WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CREEL SURVEY REPORT

NORTH NOKOMIS

ONEIDA COUNTY

2006-07

Treaty Fisheries Publication

Written by Steve Kramer Treaty Fisheries Technician

Edited by Dennis Scholl Treaty Fisheries Supervisor

May 2007 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. Northern Pike ...... 8 Figure 3. Muskellunge ...... 9 Figure 4. Smallmouth Bass...... 10 Figure 5. Largemouth Bass...... 11 Panfish Figure 6. Yellow Perch ...... 12 Figure 7. Bluegill ...... 13 Figure 8. Pumpkinseed...... 14 Figure 9. Rock Bass ...... 15 Figure 10. Black Crappie ...... 16

Cover Art: Steve Hilt, Minocqua, WI Fish Graphics: Virgil Beck, Stevens Point, WI INTRODUCTION days and shifts, forty hours per week during the open season for gamefish from the first Fish populations can fluctuate due to natural Saturday in May through the first Sunday in forces (weather, predation, competition), March, except during the month of management actions (stocking, regulations, November when fishing effort is low and ice habitat improvement), inappropriate conditions are often unsafe. The survey is development (habitat degradation), and run during daylight hours, and shift times harvest impacts. Wisconsin Department of change from month to month as day length Natural Resources fisheries crews regularly changes. conduct fishery surveys on area lakes and reservoirs to gather the information needed Creel survey clerks travel their lakes using a to monitor changes, identify concerns, boat or snowmobile to count numbers of evaluate past management actions, and to anglers on a lake at predetermined times, prescribe good fishery management and to interview anglers who have strategies. Netting and electrofishing completed their fishing trip to collect data surveys are used to gather data on the status on what species they fished for, catch, of fish populations and communities harvest, lengths of fish harvested, marks (species composition, population size, (finclips or tags), and hours of fishing effort. reproductive success, size/age distribution, Collecting completed-trip data provides the and growth rates). But the other key most accurate assessment of angling component of the fishery that we often need activities, and it avoids the need to disturb to measure is the harvest. anglers while they are fishing.

On many lakes in the Ceded Territory of A computer program is used to make northern Wisconsin, harvest of fish is projections of total catch and harvest of each divided between sport anglers and the six species, catch and harvest rates, and total Chippewa tribes who harvest fish under fishing effort, by month and for the year in rights granted by federal treaties. The tribes total. Keep in mind that these are only harvest fish mostly using a highly efficient projections based on the best information method, spearing, during a relatively short available, and not a complete accounting of time period in the spring. Every fish in the effort, catch, and harvest. Accurate spear harvest is counted – a complete projections require that we sample a “census” of the harvest. sufficient and representative portion of the angling activity on a lake. The accuracy of We also measure the sport harvest to assess creel survey results, therefore, depends on its impact on the fishery. But because it good cooperation and truthful responses by would be highly impractical and very costly anglers when a creel clerk interviews them. to conduct a complete census of every angler who fishes on a lake, we conduct You may have encountered a DNR creel creel surveys. survey clerk on a recent fishing trip. We appreciate your cooperation during an A creel survey is an assessment tool used to interview. The survey only takes a moment sample the fishing activities of anglers on a of your time and it gives the Department body of water and make projections of valuable information needed for harvest and other fishery parameters. Creel management of the fishery. survey clerks work on randomly-selected

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This report provides projections of: and fall weather was normal. Fishable-ice 1. Overall fishing pressure formed on N. Nokomis Lake in early 2. Fishing effort directed at each species December. 3. Catch and harvest rates 4. Numbers of fish caught and harvested. Sportfishing Regulations The following seasons, daily bag limits, and Also included are a physical description of length limits were in place on N. Nokomis N. Nokomis Lake; discussion of results of Lake during the 2006-fishing season: the survey; and detailed summaries, by species of fishing effort, catch and harvest. Bag Min. Species Season Limit Size GENERAL LAKE Largemouth Bass& 5/06-6/16 Catch&Release Smallmouth Bass 6/17-11/30 5 14" INFORMATION NORTH Musky 5/15-11/30 1 34" NOKOMIS Northern Pike 5/06-3/01 5 none LAKE Walleye 5/06-3/01 3* 15" Panfish all year 25 none Rock Bass all year none none

* The statewide bag limit was 5 fish, but due to tribal declarations it was reduced on N. Nokomis Lake.

