Melton Hill Reservoir Muskies (This page was last updated:
04/10/2013) |Seasonal Distribution and Thermal Ecology - Melton
Hill Muskie - Aaron Cole Thesis 2011| Scientific name: Esox
masquinongy (Esox comes from the old European name for pike and
masquinongy comes from the Chippewa Indian name for this fish
–“mas,” meaning “ugly,” and “kinononge,” meaning “fish.”) Common
names: Muskellunge, Musky, Muskie, Lunge, Maskinonge, Blue Pike,
Great Pike, Jack, Spotted Muskellunge, Barred Muskellunge,
Leopard Muskellunge… Muskies are voracious predators and one of
our largest and fastest-growing fish. The 42 lb. 8 oz. Tennessee
state record was caught from Norris Reservoir in 1983. The IFGA
recognized all tackle world record 67 lb. 8 oz. muskie came from
Lake Court Orielles, Wisconsin in 1949. Muskies are native to
Tennessee, the Ohio River drainage, upper Mississippi River
drainage, Great Lakes, southern Hudson Bay tributaries, and some
northern Atlantic Coastal drainages (Etnier and Starnes, 1993).
They have been wi