Musky Information

Musky are a common fresh water fish in America. They are a viscious preditor fish. Thet are one of Pennsylvania's largest and fastest growing fish. They can get up to 54 pounds! They can reach over 4 feet in length! An average musky is between 20 to 35 lbs.

They have a dorsal fin and anal fin set far back by their tail. It gives the fish a missle shaped look. They have a duck like snout with many strong sharp teeth. The musky has no scales on the lower half of it's cheek and gill covering. That helps to distinguish it from the Northern Pike. Musky can vary in color and markings. The base color on their back and sides is a light greenish grey. Younger musky can show more striping. As the fish matures the stripes will fade. The belly is white. The fins are greenish cream to brownish orange.

Musky are a cool water fish. They can be found in clear lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. They sometimes live in quite backwaters and slow pools, that have plenty of weed growth. The musky uses the weed growth for cover and catching it's prey. They are usually found in shallow water at 15 feet deep or less. They also like to be in rocky areas.

Musky rarely stray from their summer feeding areas, at least not over 2 miles. The large musky remain in one pool. Musky are a territorial preditor. They are very aggresive and will even attack and feed on each other. Their main diet is fish, but they will take what they can, including snakes, frogs, muskrats, mice and water birds!

They spawn in the spring. They spawn at night in shallow water. Spawning sites are usually on muddy bottoms, under stumps, and logs. They eggs are released and fall wherever they will. Most adult female musky release 22,000 to 180,000 eggs each year!
Eggs will hatch in 8 to 14 days.

When musky are only about 4 days old, they start eating other fish. They can grow to one foot long in only 4 months!
They are sexually mature in about three years and at over twenty inches long. Females grow much faster than males.

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