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Bream Master Full Member Offline CHEERS!!! Drexel, NC Gender:	muskie/pike: northern species only? Jan 4^th, 2007 at 10:35am Are these northern species only? Sucks if they are because I live in the south and I will not be fishing for them anytime soon. Thanks.
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SPEEDBEAD. Been Posting A Long Time Online GOOD LUCKS TO YOU IN CATCHING<br<br />/> "THE BIG KAHUNA"?<br /> PA	Re: muskie/pike: northern species only? Reply #1 - Jan 4^th, 2007 at 3:22pm They are a cold water fish. I dont know if you would find them any further south than Virginia. Warm water tends to up the mortality rates on these fish.
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Re: muskie/pike: northern species only?
Reply #2 - Jan 4^th, 2007 at 4:56pm

In WNC there are Walleye in some of the rivers that drain into the Tenn. and some of the lakes in the TVA system. There are some sauger in the French Broad and Muskie above Asheville. There are Muskie and Walleye in the Little T. and Tuckaseege above Fontana lake. There are Walleye that run the Hiwassee at Murphy. They come out of Hiwassee lake.
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. There is as much water west of Asheville as in the rest of the State.
You are about 1 1/2 hours from Asheville.
There are Smallmouth in all of these rivers. They are all relatively cold some holding Trout, even Sauger, I hear. These fisheries have improved as the water has been cleaned up.
No need to go North.

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Re: muskie/pike: northern species only?
Reply #3 - Jan 8^th, 2007 at 11:33pm

Bream Master, I just went to the NC Wildlife Resources Fishing Reg. site and they give you a lot of information on these and other species. Record catches for example tells you where the big ones have been caught, so there are hopefully a few more out there. Catch limits tell you which lakes have them and they will be running soon! Wink

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Reply #4 - Jan 10^th, 2007 at 6:27pm

For Muskellunge, the southern-most fishery I'm aware of is Cave Run Lake, KY and Green River, KY
Muskies are also found in Dale Hollow Res, Tennessee, but are mostly caught by accident.

Northern Pike are even tougher, they've been stocked as far south as Tennessee and northern Georgia
but no viable fishery has resulted. Pike have also been stocked in Kentucky but are caught infrequently.
New York is the southern-most pike fishery that I know, but there may be some other southerly pockets.

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roadwarrior Global Moderator BassResource.com Writer BassResource.com Staff Online From a human perspective, they're like Twinkies. germantown, tn Gender:	Re: muskie/pike: northern species only? Reply #5 - Jan 10^th, 2007 at 7:16pm Muskie were inadvertantly introduced into the Spring River in Arkansas where they have found a suitable habitat to thrive. The prerequisites appear to be a consistant, year-around flow of cold water and an abundant supply of forage, primarily rainbow trout.
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Re: muskie/pike: northern species only?
Reply #6 - Jan 11^th, 2007 at 7:04pm

