By Dan Armitage

Some 20,000 muskellunge, or “muskies,” are being stocked in nine inland lakes this autumn, fish that were raised at the Kincaid (Pike County) and London (Madison County) state fish hatcheries. The Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODOW) stocks 10- to 12-inch muskies in nine lakes each fall, predatory gamefish that grow quickly and create trophy fishing opportunities in places such as Alum Creek Lake, C.J. Brown Reservoir, Caesar Creek Lake, Clearfork Reservoir, Lake Milton, Leesville Lake, Piedmont Lake, Salt Fork Lake, and West Branch Reservoir. In addition to reservoirs where they are stocked, muskellunge are caught in many of Ohio’s river systems.

The ODOW created the Muskie Angler Log to gather public reports of muskie catches and use that information to better manage the fi

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