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06/28/2021 04:18PM
I have been searching for most of the species up here in the north and i have my eyes set on muskies now after have a few great days of walleye and pike im now on the look out for a big northern musky. Any good spots or tips would be greatly appreciated
06/29/2021 08:54AM
The DNR stocked musky's in east pike lake many years ago , there maybe some natural breeding as i have heard of some people actually hooking into some , last survey of 2002 did net a 40-44" musky , otherwise i dont think there's many other choices in the BWCA
keep your line wet, good things will happen
06/30/2021 01:42PM
shock: " The DNR stocked musky's in east pike lake many years ago , there maybe some natural breeding as i have heard of some people actually hooking into some , last survey of 2002 did net a 40-44" musky , otherwise i dont think there's many other choices in the BWCA"
+1 East Pike is the only lake that has ever been stocked for Muskie and they stopped that a long time ago. I’d agree that Vermillion is probably your best shot.
Tony
Tony
06/30/2021 02:04PM
GopherAdventure: "shock: " The DNR stocked musky's in east pike lake many years ago , there maybe some natural breeding as i have heard of some people actually hooking into some , last survey of 2002 did net a 40-44" musky , otherwise i dont think there's many other choices in the BWCA"
+1 East Pike is the only lake that has ever been stocked for Muskie and they stopped that a long time ago. I’d agree that Vermillion is probably your best shot.
Tony"
They stocked Maniwaki lake-lake north of Hope lake in about 1969-one time
07/06/2021 01:41PM
I wish I would have taken a picture but I am pretty sure I caught a Tiger Muskie on Knife Lake. Was fishing off a rock face and this fish followed the lure right up and took it at the last second. My friend I was with said he thought it might be a muskie, I didn't think much of it because I thought it was just a northern except it had a horizontal stripe pattern. Was fairly small but who knows!
07/06/2021 03:41PM
I hooked a musky on East Pike Lake. Lost it right by the boat when I bent down to get my net and gave a bit of slack and got sliced off. Saw it decently well. Was over 36" and fought like only a musky can do. Prob was circa 2006. Darn it!
07/07/2021 06:44AM
scat: "I hooked a musky on East Pike Lake. Lost it right by the boat when I bent down to get my net and gave a bit of slack and got sliced off. Saw it decently well. Was over 36" and fought like only a musky can do. Prob was circa 2006. Darn it! "thats interesting scat , from what i've read , musky's were only stocked in 1977 , DNR did net a 24lb in 2002 and you caught that one , tells me there is definitely natural breeding going on.
as far as musky in Knife lake ? i guess anything is possible with all the waterways and other natural occurrences , but i'd have to see it to believe it, especially a tiger !
pic of a pike with some good stripes .
keep your line wet, good things will happen
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