Cumberland walleye

[fishincreek]

So there is more than one strain of muskie?

[LarryG]

I'll bet there are at least three strains of musky. the tiger musky is a hybrid, the true northern strain of musky was almost fished down sothe tiger was a short cut, I think the southern strain that was native to some of the southern rivers is different from the ones up north. About those ice bound poor northern fishermen, Well let me tell you something, a lot of them park their Lunds, get out the snow mobiles,hook up the portable ice fishing sheds, and they fish like crazy. Some of the large northern lakes are fished just as hard during the winter, as the summer. and in some cases the fishing is better. At least it used to be till the ice fleas started to come out. Ice fleas? yes thats the same as southern jet skiers.

[fishincreek]

A tiger muskie is actually a cross between a muskie and a pike, which makes it a totally different fish rather than a strain. More info on muskie:



http://www.muskie411.com/fishid.html

[WIZARD]

From what I have read on some other sites, and in Esox Angler, there is also a Wisconsin strain, a Minnesota strain and I believe that they are even genetically different from the musky New York area as well as Canada.