WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CREEL SURVEY REPORT

TROUT LAKE

VILAS COUNTY

2013-14

Treaty Fisheries Publication

Compiled by Jason Halverson & Jeff Blonski Treaty Fisheries Technicians

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...... 1 GENERAL LAKE INFORMATION ...... 2 Location ...... 2 Physical Characteristics ...... 2 Seasons Surveyed ...... 2 Weather ...... 2 Sportfishing Regulations ...... 2 SPECIES CATCH AND HARVEST INFORMATION ...... 2 CREEL SURVEY RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ...... 3 Survey Logistics ...... 3 General Angler Information ...... 3 SPECIES INFORMATION ...... 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...... 4

SUMMARY TABLES

Table 1. Sportfishing effort summary ...... 5 Table 2. Creel survey synopsis ...... 6 SPECIES CATCH AND HARVEST INFORMATION Gamefish Figure 1. Walleye ...... 7 Figure 2. ...... 8 Figure 3. Muskellunge ...... 9 Figure 4. Smallmouth Bass ...... 10 Figure 5. ...... 11 Figure 6. Lake Trout ...... 12 Other Species Figure 7. Cisco or Lake Herring ...... 13 Figure 8. Lake Whitefish ...... 14 Panfish Figure 9. ...... 15 Figure 10. ...... 16 Figure 11. Pumpkinseed ...... 17 Figure 12. Rock Bass ...... 18 Figure 13. Black Crappie ...... 19

Cover Art: Steve Hilt, Minocqua, WI Fish Graphics: Virgil Beck, Stevens Point, WI INTRODUCTION March, except during the month of November when fishing effort is low and ice Fish populations can fluctuate due to conditions are often unsafe. The survey is natural forces (weather, predation, run during daylight hours, and shift times competition), management actions (stocking, change from month to month as day length regulations, habitat improvement), changes. inappropriate development (habitat Creel survey clerks travel their lakes degradation), and harvest impacts. using a boat or snowmobile to count Department of Natural Resources numbers of anglers on a lake at fisheries crews regularly conduct fishery predetermined times, and to interview surveys on area lakes and reservoirs to anglers who have completed their fishing gather the information needed to monitor trip to collect data on what species they changes, identify concerns, evaluate past fished for, catch, harvest, lengths of fish management actions, and to prescribe good harvested, marks (finclips or tags), and fishery management strategies. Netting and hours of fishing effort. Collecting electrofishing surveys are used to gather data completed-trip data provides the most on the status of fish populations and accurate assessment of angling activities, communities (species composition, and it avoids the need to disturb anglers population size, reproductive success, while they are fishing. size/age distribution, and growth rates). But A computer program is used to make the other key component of the fishery that projections of total catch and harvest of each we often need to measure is the harvest. species, catch and harvest rates, and total On many lakes in the Ceded Territory of fishing effort, by month and for the year in northern Wisconsin, harvest of fish is total. Keep in mind that these are only divided between sport anglers and the six projections based on the best information Chippewa tribes who harvest fish under available, and not a complete accounting of rights granted by federal treaties. The tribes effort, catch, and harvest. Accurate harvest fish mostly using a highly efficient projections require that we sample a method, spearing, during a relatively short sufficient and representative portion of the time period in the spring. Every fish in the angling activity on a lake. The accuracy of spear harvest is counted – a complete creel survey results, therefore, depends on “census” of the harvest. good cooperation and truthful responses by We also measure the sport harvest to anglers when a creel clerk interviews them. assess its impact on the fishery. But because You may have encountered a DNR creel it would be highly impractical and very survey clerk on a recent fishing trip. We costly to conduct a complete census of every appreciate your cooperation during an angler who fishes on a lake, we conduct interview. The survey only takes a moment creel surveys. of your time and it gives the Department A creel survey is an assessment tool used valuable information needed for to sample the fishing activities of anglers on management of the fishery. a body of water and make projections of harvest and other fishery parameters. Creel This report provides projections of: survey clerks work on randomly-selected 1. Overall fishing effort (pressure) days and shifts, forty hours per week during 2. Fishing effort directed at each species the open season for gamefish from the first 3. Catch and harvest rates Saturday in May through the first Sunday in 4. Numbers of fish caught and harvested

