[slayerfish]

This is kinda late,but I been off work since friday noon. Anyway,launched slayerboat at 8am on sat. and tried a couple drifts near stoll mt. but nada.Went over to bluffs to right of sucker cove and started throwing a twister to shore and working it back at mid-depth and lower.Caught 7 or 8 little pike from 10-13".Missed prolly 7 or 8 also.Worked the bluffs from s-cove almost to Lazy boy.Saw some dudes trolling in the middle catch a large pike maybe 8 lbs or so-maybe bigger.

Anyway headed back to Stoll Mt. and tried a drift and zilch but the wind began and on the next drift I popped a 17.5" bo on a bubble/worm.Next drift lost a NICE bo at least 20" plus,he grabbed 30 ft of line the instant I set the hook and then did a nice cartwheel and spit the hook.After a couple fruitless drifts I went back to camp to eat lunch with my wife. While eating the wind started howling from a different direction(NW versus SSW).Fished till 230 pm but no more bites. The lake was turning over and there was algae everywhere,makes the fishing tougher,IMO.

 

[epic]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

Woot, Slayer man you rusty or something? Only I miss that many fish. Haha atleast the bite was good keeps you busy, and thats a nice looking bo, hehe I seen lures bigger then you pike though.

 

[fishinguitars]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

that little fish looks like a tiger muskie to me

 

[afishman]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

a dan pike i believe ;D

 

[Neal/CO]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

Hey Slayer, it was the bluff area where Eric and i found a bunch of small pike about 10 days ago. I have no idea why they are hanging in that area? I usually find more Pike on the rocky area's down lake in the fall. We didn't even get so much as a follow down there?

 

[slayerfish]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

Yep,the bluffs are full of little guys.I was hopin the big guys would be in there eating the little ones,but no.

 

[fishinguitars]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

take a close look at that picture it has vertical stripes .....there was an article written by mike kennedy in fishing and hunting new where one of his buddys caught a tiger out of eleven mile ...

 

[slayerfish]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

Tigers would be great since they dont reproduce.

 

[fatfish]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

It's great to have a fish that gets huge and not have to worry about it overpopulating a lake.

 

[slayerfish]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

That way the pike guys AND the trout guys will be like one big happy,touchy-feely family!Cool!

 

[afishman]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

sounds like we need a group hug ;D

 

[Yellow Jackets]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

One problem...tigers are to hard to catch. Does anybody know if tigers taste the same as pike?

 

[fishinguitars]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

I'd send the picture into the d.o.w. I think its a tiger for sure.....

 

[jeremycallahan]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

ive heard that the small pike sometimes start out with the vertical strips and then as they get older it changes. If that is not the case, then i have caught tigers and pike at Skaqway

 

[jobothehobo]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

Good to see some little pike. They are reproducing well that means. ;D

 

[fatfish]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

I'm 99 percent sure that was a tiger. The dorsal fins of the tiger and pike are different.

 

[tal0362]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

I think its a pike, we caught several just like that 2 weeks ago. It doesn't make sense for the DOW to be stocking one predator like tiger muskie and lauching an all out campaign (unsuccessful so far as I can tell) against another.

 

[fatfish]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

That line of thinking makes sense, Talo. That is like having a lake with carp, and then stocking that lake while mirror carp! DOW doesn't want either. Since they have pike already, why add tiger muskie?

 

[born2fsh1]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

Is there a fisheries biologist, around here? I want to go Carp fishing!!!LOL ( No offense to carp fisherman I have had fun catching them too.)

 

[idratherbfishing]

Re: 11-mile on 10-8.

As of July this year there was no plan to stock 11-mile with tiger muskie. Here is a link that shows the scheduled stocking for this year as well as the actual stocking for last year.

Dan

http://www.coloradofisherman.com/forum/index.php?topic=2478.msg22177#msg22177