kickingfrog Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 The local news just had a bit on another release of muskie fingerlings into Lake Simcoe in/near Beverton. Ian Young mentioned that the hope is that in 5-10 years there may be a selfsustaining population. http://www.muskiescanada.ca/news.php?article_id=80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 The local news just had a bit on another release of muskie fingerlings into Lake Simcoe in/near Beverton. Ian Young mentioned that the hope is that in 5-10 years there may be a selfsustaining population. http://www.muskiesca...p?article_id=80 Just watched that, very interesting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 The bass are going to get even bigger now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 The local news just had a bit on another release of muskie fingerlings into Lake Simcoe in/near Beverton. Ian Young mentioned that the hope is that in 5-10 years there may be a selfsustaining population. http://www.muskiescanada.ca/news.php?article_id=80 I hope I win the lottrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Yes they will, once the muskie are big enough to thin the herd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 How many years have they been doing this? It would be nice to fish musky in simcoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfisher Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Muskies have been released in Simcoe since 2005. They are released when they are big enough to be too large for most other fish to eat them (most bass and panfish/walleye). Most of the fish seemed to have avoided the gulls today thanks to the high winds making it tough for the gulls to manoeuvre through the reeds to try to get the ones that stayed near the surface too long (yes I helped stock them today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregoire Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 I believe that Simcoe has the potential to be a trophy musky water if the population can rebound. The forage base is there. I used to be quite skeptical of this program, but now I think it is worth a shot. The lack of a fishable population after 10 years of stocking could indicate that Simcoe may not be support a high density population like St Claire or the Kawartha's. It may be more like Georgian Bay, or some of the lower density areas of LOTW. Simcoe is also a body of water that is going through an environmental change due to invasive species. As the ecosystem of the lake stabilizes the musky population may follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Those skis need to get on those oily ciscos that have been making a come-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfisher Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 http://ctvnewsbarrie.ca/videos/1015/sunday-october-21,-2012-ctvnews@6-webcast Starts at 9:10 if anyone wants to see the segment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Good luck. I wont hold my breath. Simcoe has more problems to deal with than muskie. Sad to say. VHS/GOBIES/POLUTION/ OVER STOCKING/ HERRING and SMELTproblems/ massive die offs of bait fish/ CURRENT BYLAWS that will drastricly change water conditions. I have fished Simcoe for 40 yrs Its a big lake that continues to change year to year.? Not that I have any ansures it just seems to becoming a big pond surounded by people that just dont care? and those that do dont want responsable anglers to enjoy the hobby of fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Here we go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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