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Also included are a physical description Fishing Regulations of Trout Lake; discussion of results of the The following seasons, daily bag limits, survey; and detailed summaries, by species and length limits were in place on Trout of fishing effort, catch and harvest. Lake during the 2013-14 fishing season: Bag Min. GENERAL LAKE Species Season Limit Size Largemouth Bass& 5/4-6/14 Catch&Release INFORMATION Smallmouth Bass 6/15-3/2 1 18" Trout Musky 5/25-11/30 1 45" Lake Northern Pike 5/4-3/2 5 none Walleye 5/4-3/2 2* 15" Panfish year round 25 none Rock Bass year round none none Lake Trout 5/4-9/30 1 30" * Due to tribal harvest declarations, walleye bag limits were set at 2 for Trout Lake.

SPECIES CATCH AND Location HARVEST INFORMATION Trout Lake is located in Vilas County Angling effort, catch, and harvest south of the town of Boulder Junction. information is summarized for each species Physical Characteristics in Table 2 and Figures 1-10. Table 2 also Trout Lake is a 3,816-acre drainage lake includes a comparison of these statistics with a maximum depth of 117 feet and a with the previous creel survey. Information mean depth of 49 feet making it the largest presented about species whose fishing and deepest lake in Vilas County. Littoral season extends beyond March 2 should be substrate consists primarily of sand, gravel, considered minimum estimates. Each and rubble, with lesser amounts of boulder species page has up to five graphs depicting and muck. Trout Lake is moderately fertile, the following: with slightly alkaline water of high clarity. 1. PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT Seasons Surveyed Total calculated number of hours The period referred to in this report as during each month that anglers spent the 2013-14 fishing season ran from May 4, fishing for a species. 2013 through March 2, 2014. The open 2. PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH water creel survey ran from May 4 through AND HARVEST RATES October 31, 2013 and the ice fishing creel Calculated number of hours it takes survey ran from December 1, 2013 through an angler to catch or harvest a fish of March 2, 2014. the indicated species. Only Weather information from anglers who were Ice-out on Trout Lake was around May specifically targeting that species is 15, 2013, which was about a week and a half reported. after the fishing opener. Fishable-ice 3. PROJECTED CATCH AND formed on Trout Lake in middle of HARVEST December. Calculated number of fish of the indicated species caught or harvested by all anglers, regardless of targeted species.

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4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF Total catch of walleyes was 4,289 fish HARVESTED FISH with a harvest of 2,084 fish. Highest catch All fish of a species that were (1,547 fish) and harvest (1,119 fish) measured by the clerk during the occurred in May. Anglers fished 3.3 hours entire creel survey season. to catch and 6.8 hours to harvest a walleye 5. LARGEST AND AVERAGE during the 2013-14 fishing season. LENGTH OF HARVESTED FISH The mean length of harvested walleyes Monthly largest and average length was 18.4 inches and the largest walleye of harvested fish of a species. Only measured was a 27.0 inch fish. those fish measured by the creel Northern Pike (Table 2, Figure 2) survey clerk are reported. Fishing effort directed at northern pike CREEL SURVEY RESULTS was 445 hours during the 2013-14 season. AND DISCUSSION Northern pike fishing effort was greatest in June (183 hours). Survey Logistics The creel survey went well. We Total catch of northern pike was encountered no unusual problems estimated at 59 fish on Trout Lake. conducting the survey or calculating the Northern pike are currently a minor part of projections contained in the report. Trout the Trout Lake fishery with only an Lake is one of the DNRs “trend lakes,” estimated 6 fish harvested during this which is surveyed every 3 years. This was survey. the seventh time the department conducted a Muskellunge (Table 2, Figure 3) Anglers spent 1,714 hours targeting creel survey on Trout Lake since 1988. General Angler Information muskellunge during the 2013-14 season on Anglers spent 21,563 hours or 5.7 hours Trout Lake. Muskellunge fishing effort was per acre fishing Trout Lake during the 2013- greatest in September (546 hours). 14 season (Table 1). That was much lower Total catch of muskellunge was only 6 than the Vilas County average of 34.5 hours fish with no known harvest. Highest per acre. June was the most heavily fished estimated catch (5 fish) occurred in June. month (1.4 hours per acre). Fishing effort Anglers fished 286 hours to catch a was lightest in February (0.1 hours per acre) muskellunge during 2013-14. for those months when the entire month was Smallmouth Bass (Table 2, Figure 4) creeled. Deep snow and slush on the lakes Fishing effort targeted at smallmouth made winter access difficult for anglers. bass was 2,566 hours during the 2013-14 Overall winter fishing effort may have been season. Smallmouth bass fishing effort was negatively impacted by the unusually cold greatest in June (1,318 hours). weather of the 2013-14 winter. Total catch of smallmouth bass was 1,183 fish with 4 harvested. Highest catch RESULTS BY SPECIES (734 fish) occurred in June. Anglers fished Walleye (Table 2, Figure 1) 3.2 hours to catch a smallmouth bass during Walleyes received the most fishing effort 2013-14. The largest smallmouth harvested in Trout Lake during the 2013-14 season. was 19.9 inch fish. Anglers spent 14,080 hours targeting Largemouth Bass (Table 2, Figure 5) walleyes. The greatest fishing effort for Fishing effort directed at largemouth walleyes was in May (4981 hours). bass was 571 hours during the 2013-14 There was no fishing effort directed season. Largemouth bass fishing effort was walleyes in the month of January. greatest in August (187 hours).

