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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 15:23:13 GMT -5
Definitely Musky in the lake; I hooked one about two years back; it cut my line at the boat. Also a buddy of mine did catch and snap a picture of a 32" tiger about two years ago as well. As far as SM in the lake; I hooked one about 3 years back but it came off. But I got it close enough to see it was definitely a SM. I'd say it went about 15-16". There are also large pickerel in the lake; we had one day where we caught 4 pickerel in about a 15 minute span and they ranged from 23-25".
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Post by SoChesco on Jul 17, 2018 22:31:39 GMT -5
Too bad they don't stock walleye here. All that deep water and big rocks seems perfect. Hate to have to travel all the way to the Susky for decent walleye fishing. Would also be the only lake you can Target them from shore. Even though struble gets a lot they don't maintain the shoreline so you pretty much need a boat A few years ago I Inquired to the F&BC regional biologists about doing so. I got a rather lengthy "no chance" explanation. To sum it up because there is a well established and healthy largemouth population walleye fingerlings will most likely not reach legal size. Expensive bass bait. Furthermore he believes because of the lakes relatively small size the largemouth outcompeted the smallmouth which is why they didn't establish themselves.
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Post by cvllebanger on Jul 18, 2018 14:12:48 GMT -5
Yea I got the same BS explaination also concerning walleye. My question is tho are walleye fingerlings just that dumb to get eaten by the bass? I mean bluegill, crappie, yellow perch, catfish and millroaches all spawn and maintain every year. What makes them so much smarter than walleye to avoid getting eating.
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Post by icemole on Jul 18, 2018 17:36:59 GMT -5
According to our "biologist" YES .... LOL. The REAL reason is they don't have the money ! Over the past 10yrs or so walleye stockings have been cut at numerous lakes here in the SE.... Musky have also been cut from several waters.
They stock walleye in Struble pretty regular(so far) yet the "catch" is minimal. Why not rotate lakes Struble one year, 2 years later Marsh Creek, 2 years later Chambers then repeat
I asked them to do the same thing with the musky they stock at Kearcher(same every other year deal) Skip Kearcher and restock those musky back in Ontelaunee...not so much for people to catch more to maybe control the white perch population..... Got a B/S answer back too.
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Post by cvllebanger on Jul 18, 2018 20:28:59 GMT -5
I just looked at walleye stocking struble lake 2010-2018. They got 21000 walleye fingerlings over that period. 3000 this year according to pay warm water stocking program. But again the shoreline isn't maintain for bank fishing and they take the boat docks out when pheasant season starts. Is it me or is this just a waist of stocking.
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Post by icemole on Jul 19, 2018 7:34:53 GMT -5
Kaufman was on one of these sites last year asking about people targeting + catching eyes down at Struble.... Very low catch rate and it didn't seem like many targeted them. I figured they would drop it - was a little surprised that it was slated for more this year.
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Post by cvllebanger on Jul 19, 2018 9:23:28 GMT -5
So question people does it make more sense to stock fish in a lake where that fish is very hard to catch or stock them in a lake where surviving might be hard but there is a small chance they just might take?
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Post by tomb on Jul 23, 2018 19:11:12 GMT -5
Way too small for walleye. Most of the lake is quite shallow and it is a tiny lake. Struble is bigger but walleye barely exist there as well. Back when it opened for all species ('98) it was a stellar place for nice bass and HUGE pickerel. That lasted maybe 1-2 years and then everything settled down. I haven't fished it this year but suspect things are pretty established now. Haven't landed a pickerel there in at least 10 years. Did land 1 small musky (24+-" and yes I can tell them apart from a pick) and 2 smallies (near the dam area) but that was all a long time ago. It is a bass/panfish pond plain and simple. It has the cover and structure, but it is too small for the pressure it receives for anything more to really get a foothold.
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Post by Nordling on Jul 29, 2018 21:34:57 GMT -5
Have anybody caught a musky from a bank there?
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Post by cvllebanger on Jul 30, 2018 3:28:48 GMT -5
Tigermusky yes many people have.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 11:35:37 GMT -5
Just caught a 27" pickerel there a week ago.....biggest one I ever caught : )
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Post by Grandaddy of all on Aug 3, 2018 13:34:51 GMT -5
When i took up bass fishing about 8 years ago and bought a tinboat I spent alot of time trying to learn at marsh creek. There were a small group of guys that used to target walleye in the deep parts of the lake with special equipment. Seen them pull out some real big ones. Of course they kept them so I can say definitively those specific fish are no longer available. In the years since i've seen walleye come to the top in hotter parts of the summer swimming very lethargically maybe on their last gasps of air before they float? I've also not seen those guys or for that matter anyone else targeting walleye there since then. I live very close by and have summers off so spend quite a bit of time and would notice it. I'd say if you really knew what you were doing, and I do not, then I bet you could catch some big eyes there.
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