Northwest Fishing Reports

Anyone ever caught a muskie in Green? I heard they have planted them in there before...

3foot,
Yes, it sure is a nice thought. But I think only a thought at this point. If you Google the "Friends of Greenlake" webpage. It's called something like that...? I think that it states that the muskie were planted around 2001-2002 or something. They were put there to cut down on the carp I believe.
But if you read more about Muskie you will find that their life expectancy is maybe 6-7 years. (some muskie guy, please jump in on that) Whatever it is, we are past their life expectancy by this time.
There was a guy who submitted a faked photo on a greenlake report here within the last 9 months or so.


http://www.washingtonlakes.com/ReportLi ... t=1&page=7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Look at the pic. in the above report, then look at the date, Nov 18th 2011. Look at how green the leaves on the trees are, and the short sleaved shirt, sunny weather. Read the report comments... doesn't look very accurrate. Also, the guy gets an alert of every comment made on his report, but he never came back on to discuss it.

Edit: Here is an interesting link to some other people's thoughts:
http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/for ... kie.77795/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WDFW stocked Green Lake with 150 tiger muskie fingerlings in 2000. This was a one-time stocking, similar to a number of other such stockings, to control a nuisance fish population (in this case, carp; they ate the trout instead, so WDFW isn't interested in putting any more in there). A tiger's normal lifespan is 6 - 8 years, and the chances of any still being there 12 years later are zero.

Don, speaking of age, has WDFW done any studies to confirm age, lifespan on the tigers that you know of?

WDFW biologists haven't studied tiger muskie lifespans in Washington state. They believe it's similar to the Midwest, where studies indicate they live up to 9 years. The hybrids have much shorter lifespans than their parents; true muskies and northern pike can live 25+ years.