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The Fishery of North Brown’s Lake

The Fishery of North Brown’s Lake. Joe Stewig Area Fisheries Manager 7/20/13. Outline. Montrose Area Resources Lake Survey Description Lake Survey Results Future Plans. Montrose Area Resources. Standard Lake Survey. LMB Electrofishing Curled Pondweed Mapping Gill Net / Trap Net

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The Fishery of North Brown’s Lake

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  1. The Fishery of North Brown’s Lake Joe Stewig Area Fisheries Manager 7/20/13

  2. Outline • Montrose Area Resources • Lake Survey Description • Lake Survey Results • Future Plans

  3. Montrose Area Resources

  4. Standard Lake Survey LMB Electrofishing Curled Pondweed Mapping Gill Net / Trap Net Survey Aquatic Vegetation Mapping

  5. Outline • Montrose Area Resources • Lake Survey Description • Lake Survey Results • Moving forward

  6. North Brown’s Lake • 324 acres • 130 littoral acres • Avg. depth – 18’ • Max. depth – 41’ • Walleye stocked in odd numbered years

  7. LargemouthBass

  8. Walleye

  9. Fall YOY WalleyeSurvival

  10. Northern Pike

  11. Northern Pike

  12. Northern Pike

  13. Channel Catfish

  14. Channel Catfish

  15. Black Crappie

  16. Bluegill

  17. Yellow Perch

  18. Bullhead species

  19. Summary • WAE catch low, similar across surveys • NOP catch high; average size good • CCF have arrived!!! Bullhead catch decreased • BLC, BLG, and YEP catch normal

  20. What’s next??? • Change in stocking strategy??? • Liberalized catfish limit??? • Summarize plant data and final write-up

  21. Questions • More Information: • Montrose Area Fisheries Office: Ph: 763-675-3301 • Montrose Area Web site: www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/montrose • DNR Web site: www.dnr.state.mn.us • Email: joe.stewig@state.mn.us

  22. Northern Pike

  23. VS

  24. Summary • YEP catch decreasing; poor size structure • BLG abundant and slow growing; poor size structure • Improved water quality

  25. Size Structure

  26. Size Structure

  27. Size Structure

  28. Northern Pike

  29. Walleye

  30. Summary

  31. Summary

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