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Location: Algonquin, ILL | I was watching a show on TV the other day about modern day animals and when they first appeared in the chain of evolution. So I was wondering, How long ago did the Muskie as we know it today appear in the chain of evolution ?
Please no religious debates just want to know when our fish of choice first appeared in the form as we know it.
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Location: Washington, PA | I think Noah ran trolling rods, but not in northern wisconsin.
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| Actually, Noah did troll in Northern Wisc. and when God asked him what the heck he was doing, he replied "I'm sorry, I forgot which lake I was on."
This article gives a little detail on northerns
http://www.esoxecosse.com/pike%20facts.htm
Edited by twitcher 4/28/2004 11:33 AM
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Location: Racine, Wi | That was an excellent article. In reading it, one question arose. If a female pike eates her mates after spawning, that would be a pretty good meal. Likewise, if the musky does the same, (not sure if they do) that would mean that they would chase big baits soon after spawning. Hmmmmmmmm. 22" Wabulls? |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Our local chapter chairman did a piece on just that a while ago if I remember it was over 100 millions years ago. There were some esox even before most other fish. Kinda cool to look at fossils that old and the bone structure is the same as our fish of today. He also said they were close relatives of the mud minnow. |
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Location: Racine WI | I've read that they were originally an ocean fish (less saline back then) and isolated relic populations were left behind and separated in the formation of lakes/river systems caused by the withdrawal of the last major glaciation, which covered most of the classic muskie territory. That would be tens, though not hundreds, of thousands of years ago, and is the supposed origin of the different "strains" of muskellunge, like spotted and Great Lakes. The ancestral long, toothy predator fish goes much much further back. Someday I've gotta go barracuda fishing. Even the average ones would be trophy 'skis. |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Thanks Guys, I thought this would be an interesting topic as we wait for the S. Wisc opener
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | If you adeed Sponger's, First Six Feet's, Steve Van Lieshout's, Teck's and my total years of age there were none before that.  |
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| Gooder one dude! Throw in Mikie and Mauser age wise and it'll take you back past the era when the earth was a formless void; physically of course, w/ the remote possibility that a mental adage might also be applied. One good thing about "mental devoidation" is the fact that there is more room for the storation of pertinent information and dispertion of said knowledge, leading one to wonder if be wrapped too tight might not be as bad as the shock therapy peeps would have us believe. Therefore in conclusion, God Save The Queen! |
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Muskie Age ?