SPECIES CATCH AND Location HARVEST INFORMATION N. Nokomis Lake is located just south of the town of Newbold in Oneida County. Angling information is summarized for each species (Figures 1-10) with effort and/or Physical Characteristics catch information. Information presented N. Nokomis Lake is a 476-acre soft water about species whose fishing season extends spring lake having slightly alkaline clear beyond March 4 should be considered water. Littoral substrate consists primarily minimum estimates. Each species page has of sand, with lesser amounts of gravel and up to five graphs depicting the following: muck. Maximum depth is 73 feet deep. 1. PROJECTED FISHING EFFORT Seasons Surveyed Total calculated number of hours The period referred to in this report ran from during each month that anglers spent May 6, 2006 through March 4, 2007. The fishing for a species. open water creel survey ran from May 6 through October 31, 2006 and the ice fishing 2. PROJECTED SPECIFIC CATCH creel survey ran from December 1, 2006 AND HARVEST RATES through March 4, 2007. Calculated number of hours it takes an angler to catch or harvest a fish of Weather the indicated species. Only Ice-out on N. Nokomis Lake was around information from anglers who were April 14, 2006 which is considered normal specifically targeting that species is for northern Wisconsin. Spring, summer

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reported. SPECIES INFORMATION

3. PROJECTED CATCH AND Walleye (Table 2, Figure 1) HARVEST Anglers spent 3,186 hours targeting Calculated number of fish of the walleye. Walleye fishing effort was greatest indicated species caught or harvested in July (702 hours). September had the least by all anglers, regardless of targeted amount of walleye fishing effort (50 hours). species. Catch was 325 fish and harvest 163 fish. 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF Highest catch (92 fish) occurred in June. HARVESTED FISH Anglers fished 9.9 hours to catch and 19.5 All fish of a species that were hours to harvest a walleye during 2006. measured by the clerk during the entire creel survey season. The mean length of harvested walleye was 18.8 inches and the largest walleye 5. LARGEST AND AVERAGE measured was a 28.7-inch fish harvested in LENGTH OF HARVESTED FISH May. Monthly largest and average length of harvested fish of a species. Only Northern Pike (Table 2, Figure 2) those fish measured by the creel Fishing effort directed at northern pike was survey clerk are reported. 498 hours during the 2006 season. Northern pike fishing effort was greatest in February CREEL SURVEY RESULTS (149 hours). AND DISCUSSION Catch was 254 fish and harvest 23 fish. Survey Logistics Anglers fished 14.6 hours to catch a The creel survey went well. We northern pike during 2006. encountered no unusual problems conducting the survey or calculating the The mean length of harvested northern pike projections contained in the report. was 20.4 inches and the largest northern pike measured was a 26-inch fish harvested General Angler Information in March. Anglers spent 9,079 hours or 19.1 hours per acre fishing N. Nokomis Lake during the Muskellunge (Table 2, Figure 3) 2006 season (Table 1). That was lower then Muskellunge was the most sought after fish the statewide average of 33.6 hours per acre during the 2006 survey. Anglers spent 4,563 and the Oneida County average of 36.7 hours targeting muskellunge during the 2006 hours per acre. July was the most heavily season. Muskellunge fishing effort was fished month (5.2 hours per acre). Fishing greatest in July (1,365 hours). effort was lightest in March (0.2 hours per acre). Catch was 150 fish and harvest was 0 fish. Highest catch (35 fish) occurred in August. Anglers fished 33.4 hours to catch a muskellunge during 2006.

