I've seen a Musky on the wall in Parsley's Sport shop in Newaygo a million times…never looked till the other day at the plaque. It was caught in Hardy Pond (state record from the 60's?). so I am curious, was there a plant a long time ago…or are we talking a small population…I hear of people saying they catch them, but have never seen proof.
Anyhow it would be an interesting managment opportunity, and those pesky 14 1/2" walleyes need some competition!
and if there is a population I am sure it would be of needle and haystack type proportions, but this blind squirell wouldn't mind trying to find some nuts…And there are some nice pike that i am sure would love some bigger than normal presentations 😀
it would be a small chance of finding anything in there. I believe it was stocked a long time ago from reading different plant info a while back.
I know from going to ferris a lot of people that fished the muskegon and hardy etc.. up there that have caught 40 inch pike and bigger, but don't hear much about muskies
Both Hardy and Croton hold some MASSIVE pike……I"ve witnessed several from Croton (pictures from a family cottage form the 60s to current). Have also heard rumors from that same clan, however don't know about any history of stocking…..someone else can chime in on that, but its a big river with dams….things get trapped. It wouldnt be the only dam pond with ski's, have no idea as to numbers, but I'm sure they are extremely low, if any….
The plaque may have said croton…either way, same river same general idea. I have seen some massive pike out of there through the ice, I can never seem to get them in the summer, so thats the new goal. I learned my lesson on the difference of flouro line and flouro leader material on a tip-up and 45" northern that i was able to measure as it layed under the clear 3" ice I shouldn't have been on, and then could not get thru the hole! that obviously ended badly.
Once upon a time the drowned river mouth rivers had GLS including the Muskegon River system. When the dams were put in, the river flows altered, and the Muskegon Lake shorelines filled in the GLS gradually disappeared. My father and uncle still caught occasional muskie through 1930s and 1940s. I have no word on the history of the last GLS being caught above the dams.
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