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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Thought this was very neat to share. My sister sent these pictures and message:
Hey Bro,
Doug and I were at Cabelas in Pennsylvania last weekend and were checking out the large fish tanks they have. In one of the tanks were literally hundreds of baby muskys. I immediately thought of you and snapped the attached pictures. Inside the tank was a large net full of bait fish. Most of the baby muskys were congregating around these bait fish just waiting for the dinner bell to be rung. It was really interesting to watch them and see just how intense their prey drive is. Even though they couldn't get to their dinner just yet, it didn't stop them from trying to attack them at just about any movement. Enjoy the pictures...wish you could have been there to see them yourself!!
Love, Sis
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Location: syracuse indiana | wow thats cool thanks vince. too bad we cant get the hammond cabela's to do that.. but they do have one in the tank, that is doing very good too |
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Location: Maryland | Which PA Cabelas is that Vince? That is very good. |
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| It was in Hamburg Pennsylvania...
The pictures just do not do it justice. There were so many - had to have been hundreds in that tank, if not a few thousand. Most of which were trying their best to break through the net to get to the bait fish. I sure would have liked to have been there when they rang the dinner bell...now THAT would have been a sight!
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Hamburg, PA |
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Location: Valpo IN | Very cool of cabela`s too offer them the tank. |
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Location: Passaic, NJ - Upper French River, ON | This was a couple of weeks ago. I asked them to place some more baitfish in the tank.
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| your gonna have that when theres thousands of muskies in a tank
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Location: Hugo, MN | Muskies don't eat Muskies! C'mon we can all clearly see that was a Walleye he was eating! |
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Location: Land of the Musky | lehighmuskies - 10/29/2011 6:16 PM
your gonna have that when theres thousands of muskies in a tank
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Location: Collegeville Pa | Hi all,
A little more info on this project / cooperative at the Hamburg Cabela’s store.
MI50 Club President Jeremy Kern visited the Cabela’s store earlier this year and after much discussion and negotiation, was able to secure 1 of the 3 aquariums as a hatchery for raising pure bred muskies from fingerling size to hopefully yearling sized fish(12-18”). The MI50 club, with the help of the PA Fish and Boat Commission has developed a really strong pure bred musky population in a local lake, March Creek, that previously contained only Tiger Muskies. In 2005 the club purchased 550 14-18” fingerlings from WI. The following year, 700 same sized fish were purchased also from WI. VHS halted the program for a couple of years, although the lake was stocked with PA raised fish. Last fall, we stocked 300 18-20” Leech Lakers from MN.
The results have been fantastic. We are now seeing fish in the 41” to 43” range. The Leech Lakers have been caught in the mid to upper 20” range. To put it in perspective, for the last 2 club tournaments, 24 fish have been registered, and 22 have been pure bred muskies. Considering the state stocks 2500+ Tigers each year, this is proof, at least to the members of MI50, that the lake is much better suited to pure bred muskies versus Tiger muskies.
The fish currently in Cabela’s, approximately 1500 or so in numbers, will be stocked at both Marsh Creek and some additional waters we have received approval for. While not everyone is happy (bass/panfish guys in particular), the lake is now drawing anglers from all over eastern PA and New Jersey.
I was actually at the store today and the tank had 2 rows of people looking at the fish. Of course it helped that they had just dumped in a bunch of minnows!! People were fascinated by the fish and the feeding frenzy! Of course it also helps that there is a 47” in the tank across the hall so people can see the before and hopefully, after!
We have other pics and info on our website – www.mi50.com if anybody is interested.
Thanks
Greg Ridge – MI50 Club Treasurer.
Edited by River_Muskies 10/30/2011 6:52 PM
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Greg...that is awesome! You need to get some video and post it here when they are feeding!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Shoepack | River_Muskies - 10/30/2011 6:51 PM
Hi all,
A little more info on this project / cooperative at the Hamburg Cabela’s store.
MI50 Club President Jeremy Kern visited the Cabela’s store earlier this year and after much discussion and negotiation, was able to secure 1 of the 3 aquariums as a hatchery for raising pure bred muskies from fingerling size to hopefully yearling sized fish(12-18”). The MI50 club, with the help of the PA Fish and Boat Commission has developed a really strong pure bred musky population in a local lake, March Creek, that previously contained only Tiger Muskies. In 2005 the club purchased 550 14-18” fingerlings from WI. The following year, 700 same sized fish were purchased also from WI. VHS halted the program for a couple of years, although the lake was stocked with PA raised fish. Last fall, we stocked 300 18-20” Leech Lakers from MN.
The results have been fantastic. We are now seeing fish in the 41” to 43” range. The Leech Lakers have been caught in the mid to upper 20” range. To put it in perspective, for the last 2 club tournaments, 24 fish have been registered, and 22 have been pure bred muskies. Considering the state stocks 2500+ Tigers each year, this is proof, at least to the members of MI50, that the lake is much better suited to pure bred muskies versus Tiger muskies.
The fish currently in Cabela’s, approximately 1500 or so in numbers, will be stocked at both Marsh Creek and some additional waters we have received approval for. While not everyone is happy (bass/panfish guys in particular), the lake is now drawing anglers from all over eastern PA and New Jersey.
I was actually at the store today and the tank had 2 rows of people looking at the fish. Of course it helped that they had just dumped in a bunch of minnows!! People were fascinated by the fish and the feeding frenzy! Of course it also helps that there is a 47” in the tank across the hall so people can see the before and hopefully, after!
We have other pics and info on our website – www.mi50.com if anybody is interested.
Thanks
Greg Ridge – MI50 Club Treasurer.
congratulations on your recent success. i hope the program continues to grow! |
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| Are those fish in a tank of their own or a divided section from a larger tank shared with other fish? |
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| It's a separate 10,000 gallon tank. There are a few sunnys, small catfish, and goldfish too. The filtration system is amazing, anyone into fish tanks would be impressed. Greg said it right, everyone loves the musky tank! |
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | nothing wrong with a tank of little muskys. hopefully those will be 50" some day. |
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| hey y'all the muskies inc people told me about this thread so i thought i'd check it out. very cool to read. i actually work for cabela's so i see them 5 days a week lol... awesome to watch them grow and i've actually fed them a few times myself. love all the interest y'all should stop in and check them out (they're about 8-10" now). one last thing, muskies like any predator WILL eat each other i've seen them do it, however if there is ample food they prefer the minows
great pics by the way don't forget the rest of the "kids". we have a 46 lb flat head catfish along a 37 pounder, a 20 lb largemouth bass among other cool fish. my personal favorite is our red tail catfish, she's about 2 1/2 feet and i'd guess 25+ lbs (no one has weighed her to my knowledge)... anyways have a happy and if you can stop on in! |
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| mgh221 - 10/3/2012 8:46 PM
...a 20 lb largemouth bass...
I know this is a muskie forum, but you have got to post a picture of that fish!!!
Edited by Lucky Craft Man 10/3/2012 10:35 PM
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| X2!! |
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| I would love to see a picture of a 20lb bass. |
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| next time im in there ill get a pic an put one up if someone dont beat me to it |
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Location: South Bend, Indiana | That's awesome!! Better than the tooth-less muskie in hammond |
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| I have a bunch of pics of them and the big musky in the shared tank. It really is neat. There is a largemouth in that shared tank that is just flat out ridiculous. I'll see if I can get some pics up. |
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Location: Syracuse, Indiana | Great job Muskies, Inc. and Cabela's! Now how do we get Cabela's to include the Muskies, Inc. logo on the wall near their check-outs? |
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Pretty cool |
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