Norlunge grow faster than either parent during their first year and at nearly the same rate as their parents during following years. They also exhibit greater vitality and experience a lower mortality rate than pure northern pike or muskellunge. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has placed identification posters at access sites on waters they have stocked with norlunge to alert anglers to the presence of these fish. Distribution of muskellunge in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of muskellunge were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
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