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Smallmouth Bass (Table 2, Figure 4) were the creel clerks on N. Nokomis Lake Fishing effort targeted at smallmouth bass during the survey period. was 611 hours during the 2006 season. Smallmouth bass fishing effort was greatest We also thank all the anglers who took the in July (261 hours). time to offer information about their fishing trip to the survey clerk. Without their Catch was 393 fish. Highest catch (141 cooperation the survey would not have been fish) occurred in July. possible.

Largemouth Bass (Table 2, Figure 5) Additional copies of this report and those Fishing effort directed at largemouth bass covering other local lakes can be obtained was 1028 hours during the 2006 season. from the Woodruff DNR. Requests should Largemouth bass catch rates were greatest in be directed to: June (267 fish). Mike Coshun Catch was 768 fish and harvest 6 fish. Treaty Fisheries Biologist WI Department of Natural Resources 8770 Hwy. J Panfish (Table 2, Figures 6-10) Woodruff, WI 54568 Yellow perch was the most sought after pan- e-mail: fish during the survey. Fishing effort [email protected] directed at yellow perch was 267 hours during the 2006 season. Catch was 396 fish and harvest 3 fish.

Anglers caught 537 and harvested 7 bluegills.

Fishing effort directed at black crappie was 227 hours during the 2006 season. Total catch was 75 and harvest 41 fish. The mean length of black crappie harvested was 10.3 inches.

Other panfish caught was rock bass (215 fish) and pumpkinseed (137 fish).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Completion of this survey was possible because of the efforts of the technical staff of the Treaty Fisheries Unit. Treaty staff responsible for ensuring completion of this survey includes Steve Kramer, Tim Tobias, Joelle Underwood, Marty Kiepke, and Jason Halverson. Dean Johnson and Bob Consolo

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Table 1. Sportfishing effort summary, North Nokomis Lake, 2006-07 season.

Oneida County Statewide Total Angler Total Angler Average Average Month Hours Hours/Acre Hours/Acre Hours/Acre May 674 1.4 5.6 5.8 June 1457 3.1 7.6 6.1 July 2456 5.2 8.7 6.4 August 1508 3.2 6.5 5.4 September 871 1.8 3.9 3.8 October 923 1.9 1.8 1.6 December 273 0.6 1.3 1.7 January 359 0.8 1.6 1.5 February 471 1.0 1.5 1.3 March 86 0.2 0.2 ** *Summer Total 7889 16.6 34.1 29.1 *Winter Total 1189 2.5 4.6 4.5 Grand Total 9079 19.1 38.7 33.6

*"Summer" is May-October; "Winter" is December-March **Too few lakes have been surveyed in March to give a meaningful statewide average.

Total Angler Hours is the estimated total number of hours that anglers spent fishing on North Nokomis 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 North Nokomis 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.

Statewide Average Hours/Acre is the average angler effort in hours per acre for inland lakes in the state surveyed between 1990 and 1995. This value can be used to compare North Nokomis Lake to other lakes statewide.

5 Table 2. Creel survey synopses, North Nokomis Lake, 2006-07 fishing seasons.

CREEL YEAR: 2006-07 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 3186 29.80% 325 9.9 163 19.5 18.8 Northern Pike 498 4.66% 254 14.6 23 45.9 20.4 Muskellunge 4563 42.68% 150 33.4 0 Smallmouth Bass 611 5.72% 393 4.0 3 200.0 18.0 Largemouth Bass 1028 9.62% 768 2.9 6 185.2 18.0 Yellow Perch 267 2.50% 396 1.1 3 102.0 7.0 Bluegill 263 2.46% 534 0.5 7 38.5 7.0 Pumpkinseed 47 0.44% 137 0.6 28 17.9 6.0 Rock Bass 0 0.00% 215 14 7.7 Black Crappie 227 2.12% 75 3.0 41 5.6 10.3 extra 0 0.00% 0 0

* 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. Figure 1. Walleye sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

