Reply by: CACHEM ALL      Posted: 10/14/2012 2:21:38 PM     Points: 90    

Nice lure.

 Reply by: jman      Posted: 10/14/2012 2:25:36 PM     Points: 1364    

Hey at least you got one 75% of the guys on this site probably have not landed one.
And they had to have stocked it.

 Reply by: Rsrecurvehunter      Posted: 10/14/2012 3:04:08 PM     Points: 598    

You don't have to tell anyone how big it was, lol.

 Reply by: cevans3      Posted: 10/14/2012 3:37:24 PM     Points: 238    

Tiger Muskie are a hard fish to catch. My biggest one is 30 inches.

 Reply by: wally2      Posted: 10/14/2012 5:12:53 PM     Points: 243    

Lewdog, my boys and I were fishing there today just before boat ramp. I also saw a small tigermuskie about that size. We nailed a lot of trout on tube jigs about 10ft from shore. Fishing was good but that wind was brisk. Infact while we were getting ready to leave the wind slammed the door down on my jeep and snapped both of my rods in half. Time for me to upgrade.

 Reply by: elkinthebag      Posted: 10/14/2012 10:17:48 PM     Points: 1730    

They did just stock gross Estes and a couple other lakes up north the commerents have been having a heyday with them wish they could stalk them a couple feet bigger

 Reply by: Dangly      Posted: 10/15/2012 6:34:56 AM     Points: 14    

Nice stiff arm, show off. :)

 Reply by: tbblom      Posted: 10/15/2012 7:28:28 AM     Points: 456    

I've brought a heavier rod up to gross several times for musky still have not seen one :(

 Reply by: lewdog      Posted: 10/15/2012 9:41:03 AM     Points: 191    

Hahaha, if i ever get one again i hope i don't have to stiffarm it. Them bigger muskies move up towards the inlet in spring at first ice off. I went up last year and the inlet was still froze and saw two of them right by the shore. The inlet is always got fish in it. Heres one of the trouts i got.

 Reply by: wapitichaser      Posted: 10/15/2012 2:42:09 PM     Points: 1    

WOW, Dangly you just made my day. Nice stiff arm, HAHAHA....

 Reply by: Abel1      Posted: 10/15/2012 3:38:32 PM     Points: 99    

For what its worth I have caught young fish with the same markings as yours in both Spinney and Skaguay both of which have northerns and of course I assumed that's the way they look at that age but I don't think Gross has northerns in it does it? I guess time will tell maybe the muskies are in these 2 impoundments? Who knows but they are great fish nonetheless.

 Reply by: fishinbeech      Posted: 10/15/2012 11:43:01 PM     Points: 14    

Holy Smokes!
That's the biggest hand I've ever seen!
You still have to look at it as a breakthrough. It usually seems like the fishing get's a lot better once you get past the skunk. Plus, you're now 1 tiger muskie ahead of most everybody else, including me!

 Reply by: Dangly      Posted: 10/16/2012 8:47:18 AM     Points: 14    

I'm just jealous, there is a lake on the north end of town with bigguns in it and I have literaly rested lures on their heads and they just sit there. Almost drives a man to snagging.

 Reply by: lewdog      Posted: 10/16/2012 9:58:23 AM     Points: 191    

Hahaha people said i do have extra big hands. Dangly you just gotta catch them when they are feeding.

 Reply by: jig head      Posted: 10/16/2012 5:07:44 PM     Points: 1070    

The Colorado DPW says that will stock tigermusky annually when they are available.
I couldn't find any data on 2012 stocking of them. From 2008 till 2011 they were only stocked in 2008.
Gross is a tough lake to catch tigers at as far as I'm concerned. I fished it on and off for tigers there for many years and have caught a 40" and a 44", but that was about ten years ago.

 Reply by: Swigs      Posted: 10/17/2012 9:19:10 AM     Points: 920    

There is no data posted yet because the stocking was so recent. On 10/10/12 1,400 tiger muskie were stocked @ 8.67 inches each.

 Reply by: jig head      Posted: 10/17/2012 6:29:13 PM     Points: 1070    

Wow 1,400! Thats great!

