Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Tiger Muskie

I tried for muskie in Burke on opening weekend this year when the fish should have been in the shallows and I targeted the leftover sticks from last year's weedbeds and other shallow water structure. I didn't see a single musky. Of course, I was also trying the VA river style of muskie fishing where I was throwing 10" plus flies, so maybe Burke lake muskies don't like the big stuff. Or maybe I just didn't fish the right places.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Jim White <jrwhite55@gmail.com> wrote:

This from the Fairfax County Parks pages - "Burke Lake may be the best muskie water in northern Virginia when fish are shallow in late winter and early spring."

This past spring by brother in law and I returned from a long day of fishing Burke Lake. Next to us a father-son pair were also returning their boat. I asked how the fishing was and he replied that he and his son had caught two muskie. When he saw my raised eyebrow and the look of total disbelief on my face he pulled out his cell phone and showed pics. One of him with a fish and one of his son (who looked to be about 10 years old) holding another fish (clearly two different fish). The clothing in the pics matched what they were wearing. The guy said that the fish were about 24" each and were caught on rubber worms tossed in shoreline weed beds where they were targeting bass. A few weeks later I chatted up a VDGIF rep who stated that Burke Lake was used as a breeding ground for muskie that were then collected and placed in other waters in northern Virginia. He said that he thought there were some big muskie in Burke Lake.

Last weekend for boat rentals at Burke Lake is the end of October so you'll need your own boat to target winter/early spring muskie. Lots of kayak/canoe guys on the boards here, someone should give it a go.

Cheers,

Jim

On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 11:14:56 AM UTC-4, MattySt wrote:

Has anyone gone after tiger muskie around the area on the fly? I hear there are some resident populations, one in particular around Gaithersburg area. 

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