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11:11 pm
Do muskies eat everything in lake , This recent study from minnesota says they coexist with all species even when there were no muskies in some of these lakes ever.
And even other species thrived in some lakes after the muskies were stocked including walleye , perch , crappies
The most important thing I get out of this is were is the study that says that they eat all the other fish ???? Bass, Crappies, yellow perch etc.
Its along read but interesting
11:44 pm
great find matt very interesting!!!I would love for you to post this on epfr.net if you haven't done this already!Alot of guys on that board could really benefit about the way they feel about muskies after reading this ;D 😀
2:44 am
Awesome stuff, Matt. Now the question.....how often do they eat? ;D
4:07 pm
February 4, 2008
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Since you guys are talking about musky biology, I thought I would copy and paste a post I just put on my message board......
I bought this book several years ago to teach a class called "Outdoor Education" to my high school students and thought it was an outstanding resource for musky and pike fisherman no matter their skill level. Well, this book has finally been placed on the internet and can be viewed by clicking the link below. The number of viewable pages is limited but most of the biology and physiology pages are able to be seen.
http://books.google.com/books?id=tti...ummary_r&cad=0
Hope you enjoy the read.........
Red Childress
http://www.alleghenyguideservice.com
4:12 pm
February 4, 2008
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More musky biology...........The came from a Wisconsin DNR study.
Feeding studies have shown that other fish (besides Walleye and Bass) make up the primary food source for Muskies. Studies of the stomach contents of 1,092 muskies show they sometimes eat insects, crayfish, small mammals and waterfowl. They are a natural predator, and like all predators, are opportunists. Studies have shown that even when they're abundant, other game fish make up a very small percentage of the Muskies' diet.
Muskies prefer soft-finned, high protein based fish such as suckers, tullibee, ciscoes, bullheads, carp and minnows. In fact, the food sources Muskies prefer most are usually fish species that most people would rather NOT have in their waterways.
Walleye ranked extemely low in the Muskies' diet. In the 1,092 study fish, only 5 contained traces of walleye. The study collectetd Muskies from 34 separate bodies of water, including lakes with large populations of walleye. Despite the abundance of walleye in these lakes, walleye proved to NOT be an important food source for Muskies. 63.5 percent of the stomach contents was made up of yellow perch and various minnows, while 3.4 and 3.1 percent of stomach volume contained walleye and bass respectively.
The bottom line is that Muskies will eat the occaisional walleye or bass and is minimal compared to the amount of game fish such as Walleye that are harvested by anglers.
Red Childress
http://www.alleghenyguideservice.com
4:14 pm
February 4, 2008
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More biology stuff.........
Thanks to Canadian biologist Bernard Lebeau, sexing muskie using external features is relatively straight forward. Lebeau fond the technique to be 100 percent accurate for adults and 92-99 percent accurate for juvenile fish.
Males and females differ primarily in the shape of their genital regions. In females, the depressed area around the anal pore is "pear-shaped" and in the male it is "key-hole" shaped. The slit-like pit in females is relatively curved and is twice the width of the anal pore and in males, the pit is straighter and narrower than the anal pore. (Makes sense that the female's is wider so she can get her eggs out easier.)
Females= pear shaped
Males= key-hole shaped
For photos click on this link: http://www.fishingvermont.net/Articl...e%20gender.htm
Note, this method is not appicable to young of the year and one year old fish.
Red Childress
http://www.alleghenyguideservice.com
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