muskellunge

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Colonel discoursed learnedly on the superior sport of muskellunge - fishing, which prompted Bryce to enter into a description of going after swordfish among the islands of the Santa Barbara channel.

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  1. noun A large food and game fish (Esox masquinongy), the largest member of the pike family, found in lakes and rivers of the northern United States and southern Canada.

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  • Among fish covered by the rules are brown and rainbow trout, chinook salmon, walleye, yellow perch, lake whitefish and muskellunge, as well as bait species such as emerald and spottail shiners. —  NBC3 - Local News
  • A huge muskellunge was caught and released on the St. Lawrence River on Nov. 28 by Canadian angler Dale McNair of Ottawa. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • We don't have muskellunge in Washington, but we do have the hybrid "tiger muskie," a cross between muskellunge and northern pike, and McNair's big fish demonstrates why our tigers may eventually reach 50-plus pounds. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • * Modify the creel limit and size limit for muskellunge and tiger muskellunge in the border waters of the Delaware River and West Branch Delaware River, to provide a consistent regulation with the State of —  News10Now - TOP STORIES
  • Lake Milton, State Route 534 in Mahoning County in northeastern Ohio, (330) 644-2293; populations of walleye, largemouth bass, bluegill, crappies, and channel catfish, plus fair populations of smallmouth bass, brown bullhead, yellow perch, white bass, suckers, and muskellunge. —  CantonRep.com Home RSS
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  1. Canadian French maskinongé, from Ojibwa maashkinoozhe.
 

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