 Reply by: tbblom      Posted: 10/18/2012 7:23:20 AM     Points: 456    

Anyone know how long it takes a musky to grow to reasonable size?
maybe next year will be more fun for finding them.
Some people just 'happen' to see them at the inlet or the dam. I've gone specifically to look for them but still no sightings...

Water has been so low this year though. only went up to gross a few times. I had better luck at the inlet last year with the water level up.

 Reply by: JPG      Posted: 10/18/2012 7:26:43 AM     Points: 78    

Should be around 20inch next year. By the third year they will be in the 30 inch range. They grow fast.

 Reply by: pikeNcolorado      Posted: 10/18/2012 7:59:20 AM     Points: 2552    

Swigs, thanks for the accurate number. I'm stoked the state got their hands on some more for the time being.

 Reply by: baumer      Posted: 10/24/2012 8:56:24 AM     Points: 61    

All fish caught at Gross are fish of 10000 casts...most of the time!
At least its beautiful up there.

 Reply by: lewdog      Posted: 10/24/2012 9:09:21 AM     Points: 191    

What u talkin about baumer? I catch atleast 30 fish every time i go to gross. If its rainbows lakers brookies brown it makes no diff. to me. Just hike back to the inlet. Catch kokes there too. The lakers we caught averaged at 18" to 19" on that trip. I sight fished about fifty smaller trout up the river a bit. Always a good time.

 Reply by: NativeCuttie      Posted: 10/24/2012 9:31:41 AM     Points: 442    

I'm going to hike up to the inlet on Monday as I'm going to the Broncos game Sunday night and taking a "sick" day on Monday. What should I try and use?

 Reply by: lewdog      Posted: 10/24/2012 9:55:29 AM     Points: 191    

If you want kokes, snagging hooks. If you want rainbows just nightcrawler. If you want macs sucker meat on a hook n sinker. Brookies just fish little pieces of crawler up the river aways. Browns i caught one on the sucker meat. Be prepared for the hike. It rained on us for half the day. Ironically thats when people were snagging up them kokes. And unless you wanna fish the river cut down the hill before it takes you all the way down. Or you can wade across the river and have the shoreline to yourself. But that water is cold.

 Reply by: NativeCuttie      Posted: 10/24/2012 10:23:38 AM     Points: 442    

Sweet sounds good..I'll give a report on how I did :)

 Reply by: rainnfish      Posted: 10/25/2012 4:39:14 PM     Points: 80    

was at inlet yesterday , level down from two weeks ago .nothing there ..returned back . stocker truck arrived at boat ramp at 130 pm...dumped sooo many trout at boat ramp and left fish were around 8in. and up i just had to try ??? i saw this dow guy put all these trout in ..with in five minutes after he left ...i casted out tried several lures ...NOTHING ...NO FISH NO HITS NOTHING..... i thought fish stuck around a while after planting .....perhaps these guys wern't hungry
anyways it started rain to snow cold wind so i headed out ...

 Reply by: gene1970      Posted: 10/30/2012 4:01:11 PM     Points: 0    

is there another way into the inlet I saw a guy two weeks ago limit out on kokanee snagging shooting for that big rock in you photo. he left and i tried and lost over 7 hooks geez..lol oh well i am still after those kokes

 Reply by: rainnfish      Posted: 10/31/2012 10:50:17 PM     Points: 80    

only the r.r tracks go right by the stream .been walking to the inlet every week ...not seen anyone at all catching anything over 12-14 inches ....have not seen any snagging at all.
water down enough you can go to end of boat ramp..and very short climb over a few rocks then level for a ways you by pass the first steep climb from picnic area where you start for the inlet......other than that ....no ??
a good 20 minute walk..up hill and down hill both ways

 Reply by: droolr      Posted: 11/5/2012 9:14:17 AM     Points: 3531    

several months ago i saw two tigers at the inlet. one around 40 inches and one around 30 inches . that explained why the trout bite was off . I am going to target tigers through the ice this winter . i am thinking a six inch dead sucker under a tip up while i fish for lakers and trout with another rod.