Editing Muskellunge (section)

==Habitat==
Muskellunge are found in [[Oligotrophic lake|oligotrophic]] and [[mesotrophic lake]]s and large [[river]]s from northern [[Michigan]], northern [[Wisconsin]], and northern [[Minnesota]] through the [[Great Lakes region]], [[Chautauqua Lake]] in western New York, north into [[Canada]], throughout most of the [[Saint Lawrence River|St Lawrence River]] drainage, and northward throughout the upper [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] valley, although the species also extends as far south as [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] in the [[Tennessee River]] valley. Also, a small population is found in the [[Broad River (South Carolina)|Broad River]] in [[South Carolina]]. Several North Georgia reservoirs also have healthy stocked populations of muskie. They are also found in the [[Red River of the North|Red River]] drainage of the [[Hudson Bay]] basin. Muskie were introduced to western [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]] in the late 1960s and have now [[Invasive species in the United States|spread to many connecting waterways]] in northern [[Maine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=442557&an=1|title=MUSKELLUNGE MANAGEMENT PLAN|website=Maine.gov|access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref> The [[Pineview Reservoir]] in Utah is one of three Utah locations where the hybrid [[Tiger muskellunge]] is found.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

They prefer clear waters where they lurk along weed edges, rock outcrops, or other structures to rest. A fish forms two distinct home ranges in summer: a shallow range and a deeper one. The shallow range is generally much smaller than the deeper range due to shallow water heating up. A muskie continually patrols the ranges in search of available food in the appropriate conditions of water temperature.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}