NC fishing records listed by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Species Weight Location Date Angler Lure/Bait Photo
longnose gar 19 lbs 10½ oz Rock Quarry Lakes 6/29/06 Sebastian Lankiewicz Rapala crankbait
bowfin 17 lbs 15 oz Black River 6/21/97 Gregory A. Demery, Sr. Cut bait bream
carp 48 lbs Mecklenburg Co. pond 3/11/86 William Houston, Jr. Unknown
crappie 4 lbs 15 oz Asheboro City Lake #4 4/27/80 Dean Dixon Minnow
freshwater drum 22 lbs Kerr Lake 11/27/06 Daniel Stotts Minnow
grass carp 68 lbs 12 oz Summerlins Pond, Leland 6/8/98 David W. Stowell Rebel Pop R
kokanee salmon 9. 2 oz Nantahala Lake 9/7/06 Tony Robinson fin-tail spoon
longnose gar 19 lbs 8 oz Roanoke River 4/16/06 James Thomas Bryant Green bucktail
muskellunge 41 lbs 8 oz Lake Adger 1/23/01 Richard W. Dodd Big Mack
tiger muskellunge 33 lbs 8 oz Lake James 4/3/88 Gary Dean Nanney Buzzbait
northern pike 11 lbs 13 oz Lake James 8/26/78 Keith Gilliam Storm Wiggle Wart
sauger 5 lbs 15 oz Norman Lake 7/25/71 David Shook Topwater Rapala
smallmouth buffalo 88 lbs Lake Wylie 11/14/93 Tony Crawford Pack bait
walleye 13 lbs 8 oz Lake Chatuge (Shooting Cr.) 8/16/86 Lamar L. Cofer Old faithful spoon
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Through its Table Rock State Fish Hatchery in Burke County, the Commission stocks muskellunge in the French Broad, Nolichucky and New rivers as well as Lake Adger, an impoundment on the Green River. Anglers can sometimes catch muskellunge in unstocked reservoirs, such as Fontana and Hiwassee.
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Native to Canada and the northern United States, walleye have been stocked in most states except a few in the far west and south. In North Carolina, the Commission has stocked walleye in mountain and Piedmont reservoirs. Walleye prefer clear, cool water and usually stay in deep water during the day, moving to shallow waters at night.
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fourbizz Been Posting A Long Time Online The Dude Abides NorCal Gender:	Re: muskie/pike: northern species only? Reply #7 - Jan 11^th, 2007 at 9:25pm I had pike on my property in southern colorado. some real big ones too.
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Re: muskie/pike: northern species only?
Reply #8 - Jan 12^th, 2007 at 3:53pm

"New York is the southern-most pike fishery that I know, but there may be some other southerly pockets. "

think a little south. Almost every lake I know of in Pa, has Northern Pike and/or Muskies
I also know many lakes in ohio, wva and maryland that have pike & muskie.
Not every lake/river that has muskie have northern pike, and the other way around, Muskies and Pike like different water. If you have never fished for them and never caught one you are missing out. They are fun. I will say I have caught about 100 pike for every Muskie I have caught

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Reply #9 - Jan 12^th, 2007 at 6:09pm

In addition to the NC Wildlife Resource information posted above you can go to this link and I'd like to know if you have seen musky any larger than the ones that Bill Lyday is pictured with?
You will pull up a vidio loop that will cycle to the musky shot in a couple of minutes, be patient, it's worth the wait.
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I haven't fished for them myself but I intend to, the first chance that I get. Wink

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Troutfisher Been Posting A Long Time Offline Fishing Consistently For That Big Bass! West Virginia Gender:	Re: muskie/pike: northern species only? Reply #10 - Jan 12^th, 2007 at 8:44pm Good information Water Dog! I think the link is broken on the video though....
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Reply #11 - Jan 13^th, 2007 at 11:29pm

Thanks, 'Troutfisher'. I can't get it to work either. Works fine on my favorites. I have tried several different ways to make this thing work because I wanted you to see 'ole Bill's fish.
I Googled: River Link, Asheville and got the address below. It won't work either here. You have to
Copy and paste it in your browser window. When River Link comes up, look for the "watershed overview tab" and tap on it, A window will come up showing you the French Broad making its way to the Gulf of Mexico, via the Tenn. River, etc.
At this point tap 'enter' and 'ole Bill and his fish will come up along with a loop on the history of the river, river shots, etc.
There are musky in the French Broad, sizeable ones at that. Let me know if you figure it out.
I guess Bream Master forgot about his post.

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Water Dog Junior Member Offline Weathered Old Man Western NC Gender:	Re: muskie/pike: northern species only? Reply #12 - Jan 13^th, 2007 at 11:33pm Trout Fisher, this link seems to work now. Just follow the steps above.
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Troutfisher Been Posting A Long Time Offline Fishing Consistently For That Big Bass! West Virginia Gender:	Re: muskie/pike: northern species only? Reply #13 - Jan 14^th, 2007 at 9:23am Ok, thanks....there is some very interesting information on there!
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Ky_Lake_Dude Been Posting A Long Time Offline Haywood Co Jr Bass Club Jackson,Tennessee Gender:	Re: muskie/pike: northern species only? Reply #14 - Jan 14^th, 2007 at 12:54pm Heck naw,we got em here in Tennessee.
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