Red i like your idea of a muskie stamp, alot. For a few reasons, the PFBC would not turn down the money so i think that would help somthing like that go through. But with that it you would not really need to raise the size limit, because i know most guys would buy the stamp are CPR guys.

I have seen only a few people keep a musky, and they were mostly not targeting them. With that in mind the guy who is mainly bass or walleye fishin that does not target musky will likely not buy the stamp for the reason "i dont fish for them, why do i need the stamp" This would decrease alot of the keep rates of the accidental catchs, knowing they need the stamp to keep a musky.

I am sure alot of people that read all the post before mine, thought of that... I posted it anyway.

As for the raising the size limit, Red you brought up real good points on do they keep stocking at the same rate. Hmmm i will need time to think of that... thats a deep topic, i never thought of that. My question would be, what is the percentage of musky that are stocked today making it to say 40 inches? Then asking the same question with muskies 12 inches today making it to 40"? My thoughts are at what point in the fishes life is it most likely to be killed besides old age.

Would it be better to hold the muskies in the tanks till they are 1.5 years old and maybe 12 inches long. If 50% more fish survive each year per stocking sample they would not need to stock as many... but the increase cost to keeping them... could having less fish, longer cost the same as alot of fish for short time... i think we opened a big can of worms here, good food for thought in my brain