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Total catch of largemouth bass was 41 632 hours. Total catch of yellow perch was fish with a harvest of no fish. Highest catch 826 fish with 235 harvested. The mean (30 fish) occurred in July. Anglers fished length of yellow perch harvested was 8.9 28.7 hours to catch a largemouth bass during inches and the largest harvested was 10.8 the 2013-14 fishing season. inches. Lake Trout (Table 2; Figure 6) were the second most sought There were 1,422 hours of lake trout after panfish species during the survey. fishing effort during 2013-14 fishing season. Fishing effort directed at bluegills was 307 The greatest effort was in the month of July hours. Anglers caught 130 bluegills and (543 hours). harvested 34 fish. Total catch was 514 fish with a projected Pumpkinseeds, black crappies and harvest of 6 fish. Anglers fished 4.4 hours to rock bass were also caught during the 2013- catch a lake trout during the 2013-14 fishing 14 season. season. Cisco (Lake Herring) (Table 2: Figure 7) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Fishing effort directed at ciscoes was Completion of this survey was possible 145 hours. Total catch of ciscoes on Trout because of the efforts of the following Lake during this survey was 170 fish with 24 Fisheries Management and Treaty Fisheries harvested. The mean length of ciscoes staff: Jonathan Pyatskowit, Jeff Blonski, harvested was 8.9 inches with the largest Joelle Underwood, Marty Kiepke, Jason being one measured at 12.1 inches. Halverson, Tim Tobias, Steve Gilbert, and Lake Whitefish (Table 2; Figure 8) Dennis Scholl. Jason Halverson, John Davis Anglers fished 2,986 hours for Lake and Jeff Gize were the creel clerks on Trout Whitefish during the 2013-14 fishing Lake during the survey period. season. Whitefish fishing effort was the We also thank all the anglers who took greatest in January (1,285 hours). the time to offer information about their Total catch was 1,060 fish with 1,001 fishing trip to the survey clerk. Without being harvested. The highest catch (549 fish) their cooperation the survey would not have and harvest (499 fish) occurred in January. been possible. Anglers fished 2.9 hours to catch and 3.0 The department thanks the cooperators, hours to harvest a lake whitefish during the lake residents Jim & Kim Wallner and Dan 2013-14 season. Jacoby of the Wisconsin DNR Trout Lake The mean length of harvested lake Station who generously allowed the whitefish was 16.7 inches and the largest Department to keep a boat and snowmobile measured was a 20.4 inch fish harvested in on their property during this survey. July. This creel report was reviewed by Steve There is a fall recreational seining Gilbert, Jonathan Pyatskowit and Dennis fishery for both whitefish and ciscoes on Scholl of the Wisconsin Department of Trout Lake. This fishery was not monitored Natural Resources, Woodruff, Wisconsin. as part of the creel survey and harvest data is not projected in this publication. Additional copies of this report and those covering other local lakes can be obtained Panfish (Table 2, Figures 9-13) from the Woodruff DNR or online at: Yellow Perch were the most sought after panfish species during the survey. http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Fishing/north/trtycrls Fishing effort directed at yellow perch was rvys.html

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Table 1. Sportfishing effort summary, Trout Lake, 2013-14 season.

