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Post by piper on Mar 31, 2015 16:07:59 GMT -5
Greetings, I wondered if anyone knew if Musky exist in the Staunton. I went Small mouth fishing today and hung what appeared to be a Musky when he surfaced near my kayak. I saw him come up and inhale my lure about 2 feet from the boat. Unfortunately lost him after a quick twist and bite. Besides the
"Any things possible" anyone hear stories or seen one? I'm familiar with pickerel being in the river, if this was a pickerel he was a monster.
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bigj
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Post by bigj on Apr 1, 2015 8:13:58 GMT -5
Supposed to be no Musky in the Staunton. First I've ever heard of someone seeing one too. How may inches if you had to guess was it?
Supposedly the VDGIF will never put Musky in the Staunton due to the endangered Roanoke Logperch if I remember correctly.
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Post by piper on Apr 1, 2015 20:58:07 GMT -5
AAhhh makes sense. After researching im almost 100% it was a Chain Pickerel. Nice size .Thanks for the info.
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bigj
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Post by bigj on Apr 2, 2015 7:22:21 GMT -5
Yes, Pickerel are easily confused with Musky in the water. I really wish they would put musky in the Staunton, would probably surpass the James and even the New as VA's best musky river if they did. Great habitat for them, but some biologist who works on the Staunton river is concerned with the affects it would have on the Roanoke Logperch which I didn't even know existed till a friend told me about it. Your post title got me really excited when I first read it because I thought someone went all bucket biologist on the Staunton and illegally threw some musky in. The fines would be astronomical haha.
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Post by fly on Apr 30, 2015 21:12:40 GMT -5
I have heard that there are musky in there...
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Post by Derik on May 1, 2015 11:52:29 GMT -5
I've never caught one, but have caught Pickerel. When I was young a old rough country family use to come down and camp about the time stripers would run at one of my fishing spots and the old man told me there was (used to be) musky in the river that he used to catch them back in the I assume 60's early 80's because this was in the early 90's. Seeing this post brought back that memory from being a young'un. I think he was mistaken large walleye with musky?! Some nice walleye came out of that hole.
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Post by 8pointer on May 4, 2015 20:52:40 GMT -5
I have seen muskie caught below Leesville dam but that was 35 to 40 years ago. It may have come through flood gates from the lake? Have not seen but that one.
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Post by Dorange on May 4, 2015 21:35:55 GMT -5
So does that mean that there are no muskys in buggs island also?
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buzzard559
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Post by buzzard559 on May 5, 2015 8:48:57 GMT -5
There is No musky in the Stanton or buggs. There never have been in the river or lake.
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bigj
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Post by bigj on May 6, 2015 12:03:53 GMT -5
What buzzard said. I'd love for there to be musky in the Staunton though. Would be a heck of a musky fishery. Darn Roanoke Logperch.
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