‘Muskie Awakening’ offers hope to Illinois anglers wanting to restore Lake Shelbyville as a top-tier muskie fishery
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This spring’s muskie netting at Lake Shelbyville in east-central Illinois produced 87 fish ranging from 22 to 27 inches in length – a good sign for a lake that is trying to rebuild what was once a top-tier fishery. New strategies and tactics are being credited.
“They grew larger from being held in the hatchery longer, so that (new) practice will continue,” said Jim Garavaglia, DNR’s district fisheries biologist at Lake Shelbyville.
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