NUMBER OF FISH HOURS PER FISH ANGLING HOURS 10 12 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 0 2 4 6 8 50.0 0 0.0 01 21 41 61 81 02 22 42 62 82 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 434 5.3 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 8.3 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 511 5.5 13.4 13.6 702 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH 227.3 PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT 35.3 289 6 11 . 0.0 0.0 CATCH INCHES 8 18.3 50 MONTH 66 MONTH 61.7 104 1 HARVEST 61.7 22 39.2 204 0.0 1 2 6.7 351 6.9 11 25.1 455 34.2 2 12.6 86 20.4

NUMBER OF FISH 100 INCHES 20 40 60 80 0 12 17 22 27 32 7 86 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 19.4 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 52 28.7 92 17.6 38 26.1 52 28.0 PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST WALLEYE LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF 3 28.0 8 CATCH FISH HARVESTED AVERAGE 3 MONTH MONTH 2 19.0 HARVEST 2 LARGEST 19.0 5 52 19.1 51 23.7 18 17.8 13 19.6 7 20.4 4 24.5

7 Figure 2. Northern pike sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

HOURS PER FISH ANGLING HOURS

NUMBER OF FISH 100 120 140 160 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 20 40 60 80 0.5 1.5 2.5 0.0 0 0 1 2 01 21 41 61 81 02 22 42 62 82 03 23 435 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY . 0.0 0.0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 40 4.4 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 6.6 60 8.7 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13 5.0 2 2 CATCH 1 9 MONTH . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 INCHES 2 MONTH 38 HARVEST 143 1 29 4.3 12.8 149 17.2 59.9 17 0.0 0.0

NUMBER OF FISH

INCHES 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 65 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 10 53 18.7 NORTHERN PIKE 6 19.2 64 PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF 10 CATCH FISH HARVESTED AVERAGE 36 MONTH MONTH 7 HARVEST LARGEST 9 19.5 3 1221.2 21.2 10 20.6 4 26.0 26.0

8 Figure 3. Muskellunge sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

HOURS PER FISH ANGLING HOURS

NUMBER OF FISH 1000 1200 1400 1600 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 200 400 600 800 0.0 0 1 0 23 43 63 83 04 24 44 64 84 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 15.1 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 191 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 0.0 23.6 617 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES ...... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1365 63.3 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH 1016 28.7 CATCH 582 30.5 INCHES MONTH MONTH 792 36.5 HARVEST . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

NUMBER OF FISH 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

INCHES 0 5 32 37 42 47 52 57 62 67 25 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 26 MUSKELLUNGE 22 PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF 35 CATCH FISH HARVESTED AVERAGE 19 MONTH MONTH 22 HARVEST LARGEST 1

9 Figure 4. Smallmouth bass sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

HOURS PER FISH NUMBER OF FISH 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 ANGLING HOURS 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 100 150 200 250 300 50 0 1 0 . 0.0 0.0 01 21 41 61 81 02 22 425 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 17 1.9 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 47 0.0 5.0 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK 261 84.7 LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT 5.2 186 CATCH ...... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 INCHES 94 MONTH MONTH . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 HARVEST 6 1

INCHES NUMBER OF FISH 11 13 15 17 19 100 120 140 160 5 7 9 20 40 60 80 0 SMALLMOUTH BASS A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 42 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 83 8018.0 18.0 LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF 141 PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST 3 69 FISH HARVESTED AVERAGE CATCH 58 MONTH MONTH LARGEST HARVEST

10 Figure 5. Largemouth bass sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

NUMBER OF FISH HOURS PER FISH ANGLING HOURS 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 50 0.0 5.0 0 1 0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY . 0.0 0.0 01 21 41 61 81 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 1.5 176 . 0.0 0.0 5.4 410 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT 4.0 193 34.7 CATCH 1.9 212 INCHES MONTH MONTH . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.6 37 HARVEST . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1

INCHES NUMBER OF FISH 100 150 200 250 300 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 50 0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 56 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY LARGEMOUTH BASS 267 LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF 229 PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST 8018.0 18.0 98 FISH HARVESTED CATCH AVERAGE 6 112 MONTH MONTH 4 HARVEST LARGEST 2

