I'm doing some research on a few lakes, and found that a local musky club purchased 1000 muskies to stock for a total price of $10,000.
The fish were purchased from a Musky farm in Alexandria MN.
Is this something this club has considered as an option pursuing?
Is it not something the DNR is willing to give permits for? Is it not possible for the club to raise that much money?
If you check stocking records there are actually quite a few private stocks of other fish that happens across the state.
Just thinking out loud. [smilie=2c.gif]
Ya, I know that isn't much….I guess I'm just looking at this from a doom and gloom perspective.
Is the stocking program a small enough portion of state funds that it won't get cut entirely? Maybe I'm just worried for nothing.
Was also wondering how we could take a proactive approach to helping resolve some of the issues the DNR has with their Musky Management, as they outlined in the management plan. In the case that funding prevents them from going forward with many of the things in that document.
MMA has been proactive and has been very involved in muskie stocking through partnership the Wolf Lake Hatchery for the last ten years:
- We've helped fund ('02-'07) and been instrumental in transporting spring fingerlings here from Iowa before Wolf Lake had the capability to hatch and raise them from eggs
We help with the egg take at Hudson and Thornapple
We've provided funds for improving lined rearing ponds at Wolf
We've provided money for pellet feed for spring fingerlings
We've provided funds to haul Fall fingerlings here from Indiana
We've provided manpower to help install pond liners and harvest fingerlings to be taken to stock lakes
We've provided funds for pond aerators at Wolf Lake
We've provided funds for solar heaters for the fingerling tubs at the hatchery
We've provided funds to hire an intern to help husband the fingerlings at the hatchery
These funds have come mainly from events like our Banquet, and are undoubtedly the best bang-for-the-buck for our money. Not only has the number of muskies produced been far greater than we'd have gotten if we bought them outright, but the goodwill and close relationship it's engendered with the DNR is PRICELESS. Without our help, there would likely have been years when no muskies were successfully produced at Wolf Lake.
Will Wolf Lake's funding be ended soon? No one knows, but until then we're best served by continuing as we have. Let's look at the bright side: the GLS stocking program will be starting this year, and it someday may lead to many more lakes in MI stocked with muskies. That's something I'd like to see…
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