Vilas County Total Angler Total Angler Average Ceded Territory Month Hours Hours/Acre Hours/Acre Average Hours/Acre May 5025 1.3 5.4 5.1 June 5343 1.4 7.0 6.4 July 3501 0.9 7.5 6.9 August 2377 0.6 6.6 5.4 September 1888 0.5 4.3 3.3 October 841 0.2 2.0 1.5 December 837 0.2 0.5 1.1 January 1285 0.3 0.8 1.6 February 414 0.1 1.0 1.5 March 52 0.0 0.2 0.2 *Summer Total 18976 5.0 32.1 28.6 *Winter Total 2588 0.7 2.4 4.4 Grand Total 21563 5.7 34.5 33.0

*"Summer" is May-October; "Winter" is December-March

Total Angler Hours is the estimated total number of hours that anglers spent fishing on Trout Lake during each month surveyed.

Total Angler Hours/Acre is the total angler hours divided by the area of the lake in acres. This is useful if you wish to compare effort on Trout Lake to other lakes.

County Average Hours/Acre is the average angler effort in hours per acre for county lakes that have been surveyed since 1990. This value can be useful in comparisons as well.

Ceded Territory Average Hours/Acre is the average angler effort in hours per acre for inland lakes in the ceded territory hat have been surveyed since 1990. This value can be used to compare Trout Lake to other lakes statewide.

5 Table 2. Comparison of creel survey synopses, Trout Lake, 2013-14 and 2010-11 fishing seasons.

CREEL YEAR: 2013-14 SPECIFIC SPECIFIC MEAN DIRECTED CATCH HARVEST LENGTH OF EFFORT PERCENT TOTAL RATE TOTAL RATE HARVESTED SPECIES (Hours) OF TOTAL CATCH (Hrs/Fish) * HARVEST (Hrs/Fish) ** FISH Walleye 14080 55.90% 4289 3.3 2084 6.8 18.4 Northern Pike 445 1.77% 59 69.9 6 69.9 20.3 Muskellunge 1714 6.80% 6 285.7 0 Smallmouth Bass 2566 10.19% 1183 3.2 4 714.3 19.3 Largemouth Bass 571 2.27% 41 28.7 0 Yellow Perch 632 5.69% 826 2.0 235 5.6 8.9 Bluegill 307 1.22% 130 2.5 34 9.0 7.4 Lake Trout 1422 13.33% 514 4.4 6 250.0 31.5 Rock Bass 0 0.00% 3 3 7.0 Black Crappie 128 1.20% 17 7.6 17 7.6 10.5 Pumpkinseed 194 1.82% 3 3 6.8 Cisco 145 0.58% 170 4.3 24 6.1 8.9 Whitefish 2986 11.85% 1060 2.9 1001 3.0 16.7 * A blank cell in this column indicates that no fish of a given species were caught by anglers who specifically targeted that species. 6 ** A blank cell in this column indicates that no fish of a given species were harvested by anglers who specifically targeted that species.

