Milford Lake March Update

[n2fishn]

Good job Jay....it was a cold day on the water today but the fish are biting....Thanks for the pictures......sounds like you showed them a good time.

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[leatherpuke]

Fished a few spots this morning until about noon. Didn't get any bites until after 1000, ended up with 6 channels all under 5 pounds.

Not the greatest fishing day ever but not bad. Plus I got to watch a bunch of bald Eagles diving after fish so that was cool to.

[Backlashed]

Roger and I spent all day there, and completely bombed out. The wind was brutal. Glad someone done some good

[Tuttlecat]

I went out there this morning for the 3rd time this week.

Left the boat at home, and fished 2 spots from the bank without a bite, was gone by 8:30 a.m.

Stopped by Tuttle on the way home and did equally as good!

Might give it a go before the weekend.

[Catfish Fever]

Fished a few spots yesterday, last place we fished, caught a -2lb Channelcat. Wind was very windy. Memory on my weather station showed 44.3mph at 1500hrs.

[channelin]

We fished most of the day Sunday probably till 3 and honestly that was too long with the way the wind was. Caught fish most of the day all around 4-7lbs. Had a heck of a time getting the boat loaded back up but we got it done. Does anybody know when they first stocked blues into Milford?

[Grimpuppy]

Does anybody know when they first stocked blues into Milford?

KDWP first stocked them from 1990-1995 and then again in 2001. The 2001 stocking was larval. There has been no blues stocked since 2001. There were blues present in the Republican river when the lake was made. There were not sufficient numbers that migrated into the lake for reproducing though. Jim has mentioned he caught some of them fish in the 80's. But it wasn't until they stocked the lake in the early 90's that they started reproducing. The lake has a very good brood stock of blues now. It is estimated that the blue cat takes 5-7 years to reach sexual maturity. That it why I feel selective harvest is important. For every big fish that gets taken out of the lake it takes a new fish 5 years minimum to take it's place in the reproduction cycle.

[channelin]

Thanks Jay I have been searching on the internet trying to find out and all I have found is info on the blue stockings in 06 in other bodies of water. There seems to be a healthy population of the younger fish so hopefully that means good things to come with the right managment. I hope some of these other lakes can sustain a healthy population of blues also.

[Grimpuppy]

Look for Eldorado to be the next success story for blue cats.

[hilljob]

fished for awhile tonight, ended up with 2 channels around 5 and a blue a lil smaller...wind was only lighty blowing at about 45mph...other then that,not too bad,,always wish for more..