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| Hey guys,
With all the talk around about stocking new lakes how about stocking a lake that already has muskies but does not get fished for them?
Lake Minnewaska in Glenwood has muskies which only the locals know about and catch from time to time, usually from their docks on the east end. Plenty of access to the lake, not overly crowded like the Brainerd area and plenty of food and acres to grow big. Also the fisheries office right there.
Any thoughts?? |
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| My first thought is that now more than just the locals know about it if they didn't already.
My second thought is, if it already has muskies but does't get fished then why stock it? (And what's the current state of the resident population as it is now? It may be right where it needs to be.) If it's already got fish that don't get fished, why put more in to not get fished when you could put them (and the money) into a lake that needs stocked for any one of a hundred reasons? That's kinda like putting a new motor and tires on a car that runs fine but never gets driven. |
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Location: Lake Minnetonka | Absolutely, 100% AGREE!! It is a perfect lake for muskie stocking. I actually mentioned it to one of the people in charge of identifying new lakes a couple months ago. He didn't know much about the lake, but I think it would be great! |
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| So thanks for the tip! Im now making a trip to fish this secret honey hole! thanks for the tip I love fishing lakes that dont get fished much!
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Location: Minnesota | How do you know the original poster isn't just posting that up for laughs. He's probably one of the lake residents and will be sitting on his dock, laughing hysterically when people start coming by hucking big lures all day long.
He might even say, "I saw a guy catch one right over there just two days ago. Musta' been fiddy inches long, I tell you what."
Edited by lhprop1 7/29/2011 10:03 AM
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Location: Rhinelander | I'm a WI guy but spent 2.5 years working in that area....Benson and Morris.
Fished this lake some and being an avid musky fisherman explored the possibilties......there is a very, very small population of musky. Talked with a lot of good local fisherman and this was confirmed of the low number of musky.
In my opinion this lake would respond well to stocking, the current population really isn't worth fishing considering the other lakes in the area. |
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Location: Tonka, MN | lhprop1 - 7/29/2011 9:53 AM
How do you know the original poster isn't just posting that up for laughs. He's probably one of the lake residents and will be sitting on his dock, laughing hysterically when people start coming by hucking big lures all day long.
He might even say, "I saw a guy catch one right over there just two days ago. Musta' been fiddy inches long, I tell you what."
Ha, I will be up there for some business over the weekend so Ill let ya know what the locals are saying 
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Cisco's and sheepshead. I like the forage base for sure! |
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| HA!!
As funny as IHPROP'S scenario would be hodag hunter hit it right on!
I live in the ST Cloud area (was local for 15 yrs) so Miltona or Mille lacs are the best in my area but Minnewaska would be a killer new lake.
Not sure why it has muskies or why the population is low but it is a big fish producer for other species. Seven miles of weed beds and gravel/sand to fish.
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Location: oswego, il | Plenty of stocking opportunities in minnesota. One cool thing would be to have a group of lakes in southern minnsota, like alot of the bullhead rich dishpan lakes and have no closed season during open water. Lakes like crane and kabetogema on the list and maybe one or two in the sly area. |
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| geez the word is out on Minnewaska,,hopefully it dosent get out on loring park |
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| Just an FYI, this lake gets speared HEAVILY. So obviously some muskie lakes do ok with some spearing still in place but there aren't too many lakes in MN that get speared as mush as this lake does. Good luck with that. |
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| As a local resident of Lake Minnewaska, I know a little about the Muskies here. I believe that they were stocked here many years ago for a short time, but am not sure why it ended. I have not personally never caught or seen one on the lake but do know of some upper 40" fish at least that have been caught and released. This lake is a very good fishery for walleye, pike, bass and pan fish, and people travel from quite an area to fish it. I would love to see this lake as a muskie fishery, but I would be very hesitant to start throwing that idea around here locally as the locals mostly count only walleyes in their sleep. I think there would be a huge opposition to introduce a population of muskies into this lake. This may be true anywhere, to some degree but I feel this could be different. The local lake associations' bumper sticker even reads "i bought stock in Minnewaska Walleyes!" I mean I am happy for all the people in support of maintaining this great lake, but their purpose is to stock walleyes....and i think we all know that many a walleye guy do not see eye to eye with a muskie guy. I feel like all the statistics, dnr support, musky support would never be able to overcome the opposition. I'd love for someone to tell me I am dead wrong...but this is my feeling is that, "politically" there are probably better lakes out there.
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Location: Coon Rapids, MN | I believe that they stopped stocking the lake due to the opposition from the local walleye fisherman. I thought that is was only Tiger muskies that they stocked in the lake but I could be wrong. I have spent a lot of time on the lake fishing bass and I have only seen 1 Muskie. The fish I was back when they were stocking the lake. I think it would be a good lake for it but the locals are dedicated walleye fisherman so it will be hard to get it approved. |
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Location: Lake Minnetonka | Maybe we should try some lakes in South Dakota...  |
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| I live in the area. and if I remember right they quit stocking muskies in there in 1977. and I also have fished it for muskies and the numbers are low. very low . but I have seen a few and caught a few also . ( years past. ) if you are going to fish muskies it worth the gas money to go to the alex lakes . 100 % better chance to catch one.... I would love to see it stocked again thou..... |
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| I just found this post and it makes me laugh because I was at this lake this past weekend for the festival and on Friday I saw a boat casting big lures for skis... maybe they saw this post!! |
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| They cast the big lures on the Glenwood end of the lake for big Northerns. that is what they were doing. it works great there. alot of nice fish in there when the water is flowing out of the tiles after the rains we have had . I do it myself from time to time. so anyway they might not look as stupid as you think ...... |
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| bumleg - 8/2/2011 4:58 PM
They cast the big lures on the Glenwood end of the lake for big Northerns. that is what they were doing. it works great there. alot of nice fish in there when the water is flowing out of the tiles after the rains we have had . I do it myself from time to time. so anyway they might not look as stupid as you think ......
AHH makes more sense now. I noticed a big double bladed bucktail so automatically assumed musky fisherman. And it was on the glenwood side so you're right on bumleg. To be fair they still looked stupid to me... but really I am the stupid one not knowing what they were actually doing. |
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| the sunburg kerk murdock fishing guys just had there northern league there last week there were 7 northerns over 30 inches caught and one over 40 inches . 42 inches is what it was.. and a lot of high 20s great night for the league dream night they said ( kerkhoven banner ) has article on it. I know most of the guys fishing it and alot of them throw muskie baits for the Northerns. By the way I now it looks stupid by you should try it its FUNNNNNNNNNNN. |
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| I have fished minnewaska and have family up there.
My grandpa told me they kill the muskies there because they like to do a lot of perch fishing, which i can believe, because they fish for food and muskies eat all of it. so they don't want them in the lake. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | No, the FISHERMEN eat all the 'food'. Just count the Perch in the boat at the end of the day and multiply times trips per year. Gee, where'd all the Perch go? |
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| I find it interesting that all of these MN fisherman are dead set against putting Muskies in their lake. How many of those lakes are already infested with hammerhandle pike? As if a Musky every acre or two is going to make any difference. |
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