not a spillover), and all were heavily spotted. So they ARE out there! It would be interesting if the population is actually closer to 'fishable' in PM than the other drowned mouths. Speaking from experience, fishing areas that aren't fishable is not very exciting!

There are some drowned rivermouth lakes that have better populations than others. The one thing the better ones seem to have in common is that they are closer to Green Bay. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they only have muskies because of the stocking Wisconsin has done but that hasn't hurt things either. Once you get north of Spring Lake you'll find that all the muskies will be of the spotted variety.

Anything is possible, and life seems to always find a way (albeit lately, the life that's finding a way, unfortunately are those of the wrong and problematic species), but i read once that fertilized fish egs can be transplanted from lake to lake, in the plumage of waterfowl.

That's one of the great things about fishing... you never know what you're going to catch, anywhere or any time.

I once caught a 30"-ish muskie on the Huron River, in Island Lake rec area, while fishing for bass and panfish.

elk_n_esox_baby wrote:I once caught a 30"-ish muskie on the Huron River, in Island Lake rec area, while fishing for bass and panfish.

Sometime in the last 5-6 years?

Nah... that was late 80's early 90's.