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Location: Madtown, WI | I use to think those were tigers as well...then one time many moons ago at the hot water discharge on monona (which is no longer running) during the spring "run" there was one REALLY barred muskie there that I swore was a tiger. I went back the second day and a REAL tiger was there as was the big barred. Once you see them side by side in the water like that there is NO mistaking it if you ask me.
Reason some of the muskies are barred and others aren't as marked is because being a stocked fishery we get our genitics from SEVERAL different northern WI lakes....hence the variety.
Be curious if the leech lake strain fish will start making the run up in a year or so?!? Anyone see a spot yet 
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Location: The Yahara Chain | As Cory stated, when you see a real Tiger next to a barred musky the differences are obvious. The barred fish are green on the sides and a darker goldish color on the top of their backs. The Tigers look the same top and bottom and the colorization is way different, more of a black color to them.
Here is a small tiger that a friend released a few years ago.
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Location: SE Wisconsin | I have people stopping by my desk at work all the time telling me how beautiful the tigers are in the pictures on my board. . . I tell them, nope, their regular barred musky - just very well defined. Pewaukee fish can be gorgeous - not just the little ones. Just a common misjudge, no big deal. |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | The pictures make great screensavers. I had a Brazilian audit here and the auditors commented on the Wingra Dam on my computer.
Great shots,
Bruce |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Netman - 4/13/2010 5:57 AM
I had a Brazilian audit here
Is that where they pull out your public hairs???? |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | That's good.....sounds like it hurts though. Honestly I have watch the info-commerical on TV for the Brazilian Butt lift (is that a boat lift made in Brazil)? |
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| Excellent pics! That must be a sight to see! Keep them coming!
Mr Musky |
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | Bytor - 4/12/2010 12:58 PM
As Cory stated, when you see a real Tiger next to a barred musky the differences are obvious. The barred fish are green on the sides and a darker goldish color on the top of their backs. The Tigers look the same top and bottom and the colorization is way different, more of a black color to them.
Here is a small tiger that a friend released a few years ago.
u mean like this?
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| muskie! nut - 4/13/2010 8:18 AM
Netman - 4/13/2010 5:57 AM
I had a Brazilian audit here
Is that where they pull out your public hairs????
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
That's a hall of fame post right there... |
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| Sheesh...all this talk of Tiger's in the Madison chain and here I thought this one just forgot to connect the dots.
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Location: S.Wisconsin | Thats a pretty BIG leech laker  Did it pull you in? LoL |
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| I'm guessing that is from the first or second year stocked. Does anyone how big the leech lake strain that was stocked in 2005 is now? |
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| I will go thru my notes to check the length tomorrow but that one is from last year on the Madison chain |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | jkslayer135 - 4/13/2010 9:15 PM
I'm guessing that is from the first or second year stocked. Does anyone how big the leech lake strain that was stocked in 2005 is now?
They were not PIT tagged and I can't remember if we fin clipped them or not. I'm thinking no. Besides, the pics I've seen rarely clearly notice that we could tell that they were clipped. My guess is this year, if you caught one it would be around 40 inches. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Jay the Lipper - I think he does mean like that. Fish on the left is true tiger |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | Great pix guys! thanks for posting them |
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| I am among the many that enjoy these pics every year.
I am wondering, the most I seem to count is 13 fish? Are there actually more than that up there at one time or is that about the maximum number you see?
And another question, do they actually try and facilitate the run or are they trying to stop the run with this dam? My understanding was that the fish used to clear the dam in numbers, did they also make a return trip or were they lakebound once they cleared the barrier?
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Location: Yahara River Chain | As I understand these fish travel all up and down the chain we will know more as we get PIT scanners into the club's member hands. This barrier now is two things, 1) a little tougher to clear hence the number stacking up below the dam, and 2) they are easier to see as the water directly below the cascading water is shallower. I'm sure that they are not lake bound once they get into Wingra. If they were we would have very outstanding fishing, while fishing is good at times, it use to be better when the DNR heavily stocked it. These fish also migrate up the Yahara and try to get into Mendota as well. I got a call earlier this week from Mike and he counted 5 below the lock at Tenny Park. The locks will sometimes kill these fish as Mike has seen several of them dead in past years. |
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | firstsixfeet - 4/15/2010 6:14 AM
I am among the many that enjoy these pics every year.
I am wondering, the most I seem to count is 13 fish? Are there actually more than that up there at one time or is that about the maximum number you see?
And another question, do they actually try and facilitate the run or are they trying to stop the run with this dam? My understanding was that the fish used to clear the dam in numbers, did they also make a return trip or were they lakebound once they cleared the barrier?
i counted 28 diffrent fish 1 day last week and i know there was more then that. the pics are almost all from one side of the dam and i know they do the samething on both sides so its safe to say that theres alot more then 28 fish at once.
i have seen as many as 10 fish go back over the dam in a day. i have even seen the same fish jump the dam and go back over twice in one day.
as for trying to stop then, they would have had to make the dam higer then it is. when it rained it rasied the water so it was easy for them to make the jump but now it has gone about a foot down so they just hang out and wait for the rain. but i have seen fish jump 5-6' stright out the water at the old dam so it cant stop them if try hard enough, they can make it. |
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| I took my 5 yr old up there yesterday and we saw about 30 fish total, but no more than about 5 at once. It comes and goes as far as how many fish sit there it seemed. Most of the fish we saw were mid-upper 30s and 3 that were pushing 44. I was shocked by the amount of people that were there watching the fish. I spent about an hour there in the morning and afternoon and was about 12-15 people on average the whole time. Only saw 3 fish try and jump, none of them made it.
Here's a link to the photos if anyone wants to check them out.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=13954&id=1763850550&l=8fe4b82...
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