Old Outdoor Life article about Kinzua muskies

[ppalko]

I think the 48 inch limit is an error. I seem to recall a 30 inch limit at that time.

Funny how the Fish Commission is quoted as saying they did not manage the lake as a trophy fish spot. Rather large shame since proactive management strategies would have halped the population now. This is the same group that responded to a letter I wrote in the early 90's that the river below Kinzua had no trout and should not be managed as a trophy fishery as a result.

[ppalko]

OK, so he is talking net size! I seem to recall some pretty good fishing on Kinzua in the 80's and early 90's. Caught my best northern back then on a tiny rooster tail using 4 lbs test fishing the flooded creeks in Sugar Bay. I did not do much musky fishing at the time but we caught more than a few while fishing for bass and walleye. I wonder what it would have been like to actually have been targetting them. Got to laugh at the oar up side the head approach to landing one!