Private Northern Illinois Tiger Musky / LL Strain Lakes
MuskyMaciek
Posted 3/22/2021 8:50 AM (#977224)
Subject: Private Northern Illinois Tiger Musky / LL Strain Lakes




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Did any of you ever get to fish these lakes ? I know for most of them you need to be a resident or have permission. I heard some of these lakes produce nice fish for puddle size lakes.
ToddM
Posted 3/22/2021 9:31 AM (#977225 - in reply to #977224)
Subject: Re: Private Northern Illinois Tiger Musky / LL Strain Lakes





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Location: oswego, il		I fished lake Galena once. I was bass fishing it and hooked a 40" tiger on a spinnerbait. Beak hooked and it came off.
ILESOX
Posted 3/23/2021 8:59 PM (#977301 - in reply to #977225)
Subject: Re: Private Northern Illinois Tiger Musky / LL Strain Lakes




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Location: Roscoe IL		i have friends with places on apple canyon. there have been multple 50" muskies caught in there. mostly by guys bass fishing. there are a bunch of these lakes from stephenson east into boone county that have muskies in them
RLSea
Posted 3/24/2021 8:17 PM (#977353 - in reply to #977301)
Subject: Re: Private Northern Illinois Tiger Musky / LL Strain Lakes




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Location: Northern Illinois
ILESOX - 3/23/2021 8:59 PM

i have friends with places on apple canyon. there have been multple 50" muskies caught in there. mostly by guys bass fishing. there are a bunch of these lakes from stephenson east into boone county that have muskies in them


I fish Apple Canyon Lake a lot. I have seen muskies there in the spring trying to spawn on a couple of occasions. And, yes, muskies have been caught there, but it is not a fishable population. It has been 5 years since I have seen muskies in there.
MuskyMaciek
Posted 3/25/2021 9:33 AM (#977365 - in reply to #977353)
Subject: Re: Private Northern Illinois Tiger Musky / LL Strain Lakes




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RLSea - 3/24/2021 8:17 PM

ILESOX - 3/23/2021 8:59 PM

i have friends with places on apple canyon. there have been multple 50" muskies caught in there. mostly by guys bass fishing. there are a bunch of these lakes from stephenson east into boone county that have muskies in them


I fish Apple Canyon Lake a lot. I have seen muskies there in the spring trying to spawn on a couple of occasions. And, yes, muskies have been caught there, but it is not a fishable population. It has been 5 years since I have seen muskies in there.


My guess these LL Strain fish have a higher mortality rate , due to lake structure and etc... and since tigers can't spawn people probably don't catch and release so they are gone.