thanks for chatting with the fisheries director Jon- hopefully he understands that there really is a lot of interest in muskie fishing in CT- I will agree with the cost issue- but I believe tiger muskie growth rates aren't much different than pike (30 inch tigers in Woodridge in 3 seasons? that isn't too slow) - he might be confusing them with true muskies which do grow much slower... survival rate is a problem too (that is why muskies are generally more rare than pike or pickerel) - but again - they don't seem to be having survival problems in massachusetts or at Woodridge- and the specimens that do survive provide some awesome fishing...

it would be nice if the state could find funding for a public muskie program since a private lake in CT proved it can be done

next time you seem him, ask him if we can start up a CT muskie club, have fundraisers and purchase the fingerlings ourselves- would the state let us stock a public body of water in CT?