Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie) (Esox Masquinongy X Esox Lucius)

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Scientific Name: Esox Masquinongy X Esox Lucius

Fish Family: Esocidae

Other Names: tiger muskie, norlunge, nor'lunge, hybrid muskellunge

Identification:

Silvery background with dark, variable markings, often as oblique stripes, spots, or blotches, or even with scarcely any markings. Belly white with small spots. Fins green to red-brown with dark blotches. Young (less than 150 ram) with broad scalloped bars of olive green along sides and gold mid-dorsal stripe on back; belly white.

Distribution:

Mississippi river drainages.

Spawning:

e musky spawning season is in April or May. A female can lay 10,000-225,000 eggs, depending on her size and health. A female can lay 10,000-225,000 eggs, depending on her size and health. Spawning normally goes on for about a week. The eggs hatch in 8-14 days. The eggs hatch in 8-14 days.

State Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie) Records:

Illinois State Record:
26 lbs 9 ozs caught by Joseph Veronda caught on Coal City Area Club on May 4, 1999.

Indiana State Record:
24 lbs 0 ozs caught by Michael Senics caught on Wolf Lake on January 1, 1995.

Iowa State Record:
27 lbs 2 ozs caught by Shannon Green caught on West Okoboji, Dickinson County on August 1, 1989.

Minnesota State Record:
34 lbs 12 ozs caught on Elmo Lake, Washington County on July 7, 1999.

Wisconsin State Record:
51 lbs 3 ozs caught on Lac Vieux Desert, Vilas County on July 16, 1919.