Tiger Muskies-Curlew Lake

[teal101]

I have talked with owners at Black. Back when they were first going to introduce the muskies in early 2000's they kept saying it was for the Mill foil problem, we were like "what." I not against the introduction of them, it just that Teal 101 was all fired up over it and I wanted to push back someone to see why they are really in their. Honestly I have no info on them either way except for what Teal 101 provided me with and I am glad someone did. Only problem I can see is how big do they really get? Yeah I know they are sterile which is a good thing. I not bashing the fish, I was playing devils advocate on this. I have heard this crap from so many people on why they are their and why they shouldn't be.

The milfoil thing is one of the big reasons I fired back.  Mis-information like that spreads rumors and false beliefs.  I'd hate for people to have a false understanding of these very important fish, so I rebutted with s much scientific info as i have.  My goal is accomplished in the fact that you have new material to read and understand to further your knowledge about the Tigers.

Generally they wont get above 55-56" in this state, 30-40lbs.  They do not live as long as a true Muskie.

I have caught 3 muskies in two years their. Two of them were 34-38" and we landed a huge one when I was bass fishing, I thought I had snagged a log. That one was 48" and we let them all go, so I hope you are happy TEAL 101. I am not going to kill them, I wouldn't even want to eat them and I am not a trophy fisherman. I like fishing for Kings anyway, and they likely taste better.

Congrats, those are trophy fish.  I'm currently chasing the kings and metalheads too on the Columbia

TEAL 101
no hard feelings  , but once you started the pushback I wanted to see how much info. you had on the topic. From the way you were responding I knew you knew something about the issue. Look, I wasn't even trying to find anything about them, because I never provided you with any articles (only had the ones from you). I guess you know a lot more than I do about muskies. I could care less that they put them in their, and hopefully there is no repercussion with them in the future. I have not had the time to read the last post you sent me, but I will. I do think the pens went in just prior to the introduction of the the muskies though I think around 99-2000 or maybe right when the released them.

Same in return.  My only goal is to spread education about the fish so they hated by people for no reason other than false information and myths.  I looked for info on the pens and found they were put in before the musky, but no dates were given.
My kids are damn scared of them though, I don't know if they will even swim in the lake 

I was joking about that with my girlfriend.  We were on the dock at Tiffanys and there was a 42"ish fish swimming around there right next to the swim pen.  Dun dun, dun dun, 

[Alchase]

There is a huge one living under the pen dock at Fisherman's cove. When you step on the dock you see a huge shadow rocket off. My sons spent two days trying to catch that bad boy with their trout rods and 4 lb. test and a double whammy. We were staying in Cabin No. 7, believe me I had our camcorder ready to go just in case they got lucky, lol.
 
From the Lake Curlew Wiki link:
 
" The Tiger Muskellunge, raised at the Columbia Basin Fish Hatchery in Moses Lake, were initially released into the lake in 1997 to control populations of Squaw fish.[6]"
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlew_Lake_(Washington)