Quote Originally Posted by fishNnut View Post
Moose, IDNR have stocked musky in a stripper pit north of Vincennes for several years. The lake is not nearly as big as the two in Bluegrass and not nearly as deep, but the musky have done pretty well. I think the biologist said the biggest he has seen in there is 42".

I talked with my friend last summer, who owns the lodge we visit in Ontario, and he told me that they will grow to their surroundings. Although for southern Indiana standards, the musky will be nice, he said you will probably never pull out a fat 50"er.
I don't understand why Southern Indiana would be any less productive for Musky growth than central Kentucky. Cave run has Musky with many caught each year over 50 inches.

I think the true fact is that you have to pick your poison. If you want to be a musky lake you have to put the resources behind it with stocking programs that insure there are enough fish to make it. Cave Run is still stocked every year.

I am not a biologist or a hatchieries expert, but I thought that Musky need deep moving water to be able to spawn, while northern could spawn in a non river based lake. I thought Tiger Musky were the answer for non river based systems.