If you still have not answered the questions to last months pike and muskie newsletter, here are the answers:

1. Q: What water temperature do these fish prefer?
   A: mid 60s- low 70s. When pike reach 30 inches and more they prefer water temperatures of 50-55F
2. What are the main differences in color and tail shape between pike and muskie?
   A: Pike: green with rows of light oval shaped spots, with a rounded tail that has dark spots. Muskie: silver or light green with dark bars and spots with a sharper tail with or without dark spots.
3. Q: Where can you find these fish in shallow natural lakes during the late fall and winter?
   A: deep, rocky humps and deep holes surrounded by shallow lakes waters with high oxygen levels.
4. Q: Where can you find these fish in rivers during the early spring through to spawning?
   A:shallow back water lakes in big rivers, seasonally flooded sloughs in small rivers.
5. Q: What kind of bait is preferred for these fish in weedy cover?
   A: Spinnerbaits and bucktails.
6. Q: When is spoon fishing the best technique?
   A: when you are a beginner but also for seasoned fishers since they are ideal for trolling.
7. Q: TRUE/FALSE: Ice fishing pike yeilds the best results when you use a live or dead fish bait on a 25-40 pound braided superline with a braided wire leader and a size 2/0 to 6/0 single hook.
   A: TRUE.
8. Q: When do pike and muskie spawn?
   A: Pike will spawn in the early spring when water reaches low-mid 40s, muskies a few week later.
9. Q: What are hybrids of pike and muskie called?
   A: Tiger muskies
10. Q: What does pike and muskies diet consist of?
    A: Mostly fish but they have been known to eat frogs, mice, ducklings, and even muskrats.

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If you know the answers to these simple questions, you are an excellent trout fisher. If not, read the articles about trout to become an excellent trout fisher. If you still cannot find the answers, do not worry. Next months newsletter will have the answers to these questions.

1. What temperature are trout considered as?
2. Where can you find lake trout in the winter?
3. Where can you find stream trout in lakes?
4. Name the four species of stream trout?
5. How long do stream trout normally live?
6. How long do lake trout normally live?
7. Are lake trout active in the winter?
8. TRUE/FALSE: Rainbow stream trout have a pinkish horizontal band that extends over the gill cover.
9. What fish resembles a lake trout?
10. How large can a lake trout grow?

Tags: Quiz, Trout by laura
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If you know the answers to these simple questions, you are an excellent pike and muskie fisher. If not, read the articles about pike and muskie to become an excellent pike and muskie fisher. If you still cannot find the answers, do not worry. Next months newsletter will have the answers to these questions.

1. What water temperature do these fish prefer?
2. What are the main differences in color and tail shape between pike and muskie?
3. Where can you find these fish in shallow natural lakes during the late fall and winter?
4. Where can you find these fish in rivers during the early spring through to spawning?
5. What kind of bait is preferred for these fish in weedy cover?
6. When is spoon fishing the best technique?
7. TRUE/FALSE: Ice fishing pike yeilds the best results when you use a live or dead fish bait on a 25-40 pound braided superline with a braided wire leader and a size 2/0 to 6/0 single hook.
8. When do pike and muskie spawn?
9. What are hybrids of pike and muskie called?
10. What does pike and muskies diet consist of?

Tags: Muskee (Muskey), Pike, Quiz by laura
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