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Research



Photo: Gathering muskie data from gill netting April, 2019





Muskies, Inc. continues to seek out, elevate and fund research for local projects and activities that involve developing or improving muskie fisheries.


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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



CLEAR LAKE, IOWA 50428



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