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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MuskyManiac" data-source="post: 216030" data-attributes="member: 381">FACT: Muskies eat walleye, walleye eat walleye, walleye eat muskies.FACT: Walleye is not even close to the preferred forage for a muskie, even in lakes with an abundance of walleye.FACT: I have not seen a study that shows walleye populations were negatively affected with the introduction of muskie, but I have read several studies that shows no significant impact.FACT: Wisconsin DNR did a study where they examined the contents of 1092 muskie captured in 32 different lakes. 5 walleye were found total. FIVE. 6 muskies were found.FACT: Muskies prefer white sucker, whitefish, tullibee, bullhead, yellow perch. They eat some walleye of course.  They also eat various minnow species, coots, mice, and even rusty crayfish.FACT: MN DNR did an examination of fish population impacts of 41 lakes stocked with Leech Lake strain muskie.  There was found to be no significant decrease in any fish species.   When looking at individual species in individual lakes, nets caught significantly more species in 16 cases, significantly less in 9 cases, and essentially the same in 194 cases.FACT: I've caught 40 inch muskie and 40 inch northern.  After the initial strike you know if you have a muskie.  If you think it might be a muskie it's not, because there is no doubt when you have a muskie on the end of the line.  I've never had a northern double over an extra-heavy St. Croix and need to hang on for life with both hands, but I've never caught a 53 inch northern either.FACT: MN DNR stocks a ton of lakes with walleye because they have to.  Over-development with loss of spawning habitat and harvest mortality makes it so.You know, not trying to be a jerk here but these are the true facts and I have the references to back them up. Yes, muskie eat all kinds of fish, just like all kinds of fish eat all kinds of other fish, but if you're still under the belief that muskies have a significant walleye impact where they are introduced you are just totally in the dark.  It is simply NOT THE CASE.  Again, if you can prove to me otherwise do so, but I can cite many other references where it has been proven to be a fallacy.</blockquote>

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