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Below, is PIT reader research data from some of the muskies caught by Heartland members in 2020. This information was provided by Jonathan Meerbeek with our Fisheries Research Team in Spirit Lake.
Average yearly growth rate for the four muskies with year class, stocking length & a 2020 length measurement was 3.85 inches!
PIT: 985170001822993
Brand: None
Year Class: 2014
Date Stocked: 5/12/2015
Length: 12.17"
Age: 6 yrs
History @ Clear Lake:
3/26/20, 37", angler Wilcke (est 4.14" avg growth per yr)
PIT: 981098106479137
Brand: None
Year Class: 2016
Date Stocked: 5/9/2017
Length: 11.3"
Age: 4 yrs
History @ Clear Lake:
3/30/20, 27", angler Julius (est 3.9" avg growth per yr)
PIT: 985170002046001
Brand: None
Year Class: 2014
Date Stocked: 5/12/2015
Length: 12.1"
Age: 6 yrs
History @ Clear Lake:
6/20/20, 37", angler Wilcke (est 4.15" avg growth per yr)
PIT: 982126055967343
Brand: None
Year Class: 2018
Date Stocked: 5/15/2019
Length: 12.4"
Age: 2 yrs
History @ Clear Lake:
11/5/20, 20" (guesstimate not measured), angler Wentworth
PIT TAG: 900118000016150
Brand: Unknown
Year Class & Length @ Stocking: unknown History @ Clear Lake:
4/15/13, 33.5", male, gill net
4/9/2017, 39.6", gill net
4/27/2018, 39.8", gill net
5/19/2020, 40.5", angler Wilcke
PIT TAG: 985170001829663
Brand: L31
Year Class & Length @ Stocking: unknown History @ Clear Lake:
4/4/15, 39.4", male, gill net
5/25/2020, 40.0", found dead by angler Wilcke
PIT TAG: 985170001844030
Brand: L36, good, (not checked with old reader) Year Class & Length @ Stocking: unknown History @ Clear Lake:
4/6/17, 37.5", male, gill net
4/14/2019, 37.2, gill net
6/20/2020, 37.5", angler Wilcke
PIT TAG: 900224000010892 (Rathbun Hatchery) Brand: None
Year Class: 2012
Date Stocked: 2013
Length: 10.9"
Age: 8 yrs
History @ Clear Lake:
4/25/18, 34.3", male, gill net
4/14/19, 35.4", gill net
6/20/20, 36.5", angler Julius (est 3.2" avg growth per yr)
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"Being able to go out with the gill netting crews at night is something else. Lifting on those nets, feeling the weight and the fish struggling not knowing exactly what you are pulling to the surface is a real adrenaline rush!"
Kevin Wilcke, Heartland Chapter 10 Member since 2016
