Sheer Curiousity

I hear so much about the muskie there, never fished it but I'd love to try it at some point.

One of my favorite lakes to ice fish for ski's. Never got one over 33-34", but have had multiple flag days. If you can find big bait. Last trip was 2 years ago, had 12" ice, sunshine and 60*. Need to get back up there !

Curiousity killed the cat i think....but what about the fish?

from what ive read, lots of 25 to 45 inchers, hardly anything over

ya i think too high of numbers stunts their overall growth

It's a decent bass lake.....It can be fickle, when they are on the whole lake is on fire but when they are off it's really tough.
 
I would be highly suspicious that a bass weighing more than 11 lbs 3 ounces lurks there (state record is 11 lbs 3 ounces). It just dosen't have the growing season to support such a large bass.
 
I have caught 2 that were right around 6 lbs, one of them (a 5.51 pounder) was included in a 5 fish stringer that weighed 20.33 lbs in a club bass tournament.

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It's a decent bass lake.....It can be fickle, when they are on the whole lake is on fire but when they are off it's really tough.

I would be highly suspicious that a bass weighing more than 11 lbs 3 ounces lurks there (state record is 11 lbs 3 ounces). It just dosen't have the growing season to support such a large bass.

I'm not saying he's there, but the story was the PGC stocked an 11lb bass there. I dunno, now that I actually think it about it, it's total Bullmalarkey.

I will say this though, you couldn't be more right about the bass, when they're on your arm will hurt. I know I'm gonna get a ton of stabs for this, but I use the Banjo minnow there strictly when casting the shoreline. I know, I know it's retarded, but I've yet to fish a day and got skunked. I've caught the biggest Carp, Bass, and Cat on the banjo in that lake. Ohh it's funny, but by god that thing works. I also caught a 20 inch muskie, and that may have been the funniest thing in my life. That little bastard DID NOT want to come in, and he was being chased by a large lunge, maybe i kinda sorta played him in hopes the big musk would drill him, but he was probably just making fun of him.

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One of my favorite lakes to ice fish for ski's. Never got one over 33-34", but have had multiple flag days. If you can find big bait. Last trip was 2 years ago, had 12" ice, sunshine and 60*. Need to get back up there !

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Tom, your back!!!

the best day i ever had at tamarack was when i had my 7 year old grandson with me & the eagle came down around 30 yds from the boat and tried scooping a fish out of the lake,  the most awsome thing i ever saw.

Perch colored j-13's. Fire Tiger j-13's
Wileys, Grandma's, Jakes.

Best bait we have found for skis through the ice are 5-7 inch crappies.

This thread does my heart good!  I grew up about a mile from Tamarack, used to ride my bike there to fish when I was a kid.  Still go home to icefish it once in a while. 
 
BUT, if I had known there were musky like the one in IUP30's picture in the lake, I would have kept my fingers INSIDE the boat when I was out with dad in the canoe!!
 
Old Dutchman
(A Meadville boy, transplanted to Pittsburgh)

Another Meadville boy transplanted to the Burgh.  I had a friend that lived on Tamarack Drive that we would visit often.  They still live there as far as I know.  Spent a lot of time fishing and canoeing there.  That was about 20 years ago, wow! 
 
I haven't been back there for several years.  I will have to take my son there fishing someday when we visit my parents.

Haven't fished there in awhile,might have to give it a try this year.