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Walleye Watch Program - Loon Lake - 2011

Loon Lake Road [Paynes Creek]

N 45.00.779W 78.22.121

River Washed stone bottom

Date Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 13 Apr 15 Apr 18

Temp NA 5.5 C NA NA 5 C 6 C NR

Vel NA >2 fps NA NA >2 fps >2 fps >2 fps

Time NA 7:30 p NA NA 3:30 p 7:30 p 5 p

# Fish NA 0 NA NA 0 0 0

Note MUD FOG MUD Pol

Heavy fog and rain everywhere on April 10

Road in can be quite inaccessible at times because of ice or mud

Both sides upstream and downstream of culvert checked

Hwy 118 [Long Lake Creek]

N 45.01.597W 78.20.186

River washed stone bottom

Date Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 11 Apr 13 Apr 15 Apr 18

Temp 8 C NR 8 C 6 C 8 C NR

Vel 0 0 0 0 0 0

Time 8 p 8 p 8 p 4 p 8 p 5:15 p

# Fish 0 0 0 0 0 0

Note Pol


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Gregory Lane Culvert [Burnt River]

N 45.01.463W 78.23.204

River washed stone bottom on est side of culvert [MNR spawning shoal]

Date Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 11 Apr 13 Apr 15 Apr 18

Temp 6 C NR 6 C 5 C 6 C NR

Vel 2 fps >2 fps >2 fps >2 fps >2 fps >2 fps

Time 8 p 8 p 8 p 5 p 8:15 p 5:30p

# Fish 0 0 0 0 0 0

Note Turbid Turbid Pol

Note: Water at culvert quite deep [ ~ 6 ft ] making it difficult to see bottomBoth sides of culvert checked

Sunrise Condominium [Mouth of Burnt River]

N 45.01.414

W 78.23.183

Natural fine and coarse sand

Date Apr 11 Apr 13 Apr 15 Apr 18

Temp 5 C 5 C 5 C NR

Vel


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Gull Islands [Center of Loon Lake]

N 45.01.138

W 78.22.596

River washed stone @ west end of west island [MNR spawning shoal]

Date Apr 27

Temp 7.5 C

Vel 0

Time 10:15a

# Fish 3*

For Gull Islands:

Sonar used - Humminbird 565X c/w dual cone transducer

2 medium sized fish on spawning shoal at 4.9 ft depth

1 large sized fish on spawning shoal perimeter at 9.5 ft depth

average depth of shoal at this date is 2.9 ft

no wind

shoal requires cleaning

total time spent scanning in a grid pattern was 30 minutes - very low speed

this is the first time that I'm aware this shoal has ever been checked

immediately after ice-out.

Notes:

Pol = yellow Polaroid glasses used for daytime observations. Nighttime

observations used a 1 million candlepower spotlight run by a 12vdc snowmobile

battery. NR = Not Recorded

NA = Not done

All velocities visually estimated from experience.

Waters from Long Lake and Loon Lake mix before culvert in Burnt River [ ie: 8 C

{Long} + 5 C {Loon} = 6 C @ culvert ]

Ice off Loon Lake on April 26/11

Summary:

No fish seen in any of the creeks surveyed * - Three fish seen on sonar at Gull Islands spawning shoal

Creek from Wenona Lake not surveyed since it has a lot of mud and stepped

beaver dams going from lake to waterfall at Hwy 118


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Given the absence of fish observed in the creeks surrounding Loon Lake, and given

the past history of low or nil observations in these same creeks, it is reasonable to

suspect that the walleye of Loon Lake probably do not spawn in the creeks, butelsewhere in the lake.

Loon Lake has an active walleye fishery and each year walleye in the 2 to 3 poundrange are regularly caught. As are smaller fish in the under 1 pound weight [12"

+/-]. Obviously the walleye are spawning somewhere in the lake.

Mike Grinnell

1045 Moccasin Trail

Haliburton, ON.,

Tel: 705-457-1859Email: [email protected]

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