Thought the bluegrass guys would like this

[Stevens]

Yeah, iduno if its anymore of a problem than other places in the state. I guess there just experimenting on bluegrass. We'll see if it actually cuts back on the number of shad. And i caught it on a lipless

[JustinM]

For how small bluegrass is there are a ton of Shad. Was that you coming into the H as I was leaving Stevens?

[Stevens]

I was on Loon, I like loon a little more but i do fish bluegrass pit too. Whats your boat look like? Ill keep an eye out

[JustinM]

Tan fisher or a tracker.

[SteveM4A1]

I was on Loon, I like loon a little more but i do fish bluegrass pit too. Whats your boat look like? Ill keep an eye out

agreed. i catch my bigger girls out of loon too. and the muskie stocked in bluegrass are traditional muskie, not the hybrid tiger, right?

[JustinM]

I've heard they are tiger Muskie but I am unsure of that.

[SteveM4A1]

the DNR report just said muskellunge, so i just kinda figured they were not hybrids..

[idbefishing]

That fish appears to be a tiger. From what I understand about stocking of muskie is that they don't put it in lake that can't support natural spawning. I think Southern Indiana is far from being suitable for that.

[Stevens]

Well tiger muskies are a hybrid of pike and muskie and they are usually infertile anyway. I'm guessing they are just muskie, the signs at the boat ramps say muskellunge and i havnt read anything about tiger muskie anywhere. Even so, I'm not sure why southern Indiana wouldnt have the right breeding grounds, strip pits are usually stable and these particular ones have plenty of shallow backwaters and aquatic vegetation. Not saying that i totally agree with the stocking tho, because if the goal is to grow bigger panfish, i just dont see it happening. Most experiments like this havnt had the results dnr's have wished for. We might get a good muskie fishery but i dont know if this is going to do what its designed to do.

[RiverRunt]

A DNR Officer spoke at one of the Evansville Fly Rod Club meetings a couple of years ago, about 12-18 months, after they had stocked the Bluegrass Pits. At that time, they expected it to be a put and take fisher for the muskies. One of the reasons given was the overall water quality.

[JustinM]

I wanted to find out for sure so I talked to the property manager. They are regular Muskie. They are stocked at the rate of 5 per acre per year. Their growth rate is above expectations. He said the growth rate is the highest that has been experienced south of Indy. Biggest confirmed fish was 32". Good info.

[Musky Tom]

I wanted to find out for sure so I talked to the property manager. They are regular Muskie. They are stocked at the rate of 5 per acre per year. Their growth rate is above expectations. He said the growth rate is the highest that has been experienced south of Indy. Biggest confirmed fish was 32". Good info.

Thought you guys may enjoy this link regarding Muskys at Webster lake (Northwest indiana).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LypFrVuHkQ