08-07-2006, 09:47 PM
my personal opinion, is that the larger TM's (under 10") are not leaving the lake. I think that only the small ones leave after they are first planted. Once they get a bit bigger, I don't see them making it up Lake Creek. I don't think those fish have much of a preference for perch over chubs and suckers. It would be nothing for a 20" Tiger to eat a 12" sucker, let alone smaller chubs. That lake is so full of forage, that the TM's that are actually in there are not hurting for food. In fact, they probably don't have to do much to get a meal. Just sit with their mouths open and wait for something to swim in.
I don't think Johnson will ever be a destination Musky fishery. The lake just doesn't have the prototypical musky areas that fishermen like to target them in. But, I do think that Johnson will kick out some 40-45" Tiger Musky, and maybe even bigger, for the angler willing to put in the 10,000 + casts in search of one.
FWIW -- The DWR is going to continue the TM program at Johnson. I wonder why?
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I don't think Johnson will ever be a destination Musky fishery. The lake just doesn't have the prototypical musky areas that fishermen like to target them in. But, I do think that Johnson will kick out some 40-45" Tiger Musky, and maybe even bigger, for the angler willing to put in the 10,000 + casts in search of one.
FWIW -- The DWR is going to continue the TM program at Johnson. I wonder why?
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