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Mike
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Have been trap netting Nockamixon for muskies and tiger muskies two weeks ago and this week. They are in the shallows in good numbers almost at every trap net site. Nets extend from the shore outward about 100 ft., so these fish are reachable. A high number of nets have captured more than one muskellunge or tiger muskellunge per net. Twenty-seven have been captured in 12 twenty-three hour net setsl, with 8 net sets remaining. The pure muskies are those that were purchased with club money and stocked in fall, 2012 by Muskellunge, Inc Chapter 50. The source was a mid-west hatchery and those fish were extra large for YOY at the time of stocking (10-16"). They are now 26-27" long. The largest tiger caught by the nets so far was 41". All are being internally tagged for mortality rate studies as a part of this project, which is primarily designed to evaluate accelerated stocking rates, the new 40" size limit, maximum sizes achieved of tigers and pures in this water body, and in this case, the comparative contributions to the populatioin of pures stocked at a larger size but lower numbers vs tigers stocked at a smaller size but much higher numbers.