#1440129 - 09/01/1208:59 AM
Re: Muskie In CT?
[Re: Buck]
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Buck, great info.
And even better.......
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The best bet for a DEEP muskie program is for an exchange deal like Ct. swapping kokanee fry for some muskie fry with another state. Ct. has an exclusive with kokanee here in the Northeast and New England and could leverage deals with other states for walleye, muskie and channel catfish. But this requires thinking outside the box and government agencies don't do that well.
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then we would need enough populous in agreement to make this a viable option. at that point i guess we appeal to the fisheries dept?
zoar or lilly would make the most sense. the pike occur naturally at this point, and the fishing otherwise would improve by adding another bite to the mix.
#1440167 - 09/01/1201:13 PM
Re: Muskie In CT?
[Re: O-BASS]
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Originally Posted By: O-BASS
then we would need enough populous in agreement to make this a viable option. at that point i guess we appeal to the fisheries dept?
Fascinating thread. IMO and from past experience the initiative needs someone with a commitment and leadership to form a focus group, collect supportive arguments, organize a list of supporters and write a White Paper that lays out the proposal.
Takes a lot of work. But if the proposal makes sense the DEEP is responsive.
Ain't goning just happen by opinions on the internet.
Still a fascinating thread. Thanks for starting it Joey. Great comments and info O and Buck.
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Id be happy to try to set this up and make a fair case for this program. Im gonna do some more research on this topic and i think i can get the support from alot of CT fisherman and maybe get it at least considered.
id appreciate any help i can get, maybe ill make a document to give all the local bait shops to have fisherman sign and after a month ill go pick them all up. Thats just the beginning im sure but its a start.
#1441385 - 09/06/1201:01 PM
Re: Muskie In CT?
[Re: JoeyHBCT]
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People have been begging the state to try it for years...which is probably why you have gotten no feedback. Perhaps we skip the state and go for a smaller agency like the RWA. they have had great success with walleyes and bass at lake Saltonstall. If you were to tell them the amount of money they would make in new members it would more than cover the cost of stock and management. It could even turn a place like maltby lakes from the nicest looking toilet into a place worth fishing, and with the shoreline fishing and shorter season it should be a good fishery. At worst the muskie would clean out all the panfish and then they could stock real fish like trout walleye or bass Anyone can join the RWA so this way only the people who pay for it will be effected by it or get to use it. I don't know any member that wouldn't pay even double the current cost to be able to fish for walleye or muskie here in ct. Best of all if they use tigers there would be no permanent effects.
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People have been begging the state to try it for years...which is probably why you have gotten no feedback. Perhaps we skip the state and go for a smaller agency like the RWA. they have had great success with walleyes and bass at lake Saltonstall.
really good point, obviously it would be cooler state run and in a public lake but that lake would deff handle it, just dont know how all the walleye guys would feel about them becoming bait =) but maltby could be a real option
#1441992 - 09/09/1212:50 PM
Re: Muskie In CT?
[Re: JoeyHBCT]
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Originally Posted By: Joeyartifact
Originally Posted By: elcapitanmas
lol sorry tt, It would be nice to see some of the funds go to new and interesting projects/species to help promote the sport of fishing. For guys that don't target trout and a walleye program that has gone downhill over the past couple years it can be tough to want to fish in Ct.
agreed! Im curious to see if DEEP has any response to this. I feel like i cant be the first one to ask about this lol
You want a response from the DEEP?
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