11 Figure 6. Yellow perch sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

NUMBER OF FISH ANGLING HOURS

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 HOURS PER FISH 0 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10.0 12.0 14.0 16.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 34567891011121314 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY . 0.0 0.0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 30 0.9 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT 38 3.7 1 14.7 CATCH INCHES 0.9 72 MONTH MONTH . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 HARVEST 0.8 45 1.9 20 1.3 62 0.0

INCHES NUMBER OF FISH 5 6 6 7 7 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 8 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 55 YELLOW PERCH 76 LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST . 7.0 7.0 21 AVERAGE FISH HARVESTED CATCH 3 77 MONTH MONTH 43 LARGEST HARVEST 59 10 47

12 Figure 7. Bluegill sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

NUMBER OF FISH HOURS PER FISH ANGLING HOURS 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 0 0.0 5.0 0 1 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 0.1 18 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 345678910 4.2 2.0 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 68 . 0.0 0.0 0.6 40 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT 1.0 58 CATCH 22.2 0.7 50 1 INCHES MONTH MONTH . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29 HARVEST 1

NUMBER OF FISH INCHES 100 150 200 250 300 50 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 0 . 8.0 8.0 274 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 4 34 66 LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST . 6.0 6.0 91 BLUEGILL FISH HARVESTED AVERAGE CATCH 3 69 MONTH MONTH LARGEST HARVEST

13 Figure 8. Pumpkinseed sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

NUMBER OF FISH HOURS PER FISH ANGLING HOURS 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0.5 1.5 2.5 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 0 5 0 1 2 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY . 0.0 0.0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 345678910 0.0 0.5 34 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 0.0 0.0 PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH 2 1.7 13 5.0 CATCH . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 INCHES 2 MONTH MONTH . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 HARVEST 1

INCHES NUMBER OF FISH 5 6 6 7 7 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 . 7.0 7.0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 44 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 70 PUMPKINSEED 5.7 55 LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST . 6.0 6.0 21 6.0 8 FISH HARVESTED AVERAGE 3 CATCH MONTH MONTH S LARGEST HARVEST

14 Figure 9. Rock bass sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

NUMBER OF FISH 0.0 0.1 0.2 HOURS0.3 0.4 PER0.5 0.6 FISH0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 ANGLING HOURS 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.5 1.5 2.5 0 1 2 . 0.0 0.0 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 3456789101112 ...... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES ...... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT 1 CATCH MONTH MONTH INCHES HARVEST 2

NUMBER OF FISH

INCHES 100 120 140 160 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 20 40 60 80 0 . 8.5 8.5 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 15 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 4 8.5 138 8.5 3 6.0 62 LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST 6.0 ROCK BASS 7 FISH HARVESTED CATCH AVERAGE MONTH MONTH HARVEST LARGEST

15 Figure 10. Black crappie sportfishing effort, catch, harvest, and length distribution, North Nokomis Lake, during 2006-07.

NUMBER OF FISH HOURS PER FISH ANGLING HOURS 100 120 140 160 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 10 20 40 60 80 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1.1 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 34567891011121314 40 1.5 2.0 PROJECTED SPECIFICCATCHANDHARVESTRATES 30 ...... 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 MEASURED BYTHECREELCLERK LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONOFFISH PROJECTED FISHINGEFFORT CATCH INCHES MONTH 1 MONTH 4 HARVEST 9 143 6 0.4 5 0.6 0.8 9 1.2

INCHES NUMBER OF FISH 10 11 12 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 9.7 37 A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY A U.JL U.SP C.DC A.FB MAR. FEB. JAN. DEC. OCT. SEP. AUG. JUL. JUN. MAY 10.8 26 15 LARGEST ANDAVERAGELENGTHOF PROJECTED CATCHANDHARVEST BLACK FISH HARVESTED AVERAGE CATCH MONTH MONTH

CRAPPIE LARGEST HARVEST 10.3 12 11.1 7 10.7 11 11.4 8

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