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Posts: 2894 Location: Yahara River Chain | By Gerard Hellenbrand Olin Launch, Lake Monona – On November 2, 2015 the Capital City Chapter of Muskies, Inc. had a shipment of Leech Lake Strain muskies delivered to Lake Monona from the Minnesota Muskie Farm. The day was very sunny and air temps at 70 with strong southwest winds. That’s a far cry from the day we tagged two years ago where we had to be cautious of ice on the ramp. The MN Muskie Farm truck arrived at about noon and the WDNR was ready to go and do the PIT tagging. After setting up a holding net in the lake, we were able to transfer the fish from the truck to the holding net. Then the fish were drugged, fin clipped, PIT tagged, then measured. The fish were then placed into a large tank until they come out of the effects of drug. Then they were transported to another large tank in the WDNR boat and when enough were in the tank, motored out to weedy areas of the lake and set free. The WDNR staff on hand was Tim Simonson, Kurt Welke, Mike Rennicke, Lori Tate, Heidi Nelson, Bradd Sims, Kim Kuber, and Iyob Tsehaye. We also had some help from club members like Dave Lundey, Brett Cook, Duffy Kopf. Geoff Crandall, Lee Bartolini, Gerard Hellenbrand, and Gary Hoffman plus a good support of on lookers. In the end we PIT tagged 501 muskies that averaged 11.6 inches and the largest was 14.5 (and there were several around that size). It was noted that this year’s stock was much larger than the past few years They were placed into the lake and we did see one grabbed by a seagull and a few more may have also been taken by gulls. We had a maybe 4 or 5 that escaped the handling process prior to tagging. You know those muskies, somehow manage to get away. The Capital City Chapter would like to thank the WDNR staff for their help on this and the generous support received by its members and sponsors/donors. Attachments ----------------  llstockig1unloading.jpg (89KB - 326 downloads) llstocking5pittagging.jpg (62KB - 317 downloads) llstocking8wanding.jpg (63KB - 313 downloads) llstocking9davel.jpg (170KB - 325 downloads) llstocking10gardh.jpg (135KB - 321 downloads) | ||
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