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Pinetree
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quote smokedwhitefish: "Even if the caption in the book identified the fish I wouldn't trust it. It says there's steelhead and coho in the BWCA?? Looks more like an uneducated sales pitch than an accurate description of the area...
RM"
When Coho were in and stocking of Lake Superior was going on they stocked Coho in a small lake along the Fernberg. I caught one about 7-8 inches long like in 1970.
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Pinetree
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quote walllee: "I have talked to many old timers about life before the BWCA . Many of these guys would just jump in a plane and go to any lake they damn well pleased. Heard many stories of guys doing their own "stocking" programs. Maybe an old timer released a few Musky in a lake that they thought would be suitable for them in their eyes. Illegal yes, did the old timers care?....some yes, some no.It was wild and crazy times when the Bush Planes become the rage. "
Maniwaki lake east of Insula upstream from Hope was stocked with the Shoepack strain Musky around 1970. I fished the lake like 1989 and caught some nice perch. The lake is shallow and I don't think any are left or survived?
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mastertangler
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quote AndySG: "quote smokedwhitefish: "Even if the caption in the book identified the fish I wouldn't trust it. It says there's steelhead and coho in the BWCA?? Looks more like an uneducated sales pitch than an accurate description of the area...
RM"
Agree. No telling where the photo was taken. The fish in the picture is neither a Musky or a Northern Pike. It is definitely a Redfin Pickerel . I don't think they are native to the BW, but who knows?"
Ha! That was exactly what I first thought........looks a lot like a pickerel to me.
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Pinetree
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Poor picture but looks like a regular northern pike.
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murphylakejim
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quote smokedwhitefish: "Even if the caption in the book identified the fish I wouldn't trust it. It says there's steelhead and coho in the BWCA?? Looks more like an uneducated sales pitch than an accurate description of the area...
RM"
read that caption again carefully. It states that the arrowhead region is home to coho ect....
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AndySG
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quote smokedwhitefish: "Even if the caption in the book identified the fish I wouldn't trust it. It says there's steelhead and coho in the BWCA?? Looks more like an uneducated sales pitch than an accurate description of the area...
RM"
Agree. No telling where the photo was taken. The fish in the picture is neither a Musky or a Northern Pike. It is definitely a Redfin Pickerel . I don't think they are native to the BW, but who knows?
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walllee
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I have talked to many old timers about life before the BWCA . Many of these guys would just jump in a plane and go to any lake they damn well pleased. Heard many stories of guys doing their own "stocking" programs. Maybe an old timer released a few Musky in a lake that they thought would be suitable for them in their eyes. Illegal yes, did the old timers care?....some yes, some no.It was wild and crazy times when the Bush Planes become the rage.
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smokedwhitefish
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Even if the caption in the book identified the fish I wouldn't trust it. It says there's steelhead and coho in the BWCA?? Looks more like an uneducated sales pitch than an accurate description of the area...
RM
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FlambeauForest
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quote Basspro69: "Guys I would bet everything I own that is a musky, my minor in college at the University of Minnesota was fishery biology, and that is a musky the key identifier is in the fins :-)  So tell me what this fish is :-)"
Pike, just like the one in question, fully scaled cheek and top portion of opercle.
The caption for the fish in question doesn't even identify it as a musky... and it's on a stringer. Blurry, but the tail fins are rounded not pointed.
edit: clearly Calhoun Tiger Musky :)
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murphylakejim
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quote FlambeauForest: "quote Basspro69: "Guys I would bet everything I own that is a musky, my minor in college at the University of Minnesota was fishery biology, and that is a musky the key identifier is in the fins :-) So tell me what this fish is :-)"
Pike, just like the one in question, fully scaled cheek and top portion of opercle.
The caption for the fish in question doesn't even identify it as a musky... and it's on a stringer. Blurry, but the tail fins are rounded not pointed. "
Musky, Pike.... the age old debate. We could create a neural network AI to recognize between pike and musky and then we can run this photo through the system lol
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FlambeauForest
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I'll go with Northern Pike for 400 Alex.
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The Great Outdoors
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I caught what I suspect was a Musky on Western Lake over 50 years ago, about 3 pounds?
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FlambeauForest
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Pike. Stripes go away as they mature. But I guess we'll never know unless we can look at the cheek. Tail gives it away for me. Looks like every other snot rocket swimming around no?
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walllee
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quote The Great Outdoors: "I caught what I suspect was a Musky on Western Lake over 50 years ago, about 3 pounds?"
Indeed... my uncle caught one on Western also. It was probably 30 years ago. It was definitely a Musky.
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Basspro69
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quote QueticoMike: "That's a small musky but you can tell it is by the stripes. The blurry picture kind of makes it look like a pike, but it isn't."
You are correct, that is a shoepack strain musky for sure, even though its not the greatest picture.
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FlambeauForest
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Shoepack, Leech, northern, great lakes. Still a pike. I'll wager a dozen Zulus, or 1 lb jumbo leeches. Any takers? I'm sure I could track down a MN biologist who could chime in based on the blurry pic. For the record, winter has arrived my lake skimmed over :(
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HotDog
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Pretty sure that is a pike, not a musky (shoepack notwithstanding). The easiest way to tell is pike have light markings/spots on a dark background, and muskies have dark markings (or none) on a light background. Spots/bars can vary widely in both species, but if the sides are predominantly green with yellow or white markings, it's a pike.
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Basspro69
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Guys I would bet everything I own that is a musky, my minor in college at the University of Minnesota was fishery biology, and that is a musky the key identifier is in the fins :-) So tell me what this fish is :-)
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The Great Outdoors
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Northern Pike :)
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shock
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at first i was thinking pike but doing a close up and seeing the barrs go all the way to the tail and tail fin , i'm saying musky but pike can have stripes (if you will) even older pike , 
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shock
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the double post ?
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murphylakejim
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The caption reads: "Fishing in The Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Fish such as the Muskellunge, Northern Pike,Lake Trout, Steelhead, Coho, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Perch, Crappie, Bluegill and Smelt abound in the waters of the Arrowhead region."
It's cool to see a little evidence that the bwca had or has musky.
  
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QueticoMike
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That's a small musky but you can tell it is by the stripes. The blurry picture kind of makes it look like a pike, but it isn't.
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