Michigan Muskie Alliance

While getting some Crappie minnows last weekend, some redneck fisherman guy said he heard there were muskies in White Lake? CAn anyone confirm?

On a really bright note... I drew my Elk tag for Wyoming... can you say back strap baby!

elk_n_esox_baby wrote:While getting some Crappie minnows last weekend, some redneck fisherman guy said he heard there were muskies in White Lake? CAn anyone confirm?

On a really bright note... I drew my Elk tag for Wyoming... can you say back strap baby!

There ara some that come and go but catching one would be only slightly better odds than winning the lottery.

elk_n_esox_baby wrote:On a really bright note... I drew my Elk tag for Wyoming... can you say back strap baby!

Which unit? I put in for 31 with max points and got my first UNSUCCESSFUL of the year.

General tag

probably hunt 89 or 90, depends if I draw a deer tag or not too?

The rumor is not true. There is no documentation of any muskie in White Lake. Many years ago there was one tiger muskie caught, very likely a stray from Mona Lake.

I did hear of one last year that grabbed a 'gill as it was being brought to the boat. A friend had heard of this, last spring I believe. He was supposed to check into it further, but I heard no more.

I was talking to some old timers on the pier there once, and they said that people used to catch muskies there in some weedbeds off the mouth of white lake, but not anymore. I am not from the area though, so it very well could just be stories.

Remember, I need for White Lake and Muskegon Lake historic documentation of the old muskies in form of family photo copies, old news articles, ect. for our native specie project. Sorry, but rumors don't count for documentation.

Maybe you could add Gun Lake to your crusade - old pics exist of native 'skis from there!

Pete, You need to somehow get the locals of Gunn Lake educated.
I only been working on my area for near 30 years.

I don't have any documentation, but I guarantee you there is a muskie in White Lake RIGHT NOW!

Just because one hasn't been caught and documented means nothing by me, I just hate it when biologists start spewing the "our scientific data has not shown..." blah blah blah. Kinda reminds me of the front page announcement on the DNR website right now- they are claiming this sensational find of the first confirmed cougar tracks in the state, while the rest of the citizens who actually go out into the real world, away from the scientific journals and computer screens, are sarcastically saying "no crap, thanks for the news flash!"...

We are talking of the same lake, right?

Yup.

I understand what you are saying well, but I have to work within the system as awkward as it is.
It is unfortunate that I don't have the old photo documentation within my own family. My father and uncle both had caught historical muskies in Muskegon Lake back in the 1910's, through the 40s. My family had a house on Bear Lake Channel with old boat rentals etc before factory pollution, shoreline developments, and the freeway altered the healthy environment need for walleye and pike/muskie spawning. Their stories and time taking me fishing is what lead me to fishery biologist career. However, my father did take a b/w Bear Lake Channel photo of me when I was 2-1/2 years old wearing life preserver, ball cap, holding a fishing rod, and my first northern pike. The members of this site understand well what I'm referring to.

I'll end the discussion based on the fact that there possibly are a few swimming around in White Lake, but not in enough numbers to merit an attempt at catching one.

The muskies of white lake are known as the "Fish of a 2 millions casts, or the occasional blue gill"