Egg Collection – Week 4
Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 May 13, 2016 Slowly but surely the 2016 trapnetting crews on Gloucester Pool are gaining confidence that they will reach their goals of capturing muskie and collecting 3 families worth of eggs for the hatcheries. This confidence however has […]
Egg Collection – Week 3
Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 May 6 2016 Ok … Sometimes Mother Nature throws us a curve and I swear wants to test our fortitude … and that’s exactly what continued week 3 of our muskie trapnetting/egg collection program on G Pool! As outlined […]
Egg Collection – Week 2
Wil Wegman <°))))>< Resource Management Technician Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aurora District- 905-713-7730 April 29th Oh my! Another rather uneventful week on the Pool. Much to our dismay, the weather continues to play havoc with our efforts to not only collect muskie eggs, but to even capture any muskie in our nets. […]
Ask the Biologist
This information never gets old ! Originally published in the May/June Release Journal 2012. Steve Kerr is a senior fisheries biologist with Fisheries Policy Section of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. He has worked as a biologist at various locations in the province for more than 35 years. Steve has had a long involvement […]
Spring Egg Collection – Week 1
Every year the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conducts a spring egg collection in and around the Gloucester pool. Trap nets are set to capture ripe females and males to provide eggs and milt. The fertilized eggs then go to Fleming College and two Ministry hatcheries to provide the fingerlings that will be […]
Did You Know ??
Pre-Spawn Chomp Originally published in the Muskies Canada Release Journal – March April 2008 From many angler observations, it appears female muskellunge will usually feed up in April before spawning activities start in early May. This behavior is witnessed by their presence at perch, crappie and other panfish runs and aggregations during the month of […]
2016 Hugh C. Becker Muskie Symposium
50 Years of Co-operation March 13-15, Minneapolis, MN Registration is now open. Download the schedule of speakers (.xlsx File – 17 KB). Abstracts for all talks and poster sessions Keynote Speakers Trophy Muskellunge Populations and Fisheries Can Be Sustainable John M. Casselman*, Queen’s University, Department of Biology – Kingston ON Jonah L. Withers, Department of Forestry and […]
The Saint John River Muskellunge Tagging Project, 2006 – 2015
January 2016 – Steven Kerr and Brandon Jones Executive Summary This document has been prepared to summarize results of a muskellunge tagging project which has been conducted on the Saint John River, New Brunswick, from 2006 to 2015 (inclusive). During that period of time, 691 muskellunge have been angled, tagged and released by members of […]
Feeding Habits and Diet of the Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy): a Review of Potential Impacts on Resident Biota
January 2016 – Report prepared by Steven J. Kerr for Muskies Canada Inc. and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Executive Summary The Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) is known as a voracious apex predator. In instances where muskellunge are extending their range, either through intentional or inadvertent introduction and natural range extension, concerns have been […]
The Lake Simcoe Muskellunge Restoration Project
Introduction Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy; “muskie”) are native to Lake Simcoe and were once quite common. Lake Simcoe had a commercial fishery for muskie in the 1800s, which closed in 1904. The muskie population started to decline in the 1930s due to a number of factors, including harvest, habitat loss, and changes to the Lake Simcoe […]