CREEL YEAR: 2010-11 SPECIFIC SPECIFIC MEAN DIRECTED CATCH HARVEST LENGTH OF EFFORT PERCENT TOTAL RATE TOTAL RATE HARVESTED SPECIES (Hours) OF TOTAL CATCH (Hrs/Fish) * HARVEST (Hrs/Fish) ** FISH Walleye 16777 60.27% 3445 4.9 1591 10.6 17.5 Northern Pike 60 0.22% 9 25.5 9 25.5 20.0 Muskellunge 1903 6.84% 20 96.2 0 Smallmouth Bass 1495 5.37% 923 2.3 2 625.0 19.0 Largemouth Bass 49 0.18% 0 0 Yellow Perch 595 5.38% 791 0.9 173 4.1 8.6 Bluegill 103 0.37% 7 0 Lake Trout 1570 14.27% 638 7.3 7 238.1 30.2 Rock Bass 59 0.21% 237 1.3 40 Cisco 268 0.96% 267 8.6 69 9.1 9.5 Whitefish 4958 17.81% 2152 2.3 1934 2.6 16.4 * A blank cell in this column indicates that no fish of a given species were caught by anglers who specifically targeted that species. ** A blank cell in this column indicates that no fish of a given species were harvested by anglers who specifically targeted that species. WALLEYE

PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT

6000 4981 5000

4000 3563

3000 2265 2000 1327 1020 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 1000 616 269 39 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 25.0 21.0 1800 1547 20.0 1600 15.2 1400 1119 1086 15.0 14.0 1200 11.4 10.3 10.3 1000 827 7 10.0 7.9 7.9 800 5.9 600 460 411 4.5 4.4 3.2 3.8 400 5.0 2.1 2.5 226 224 160 HOURS PER FISH 87 99 78 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NUMBER OF FISH 200 24 13 7 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK FISH HARVESTED 80 32 72 68 70 70 27.0 27 24.8 24.9 25.3 24.7 60 55

50 22 19.6 41 18.7 18.5 18.7 18.1 18.2 17.5 17.5 40 35 INCHES 16.8 17.1 17 16.1 15.4 15.4 30 12 20 13 15 NUMBER OF FISH 8 8 10 4 2 2 2 2 1 7 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 1. Walleye sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 200 183 NORTHERN PIKE 180 163 160

140 120 100 92 80 60

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 40 20 7 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 16.0 14.3 14.3 35

14.0 29 30 12.0 25 10.0 20

8 8.0 15 13 6.0 10 4.0 10 6 6

HOURS PER FISH 5

2.0 NUMBER OF FISH 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 22 1.2 20.3 20.3 1 1 20 1

18 0.8 16

0.6 INCHES 14 0.4 12

NUMBER OF FISH 0.2 10 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 2. Northern pike sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. MUSKELLUNGE PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 600 546

500

400 341 360 300 300

200 165

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 100 2 2 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH 9

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 250.0 6

200.0 5 200.0 5 4 150.0 3 100.0 2 1 50.0 1 HOURS PER FISH NUMBER OF FISH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

Figure 3. Muskellunge sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. SMALLMOUTH BASS PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 1400 1318

1200 1000 800

600 487 438 400 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 200 115 154 54 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 50.0 800 734 43.1 45.0 700 40.0 35.0 600 30.0 500 25.0

10 400 18.0 20.0 15.2 300 213 15.0 9.2 10.0 200 108 HOURS PER FISH 4.8

NUMBER OF FISH 71 5.0 2.2 3.0 100 42 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED 19.9 MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 21 19.3 1.2 19 1 1 1

1 17 15 0.8 13 0.6 INCHES 11 9 0.4 7

NUMBER OF FISH 0.2 5 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 0 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 4. Smallmouth bass sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. LARGEMOUTH BASS

PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT

200 185 187 180 160 140 127 120 100 80 60 52 40 20 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 20 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH 11

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 35 7.0 6.4 30

6.0 30 5.0 25 4.0 20

3.0 15 11 2.0 10 NUMBER OF FISH

HOURS PER FISH 1.0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

Figure 5. Largemouth bass sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. LAKE TROUT

PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT

600 543

500

400 352 311 300

200 167 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 100 49

0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 180 120.0 163 160 96.2 100.0 140 116 80.0 120

12 100 85 60.0 80 50 53 40.0 60 41 40 12.3 20.0 10.0 NUMBER OF FISH HOURS PER FISH 5.1 20 6 6 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK FISH HARVESTED 35 4 31.5 31.5 30 3

25

20 2

INCHES 15 1 1 10 NUMBER OF FISH

5 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 6. Lake Trout sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. CISCO OR LAKE HERRING PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 120 114

100 80 60 NO PICTURE AVAILABLE 40 31 20 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 10.0 8.9 120 110

