Below is the stocking history I currently have in my records. I've collected this information from various sources over the years, including WDFW staff, scientific reports, newspaper articles, etc. The data for Mayfield and Evergreen are incomplete, and I had conflicting data from multiple sources for a few entries, in which case I used the source I considered most reliable. I can't guarantee this information is error-free, but I believe it to be mostly accurate.
The first tiger muskies stocked in Washington were put in Mayfield Lake in 1988 by Jack Tipping, a WDFW biologist (now retired). Jack told me years ago he didn't think any of these fish survived, and he thought the 1989 Mayfield stocking was the first successful stocking. Mayfield was Washington's only musky lake until 1992, when tigers were introduced into Spokane's Newman Lake. Merwin followed in 1995, Evergreen in 1997, Curlew in 1998, Tapps in 2000, and Silver Lake in 2002. There also were several one-time stockings in other lakes and ponds, including Seattle's Green Lake in 2002. A question mark (?) next to a lake means the lake received a stocking that year but I don't know how many fish were stocked. Otherwise, if a lake isn't mentioned for a particular year, it wasn't stocked that year.
WDFW assumes mortality rates of 66% in the first year and 50% in succeeding years. Thus, a stocking of 300 fingerlings would result in 50 surviving fish available to anglers in the third season after the stocking.
1988 - Mayfield 7000+
1989 - Mayfield ?
1990 - Mayfield ?
1991 - Mayfield 616
1992 - Mayfield 1150, Newman 679
1993 - Mayfield 375
1994 - Mayfield 255, Newman 2366
1995 - Merwin 1209, Newman 955
1996 - Mayfield 1103, Merwin 375
1997 - Mayfield 700, Merwin 1331, Newman 999, Evergreen ?, Red Rock 1644, South Lewis County Pond 20
1998 - Mayfield 863, Merwin 3662, Newman 500, Curlew 400, Evergreen ?, South Lewis County Pond 20
1999 - Mayfield 477, Merwin 1273, Newman 400, Curlew 100, Evergreen ?, Red Rock 400, South Lewis County Pond 20
2000 - Mayfield 1000, Merwin 2096, Tapps 1876, Newman 644, Curlew 350, Evergreen 450, Green Lake 150, Fazon 28
2001 - None
2002 - Mayfield 700, Merwin 694, Tapps 800, Newman 500, Curlew 336, Silver 1000, Evergreen 300
2003 - Curlew 298, Silver 231
2004 - Mayfield 600, Merwin 200, Newman 350, Curlew 365, Silver 200, Evergreen 74
2005 - Mayfield 1000, Merwin 1000, Tapps 803, Curlew 600, Silver 400, Evergreen 200, Anderson 75, Upper Anderson 10
2006 - Mayfield 1100, Merwin 1500, Tapps 1000, Newman 700, Curlew 400, Silver 300, Evergreen 2002
2007 - Mayfield 800, Merwin 900, Tapps 191, Newman 400, Curlew 150, Silver 250, Evergreen 100
2008 - Merwin 900? or possibly 0, as none of the other lakes received fish that year
2009 - Mayfield 1463, Merwin 2200, Tapps 1790, Newman 700, Curlew 450, Silver 350, Evergreen 200
2010 - Mayfield 1200, Merwin 1250, Tapps 1100, Newman 700, Curlew 450, Silver 350, Evergreen 250
2011 - Mayfield 1400, Merwin 1800, Tapps 1150, Newman 700, Curlew 400, Silver 350, Evergreen 300
2012 - Mayfield 1100, Merwin 1566, Tapps 1000, Newman 600, Curlew 400, Silver 350, Evergreen 250
2013 - Mayfield 1200, Merwin 2000, Tapps 1400, Newman 975, Curlew 425, Silver 325, Evergreen 300
2014 - Mayfield 1400, Merwin 2175, Tapps 1300, Newman 720, Curlew 250, Silver 300, Evergreen 300
2015 - Mayfield 1500, Merwin 2650, Newman 700, Curlew 250, Silver 300, Evergreen 350
WDFW also provided a few fish to the Cabela's store in Lacey for their aquarium, and they may have provided some fish to neighboring states.
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I was just at Curlew and they again stocked with Tiger Muskie on June 1st 2016. I didn't get a count but it was fun to talk to them and watch the process.
2016 - Mayfield 1700, Merwin 2800, Tapps 0, Newman 700, Curlew 250, Silver 300, Evergreen 350
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