As I mentioned a few months ago, February is a good muskellunge month and I would extend that into March. As if I needed a reminder, a former WCO just sent me a pic of a 50”, 43 lb pure muskellunge recently taken from Nockamixon. While I touted the abundance of muskellunge and the lakes growing population in the past, now the females are getting large. Based on comparative survey data recorded recently, the Nock now has one of the best populations in Pa. Tack on Marsh Creek Lake and Lake Marburg and one of the best river stretches in the state ( Susquehanna from York Haven Dam to Bainbridge) there are now very good populations with large specimens across the entire SE region. Blue Marsh isn’t as good, but the population is still fair and composed primarily of tigers at the moment with some pures coming on. Also, the population in the Schuylkill from just below Reading upstream to the confluence of Maiden Ck just north of Reading is quite good. And of course, there are the well-known populations in Kaercher Ck Dam in Hamburg and the now declining population in Leaser Lake following the expected “boom years” population of a reclaimed lake. Look out NW Pa, the SE muskellunge populations are coming on strongly.
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