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The Fishery of North Brown’s Lake

Joe StewigArea 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

Survey

Aquatic Vegetation Mapping

Outline

Montrose Area Resources

Lake Survey Description

Lake Survey Results

Moving forward

North Brown’s Lake

- 324 acres- 130 littoral acres- Avg. depth – 18’- Max. depth – 41’

- Walleye stocked in odd numbered years

LargemouthBass

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 190

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Length Group (in)

Nu

mb

er

(N)

N = 33Avg TL = 14.8”Avg Wt = 2.3 lbsPSD = 81RSD15 = 58

Walleye

80 85 90 95 03 130

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1.31.0

0.3

1.5 1.6

0.8

Survey Year

Fis

h/G

illn

et

Fall YOY WalleyeSurvival

2003 2005 2007 2009 20110

10

20

30

40

50

60

1.8

53.0

5.5 3.5

12.1

Year Class

Nu

mb

er/

hou

r

Northern Pike

80 85 90 95 03 130

3

6

9

12

15

18

21

5.3

8.3

10.7

19.218.2

16.7

Survey Year

Fis

h/G

illn

et

Northern Pike

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 350

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Length Group (in)

Nu

mb

er

(N)

N = 100Avg TL = 23.5”% > 24” = 34%% > 30” = 3%

Northern Pike

80 85 90 95 03 130

20

40

60

80

100

35

6875

5054

78

12 14

3 36

11

PSD RSD-28 PSD Goal RSD-28 Goal

Survey Year

Siz

e D

istr

ibu

tion

Channel Catfish

80 85 90 95 03 130

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2

28.2

Survey Year

Fis

h/G

illn

et

Channel Catfish

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 270

10

20

30

40

50

60

Length Group (in)

Nu

mb

er

(N)

N = 228Avg TL = 19.2”Avg Wt = 2.4 lbs

Black Crappie

80 85 90 95 03 130

10

20

30

40

50

41.0

10.08.3 8.3 8.0

3.5

Survey Year

Fis

h/G

illn

et

Bluegill

80 85 90 95 03 130

20

40

60

80

100

120

8.516.3

111.5

15.0

28.4

14.1

Survey Year

Fis

h/T

rap

net

Yellow Perch

80 85 90 95 03 130

40

80

120

160

200

147.0

126.0

80.0

186.0

24.816.5

Survey Year

Fis

h/G

illn

et

Bullhead species

80 85 90 95 03 130

10

20

7.7

18.317.3

0.0

7.0

1.8

Survey Year

Fis

h/G

illn

et

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

What’s next???

Change in stocking strategy???

Liberalized catfish limit???

Summarize plant data and final write-up

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

Northern Pike

81 86 89 93 97 01 05 090

3

6

9

12

15

18

21

11.49.9 10.1

9.4

12.313.8

16.818.0

Survey Year

Fis

h/G

illn

et

VS

93 97 01 05 090

3

6

9

12

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

8.5

9.5

11.2

8.1

6.9

52.4

67.8

84.3

10094.3

Survey Year

WA

E/G

illn

et

LM

B/H

ou

r

Summary

YEP catch decreasing; poor size structure

BLG abundant and slow growing; poor size structure

Improved water quality

Size Structure

93 97 01 05 090

20

40

60

80

100

47

92

40

65

38

8

49

3224

11

PSD RSD-15 PSD Goal RSD-15 Goal

Survey Year

Siz

e D

istr

ibu

tion

Size Structure

81 86 89 93 97 01 05 090

20

40

60

80

100

10

22

13

40 0

25

0

PSD PSD Goal

Survey Year

Siz

e D

istr

ibu

tion

Size Structure

81 86 89 93 97 01 05 090

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

26

36

4851

78

55

81

45

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

PSD RSD-8 PSD Goal RSD-8 Goal

Survey Year

Siz

e D

istr

ibu

tion

Northern Pike

Walleye

Year RSD20 RSD24 RSD27 Avg TL

1998 55 24 6 21.0”

2003 54 27 12 21.1”

2007 57 27 8 21.1”

2012 56 27 4 21.0”

Summary

Summary

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