Muskie at KY Lake?

[freeves]

Was bass fishing today at KY Lake on the LBL side near Colsons Bay. My buddy hooked 2 fish that looked like muskies. Both were in the 15-20 inch range and cut the line before we could net them. I am confident they were not grass pickerel as their snouts were not that elongated, but wondered if anyone ever catches any muskie in the lake. Several years ago I caught a similar fish in Rhodes Bay.

[SlopFishin]

I've caught a bunch of them at KY Lake. I think they're called pickerel (sp?).

[Bullet21]

Are you sure it wasnt a gar?

[dew32202]

pikerel had one yesterday in vickers

[bje]

I seem to remember hearing of a muskie caught at Cypress several years ago, Dave Stewart may be able to confirm or refute this.

[Danny]

Muskie, if I remember correctly, have a much more rounded snout. Darrell, that fish you caugh had the elongated snout. The original poster said that the snout was not that elongated. So maybe....

I know once on Lake Malone I saw a pair of 36 inch fish swimming and they had that rounded snout. I'm pretty sure they were muskie. I don't know if there is a population of them there, or if someone just release a couple. I know I've not seen anymore, but then I rarely, EVER, went back to Malone.

Danny

[MarkW]

May have been a short nosed gar. I have seen them at KY lake before. I was used to seeing the long nosed type on the Ohio river and never saw the short nosed one til I was at KY lake.