According to the Outdoor News there is a meeting to discuss the end of the tiger muskie stocking on Eagle,Pierson, and Wasserman in Caver county and Bush and Weaver in Hennepin county.This happens on May 2 from 6:30-8pm at the DNR West Metro Fisheries office in Shakopee.
I thought this it was set in stone that the stocking was over?
I would love to see them continue stocking these lakes, as tigers are so much fun to fish but I can see how it would be more cost effective to spend their stocking efforts on pure strain lakes.
For easier reading, here is the notice:
DNR proposes to drop hybrid muskie stocking on 5 west metro lakes
(Released April 22, 2013)
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will conduct a public open house to discuss and take comments on its proposal to suspend hybrid (tiger) muskellunge stocking on five lakes in Carver County and Hennepin County.
The meeting is May 2, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the DNR west metro fisheries office, 7050 County Road 101 East, Suite 100, Shakopee.
These lakes are: Eagle, Pierson, and Wasserman in Carver County; and Bush and Weaver in Hennepin County.
The proposal stems from a 2006 evaluation of the tiger muskie program to determine if lakes being stocked with the hybrid species were meeting goals. Due to a lack of appropriate habitat and forage to sustain viable populations of tiger muskies, as well as limited angling pressure and fish cost and availability, fisheries staff recommended dropping tiger muskie stocking on these five lakes. Four other lakes in the west metro fisheries area will continue to be managed for this hybrid. One lake (Lake of the Isles) will be managed for pure-strain muskellunge.
Tiger muskies, a cross between female muskellunge and male northern pike, were first stocked in Minnesota lakes in 1983 to provide anglers with an opportunity to land a large fish that was relatively easy to catch. Tiger muskies also grow faster than northerns or pure strain muskellunge.
Those unable to attend the meeting may direct written comments until 4:30 p.m., June 3, to DNR west metro fisheries, 7050 County Road 101 East, Suite 100, Shakopee, MN 55379.
Comments may be delivered by email to [email protected] or by calling
952-496-4141, ext. 222.
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Due to a lack of appropriate habitat and forage to sustain viable populations of tiger muskies, as well as limited angling pressure and fish cost and availability, fisheries staff recommended dropping tiger muskie stocking on these five lakes.
Hmmmmm . . .
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Due to a lack of appropriate habitat and forage to sustain viable populations of tiger muskies, as well as limited angling pressure and fish cost and availability, fisheries staff recommended dropping tiger muskie stocking on these five lakes.
Hmmmmm . . .
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Everytime I fished a couple of these tiger lakes there were others also targeting tigers.Limited angling pressure comes from the very small parking lots,imho.
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