Cherry Valley Fisherman
Catches 40-Inch Muskie
Garrett Petit, Cherry Valley, landed a 40-inch tiger muskie on Aug. 28 at Canadarago Lake, the DEC announced today.
The current state record tiger muskie – 35 pounds, 8 ounces – was caught in 1990 in the Tioughnioga River in the Southern Tier.
The tiger muskie is a hybrid fish, a cross between a male northern pike and a female muskellunge. The tiger muskies are stocked when they reach 10 inches at five months of age and are capable of growing up to 40 inches in five to six years.
On Sept. 25, DEC staff from the Van Hornesville fish hatchery and Region 4 Fisheries stocked 3,900 tiger muskellunge into Canadarago. They were raised at the DEC South Otselic Fish Cultural Station, Chenango County, before being transported to Van Hornesville.
How do you compare this fish to the record when one gives the length and the other gives the weight?