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Dan stocked Musky in Bluegrass F&W pits. They are now being stocked in Bluegrass Pit, Loon Pit and since Otter Pit is connected to both Loon and Bluegrass it may contain some musky too. At times of flooding the Musky could reach the Ohio River someday. Any fish that swims in the Ohio River could potentially swim up Pigeon Creek and Bluegrass Creek into these pits when the Ohio River is well above flood stage.

Do you think that a Musky could live in our Ohio River in this area?

I saw one of the small Musky when they first started stocking Bluegrass Pit. It was only about 12" long. It was along the bank by the Concrete Launch ramp at Bluegrass's south parking lot.
Musky are notorious for going over spillways. At Kincaid in Illinois, they put in a holding area under the dam to they could catch them and put them back. If there is any tributary with a spillway, Musky are going over the spillway, they love current and are fearless in their pursuits.

Fishing in rivers in Wisconsin for smallmouth, I have had the same Musky come up and look at me cast after cast, like it was a game. They don't appear to have fear of man at all, and many times hit right at the boat after following several casts. They are fearless or stupid, whatever you want to call it.

A great place to go Musky fishing coming up is in December at the Lake Shelbyville spillway. When the water is churning the musky come all the way up to the dam. I have a friend who bags a couple nice ones every year over there. He also fishes down at Dugger Unit of Green Sullivan, and I seen him catch 2 big ones in one day there.

I only catch the smaller ones for some reason, but did land a 42" musky this June up in the UP of Michigan border lakes with Wisconsin. My biggest freshwater fish ever.

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