I go to Oscoda about once a month to see my parents & brothers. Loud (2006) & Cooke (2008) Ponds have had muskie stockings but you will have to wait several years before they are fishable. Your best bet may be to go to Smallwood located just outside Gladwin. I took my brothers there in mid May and we boated 1 muskie and lost another and also caught several nice bass. You could also head north and fish Winyah ('05, '06, & '08 stockings) in Alpena or the Thunder Bay River (GLS) but that will be a little over an hour and your best bet is probably Smallwood. Several years ago someone caught a GLS muskie fishing the mouth of the Tawas River, but the odds of that happening again will probably turn the fish of 10,000 casts into the fish of 1,000,000 casts! There is a launch right next to the bar as you are heading toward Gladwin in the town of White Star on M-61. Good luck trying to get in some muskie fishing.