Tiger Muskies Thrive at Bluewater Lake

Fisheries Manager Rick Castell as he surveys Bluewater Lake for tiger muskies on September 4, 2008. The muskies were introduced to Bluewater and Quemado lakes in 2003 to reduce the number of non-game fish, white suckers and goldfish, which dominated the lakes and made the water less suitable for game fish like rainbow trout, the traditional quarry. The effectiveness of the muskies is evident in the dramatic drop in white sucker and goldfish numbers counted during the 2008 spring ...
Author: NMGameandFish; Tags: New Mexico Wildlife Tiger Muskies sterile hybrids Tiger Muskie survey Net survey Rick Castell


















