#1554608 - 01/19/1403:37 PM
Re: DEEP aware of zebra mussels in Candlewood??
[Re: CWood Man]
Eric the Red
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Originally Posted By: CWood Man
So it looks like they are getting sucked up from the Housy. Vary few Pike do though, years back we caught a 39 incher by the dam, and there has maybe been 2 or 3 other cases I know. Candlewood used to be THE BEST pikeral lake in the state. We would troll for trout and hammer them and always caught a mess on tip ups. The deep draw downs ended that and now there are basically none.
Nail on the head Chris. I used to catch loads of pickerel when I was a kid, but the drawdowns hurt their spawning. Never crossed paths with pike very much there.