Originally Posted By: txelen
Originally Posted By: teehjaeh57
Txelen

I fish a lot out in Western NE and those natural sandhills lakes are stocked with BG, NP, YP and LMB. The NP seem to keep all species in check, but that's my only fishery experience to reference. I do think the TM would take their share of LMB, but also BG and YP and GSH if you stocked the latter. If the BG populations began to increase to levels you aren't happy with you can always stock additional TM or adult LMB [15"+] to hammer the BG. I'm confident you could achieve a balance.


Interesting. In Minnesota and Wisconsin, introduction of Musky to new waters is somewhat controversial because some people think that Musky eat bass and walleye, while the DNR claims that Musky don't eat many gamefish. I'm not sure which camp to believe, but I think that using TM at perhaps 1/acre in a LMB/BG pond would be a really interesting solution to the green carp problem, at least in experiment. I wish I had a pond up here that I could experiment with.

Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis has a good TM population courtesy of the MNDNR and I catch a boatload of 12" LMB in there during the summer, but the lake also has many bullhead/carp that I believe the TM might be feeding on. In a small impoundment with fewer prey options, things could be different.



I was born and raised in Upper Wisconsin and I have seen with my own eyes TM take out a 2 lbs bass in a lake I used to fish. I have also seen a very large TM/Muskie not sure which try and take down a Loon. I kid you not!! It was one of the most unreal things I had ever seen. The Loon got away but only after 2 times going under from the Muskie. Muskie and TM are some EATING MACHINES make no bones about it! NP are right behind them!!


The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!