Joe Houck placing muskies into his boat.
I knew of the scheduled muskellunge stocking for this day. The Pennsylvania Fish Commission stock truck was to be at Rosston, Pennsylvania at 12:30. I arrived on site about ten after twelve and much stocking had already taken place.
Joel Morrow helping fish commission to empty truck of remaining muskies.
Crooked Creek and the Allegheny River at Rosston
My friend, Frank Maus was already “out to sea” with his boatload of the muskie fingerlings when I arrived on site. Other muskie fishermen such as Joel Morrow and Joe Houck were loading up to go out into the waters of the Allegheny River to scatter their future catches. These men and others were on hand to stock the fish throughout various areas of the river. They are members of Muskie.Inc. The organization adds financial aid to help the fish commission with the raising and stocking of the young muskies. This is joint effort. Their web site is: www.muskieinc.org 
The estimate of survival is somewhere around 10%. Predation is high on all fish. Other musies will eat these fish whenever the opportunity exists. A total of around 1400 fish were stocked this day at several locations.
In a few years we will be catching these beauts!
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