Given that the Long Range Plan for the Musky has been put out by the DNR, what lakes are out there that you would like to see stocked? Lakes that currently have no Musky population in them now. For starters my list would include:

Osakis
Big Birch (south of Grey Eagle)
Minnewaska

These are all good sized lakes that could support a population of Muskies.

I say stock ALL of them!

The Minnesota side of Rainy would be awesome for skis.

There are some on the MN side of Rainy.. Just not alot. There are parts of the lake with healthy populations. IMO, leave well enough alone in this case.

I'd like to see Koronis stocked, so close to the family cabin!

Really it has the elements though; deep, fairly clear, forage base, size, structure, etc. The knock is it's a "connected" lake. The Crow River goes in and out and it has Rice Lake a couple miles up river. I'm fine with that but the connected lake piece is a factor of consideration.

Gull would be great too, the Brainerd area needs some established muskie waters. Knock on Gull and the Whitefish is the "chain" deal, and the amount of boat traffic already. However, Cross Lake up in Pine City has the Snake River connected, so that's a good counter arguement. Tonka has it's traffic too, and that's an understatement!

Gull and Big Sandy by McGregor.
Chad

Green, Koronis, or Nest. Really though, any lake within 30 miles would be sweet.

Get the original Musky water, The Old Miss back to where it should be. Why has this water way been ignored for so long,
The Musky is a river fish not a lake fish by nature.
the river has a huge forage base and water temps that are right and spawning grounds galore.

gutz: thats the most sensible statement on muskies Yet posted here!!

Big Lake- and i would like warning signs written in Spanish posted at the beach warning of man eating fish. Muskie fishing and we would get the beach back..lol

That river will grow giants that will be accessible by every shore fisherman in the state. I would start with the area that was and still is known as musky bend near the becker power plant.

Thats where good ol Gramps use to nail them when he would camp/fish and duck hunt in that area.

When I was a kid I was hanging around the bait shop up town as
I always did (Lee'Bait Shop) and a guy walked in with a 40+ pounder taken up there in about 1971 or 72. I was 13 and I could have put my head in that fishs mouth. I've been hooked ever since. Next thing you know I was helping Frank S. and John Bohndus catch brood stock up on Leech at the International tournement and then taking care of the fish in Johns ponds in Monti until they were taken to other lakes. Frank was a great guy and I got to have lunch with him again at the tournement before he passed. He will be missed.

How about 'skies in the Alex chain? Clean deep waters with lots of acerage & lots of forage.

Gull, Pokegama, 3 Southern Lakes and 1 River System in the South.

Mississippi would be considered restorative and I dont think they have any definitive plans on how to restore the previous range, Ive mentioned Fry stocking during a few meetings and it seems that that method is deemed inefficient by biologists.