NEXT MEETING
MARCH 11, 2025
MN DNR and MN Muskie Plan
Casual dinner 5-7 pm, Meeting 7 pm
It has been many years since the DNR has updated the Minnesota Muskie Management plan. A new 15-year plan is near completion and TJ DeBates of the MN DNR will visit the meeting to outline the new plan.
In 2008 the MN DNR in conjunction with Muskies, Inc. began a survival study of fingerling versus yearling stocked fish. At that time a yearling cost about three times as much as a fingerling and thus three times as many fingerlings were stocked as yearlings, with the cost for each about equal. The study was continued in Lakes Minnetonka, White Bear and Bald Eagle, with data from the pit-tagged fished being collected continuously. Data has shown the yearling fish have a substantial advantage in survivability over fingerlings. Results of the survival study are incorporated into the new 15-year plan.
We will be meeting at Sweeney's Saloon, 96 Dale Street North, St. Paul.
Come around 5-5:30-ish if you want to enjoy appetizers or a meal beforehand. Join fellow fishermen in Ashland Room next to the bar. Meeting will be upstairs at 7 pm.
To join meeting via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81351913261
Meeting ID: 813 5191 3261
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About Muskies, Inc.
Muskies, Inc. is an active, service-oriented 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for men, women and children working toward continual improvement of the muskie resource through stocking efforts and sound conservation practices.
Muskies, Inc. has over 6,000 members and 50 independent local chapters throughout the country. We are a national voice of the protection of the Muskie species. Muskies, Inc. is widely recognized as the first organized group of anglers to espouse the “Catch And Release” practice now embraced by many conservation-minded groups throughout North America.
Muskies, Inc. focuses on three critical areas: Fisheries, Research and Youth.
Fisheries – Muskies, Inc. works to conserve, protect and restore North America’s muskie fisheries. Areas of concern include habitat preservation, water quality, water management policies, and the development/maintaining of self-sustaining fish populations.
Research – Muskies, Inc. continues to seek out, elevate and fund research for local projects and activities that involve improving Muskie fisheries.
Youth – Muskies, Inc. provides guidelines and suggestions for quality programs and activities to educate our young members and, where possible, youth in general, to ensure the future of the fishery.
Purpose
- To support selected conservation practices based on scientific merit and carried out by authorized federal and state agencies.
- To promote muskellunge research.
- To establish hatcheries and rearing ponds and introduce the species into suitable waters.
- To support the abatement of water pollution.
- To maintain records of habits, growth, and range of species.
- To disseminate muskellunge information.
- To promote good fellowship and sportsmanship among men, women, and children.
- To promote a high quality muskellunge sport fishery.