9.0 8.0 100 7.0 80 6.0 5.0

13 5.0 60 4.0 2.8 2.8 3.0 40 31 2.0 13 HOURS PER FISH 11 11 12 20 6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NUMBER OF FISH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED 13 3.5 MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 12.1 3 12 3 11 2.5 10 9.4 2 8.8 2 9 8.3 8 1.5 INCHES 1 1 7 1 6

NUMBER OF FISH 0.5 5 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 7. Cisco or Lake Herring sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT LAKE WHITEFISH 1400 1285 1200

1000 837 800 NO PICTURE AVAILABLE

600 414 400 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 197 200 142 11 48 52 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES 20.0 PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 17.2 17.2 18.0 600 549 16.0 499 500 14.0 11.8 11.8 12.0 400 316 316 10.0 14 300 8.0 6.2 6.2 6.0 200 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 HOURS PER FISH 2.2 2.2 2.3 100 70 64 67 67 2.0 NUMBER OF FISH 33 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 6 6 0 0 16 16 3 3 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED 22 120 112 MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 20.4 20.4 20.1 20 19.6 100 19.1 19.0 18.1 17.9 18 17.3 17.5 75 16.8 80 16.6 16.5 16.2 16.0 16.0 16

60 INCHES

37 14 40 22 12 NUMBER OF FISH 20 15 8 8 3 3 3 2 10 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 8. Lake Whitefish sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. YELLOW PERCH PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 250 238

203 200

150 120

100 70 50 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 1 1 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 18.0 400 15.5 343 16.0 350 301 14.0 300 12.0 10.5 250 10.0 200 158 15 8.0 150 6.0 4.5 97 3.9 100 81 4.0 2.6 2.6 2.9

HOURS PER FISH 45 1.4 NUMBER OF FISH 50 23 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 8 12 7 7 10.8 10.8 7 11 10.5 10.5 10.3

6 10 9.0 9.2 8.7 8.8 5 9 8.4 4 4 4 4 8

4 INCHES 3 7 2 6 NUMBER OF FISH 1 5 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 9. Yellow Perch sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. BLUEGILL

PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 160 151

140 127 120 100 80 60 40 28

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 20 1 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST

4.0 3.7 140 124

3.5 120 3.0 100 2.5 80

16 2.0 60 1.5 1.0 34 1.0 40 HOURS PER FISH

0.5 NUMBER OF FISH 20 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED 1.2 MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 8 1 1 7.4 7.4 1 8

0.8 7 7 0.6

INCHES 6 0.4 6

NUMBER OF FISH 0.2 5 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 10. Bluegill sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. PUMPKINSEED

PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 102

100 100 98 96 94 94

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 92 90 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 4 1.2 3 3 1 3 1 3 0.8 2 2 0.6 1 0.4

NUMBER OF FISH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NUMBER OF FISH 0.2 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 0 17 MONTH 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CATCH HARVEST INCHES

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF FISH HARVESTED 7 6.8 6.8

7

6 INCHES 6

5 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 11. Pumpkinseed sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. ROCK BASS

PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1

NUMBER OF FISH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH CATCH HARVEST 18 AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 8 1.2 7.0 7.0 7 1 1 1

7 0.8

0.6 INCHES 6

0.4 6

NUMBER OF FISH 0.2 5 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 12. Rock bass sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14. BLACK CRAPPIE

PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT 80 69

70 60 50 40 28 30 27 20 4 4

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 10 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MONTH

PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH AND HARVEST RATES PROJECTED CATCH AND HARVEST 4.5 4.1 4.1 18 17 17

4.0 16 3.5 14 3.0 12 2.5 10 2.0 8 1.5 6 1.0 4 HOURS PER FISH

0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NUMBER OF FISH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 19 MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

AVERAGE AND LARGEST LENGTH OF LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH FISH HARVESTED 11 10.5 10.5 1.2 MEASURED BY THE CREEL CLERK 1 10 1

9 0.8 8 0.6 INCHES 7 0.4 6

NUMBER OF FISH 0.2 5 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

Figure 13. Black crappie sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, Trout Lake, during 2013-14.