There are musky, I've caught a total of three up the creek towards Killaloe. Two 3 pounders and an 8-9 pounder. This was spread out over the years. What is really surpising is that they were not tigers either.

that's not golden lake it is the bonnichare river

That's not the Bonechere River. It's Brennans creek I'm talking about. They were caught circa 1996 and 2002 in May. They were likely spawning and hadn't returned to the main lake. Pike out compete musky because they spawn a couple weeks earlier and so there are very few