WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CREEL SURVEY REPORT

LAKE WISSOTA CHIPPEWA COUNTY

2019

Treaty Fisheries Publication

March 2020

INTRODUCTION The information collected from anglers during the interview includes the species of The Wisconsin Department of Natural fish being targeted, catch and harvest, Resources regularly conducts fishery surveys lengths of harvested fish, and hours of of area lakes and reservoirs to gather fishing effort. Typically, only anglers that information on species composition, have completed their fishing trip are population size, reproductive success, interviewed because it provides the most size/age distribution, and growth rates. The accurate information and it avoids the need information from the netting and to disturb anglers while they are fishing. electrofishing surveys helps the WDNR determine the best management practices for You may have encountered one of the DNR that body of water. Another important aspect creel clerks on a recent fishing trip. The of a fishery is the amount of harvest that is survey only takes a moment of your time and occurring on the lake. This information is we appreciate your cooperation during an collected by creel census or creel survey. interview. The information collected gives the DNR valuable knowledge required for On lakes in the Ceded Territory of management of the fishery. Wisconsin, harvest of fish is divided between sport anglers and the six Chippewa The data collected during the survey is tribal bands. The six Chippewa tribal bands processed by a computer program and harvest fish under rights governed by federal summarized by month to calculate estimates treaties of 1837 and 1842. Most tribal fish of the total fishing pressure, fishing effort harvest is done by spearing during a short directed at each species, catch and harvest period of time in the spring. All speared fish rates, and the number of fish caught and are individually counted by tribal creel harvested. clerks, allowing for a complete “census” of the tribal fish harvest in the spring. This creel survey report will provide you with four types of estimated information for Information is also collected on the effects this body of water: of sport angler harvest on fish populations. Because it would be impractical and costly 1. Overall fishing pressure to conduct a complete “census” of the fish 2. Fishing effort directed at each species harvested by sport anglers on area lakes, a 3. Catch and harvest rates creel survey is conducted to estimate the 4. Numbers of fish caught and harvested. amount of fish harvested by sports anglers. Also included in this report are physical A creel survey is a sampling tool used to information about the lake, discussion of measure the fishing activities of the sport results of this survey and detailed summaries anglers and to estimate the amount of fish by species. harvested on a body of water. Creel surveys are designed to have a creel clerk on a lake, work random shifts, and forty hours each week throughout the fishing season. Each month these shifts cover a sample of all the daylight hours. Creel clerks travel their lakes using a boat, snowmobile or vehicle to count and to interview anglers.

GENERAL LAKE single page for each species. If a page for a INFORMATION species is not present in this section, it is because no one reported fishing for that Location species and/or none were caught. Each Lake Wissota is in Chippewa County east of species page has up to five graphs covering Chippewa Falls. the following:

Physical Characteristics FIGURE 1 Lake Wissota is a 6300-acre reservoir on the ESTIMATED DIRECTED Chippewa River with a maximum depth of FISHING EFFORT 72 feet. There are 7 boat landings around the Total calculated number of hours lake. The most popular landings are the Rod during each month that anglers spent and Gun Club on the west side, Township fishing for this species. landing on Little Lake Wissota, and Lake Wissota State Park in Moon Bay. FIGURE 2 ESTIMATED DIRECTED Seasons Surveyed ANGLER CATCH AND An open water creel survey was conducted HARVEST RATES from opening day of gamefish season on Calculated number of hours it takes May 4, 2019 and ran through the end of an angler to catch or harvest a fish of this species. Only information from October. anglers who were specifically Harvest Regulations targeting this species is reported The following seasons, daily bag limits, and here. length limits were in place on this lake in 2019-2020: FIGURE 3 ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST Calculated number of fish of this species caught or harvested by all Bag Min. anglers. This estimate also includes Species Season Limit Size incidental catch and harvest of fish Walleye 5/4-3/1 3 ** by anglers that were not specifically Largemouth Bass 5/4-3/1 5 14" targeting this species. Smallmouth Bass 5/4-3/1 5 14" Muskellunge 5/25-11/30 1 50" FIGURE 4 Northern Pike 5/4-3/1 5 none LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF Panfish all year 25 none HARVESTED FISH MEASURED Catfish all year 10 none BY CLERK Lake Sturgeon* 9/7-9/30 1 60" All fish of this species measured by **No minimum, 14”-18” protected slot, only 1>18” the clerk during the entire creel *Sturgeon must be tagged and registered survey season.

SPECIES CATCH AND FIGURE 5 HARVEST INFORMATION AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED Angling information is summarized on a Average length and the largest fish of

this species harvested each month. Spooner, WI 54801 Only those fish measured by the Phone: (715)635-4164 creel clerk are reported here. Email: [email protected]

Seasonal Angler Effort Summary

The table provides a summary by month of the total angler hours and total angler hours per acre. Also, the table compares county average and ceded territory average to current survey results.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The completion of this survey was possible because of the efforts of the following Treaty Assessment Staff: Gene Hatzenbeler, Todd Brecka, Misty Rood, Bill Sobaski, and Gina Winther. We would especially like to recognize the efforts of our creel clerks Justin Parker and Youa Xiong who collected the angler interviews.

The Department would like to thank John Sours and Delores Albert. They generously allowed the department to keep a boat at their property during this survey.

We would also like to thank all the anglers who took the time to offer information about their fishing trip to the survey clerk. Without your cooperation this survey would not have been possible.

Additional copies of this report and those covering other local lakes can be obtained from the Treaty Fisheries Biologist in Spooner or WDNR Webpage.

Questions about the report can be directed to Gene Hatzenbeler WDNR Spooner Office 810 W. Maple Street

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FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

10000 8703 9000 8000 7393 7000 5863 6000 5000

4000 3256

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 3000 2149 2000 1358 1000 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

20 18.8 8000 7508

18 7000 16 14.7 13.4 6000 14 12 5000 4525 10 4000 3610 3489 8 6.7 3000 5.1 2306

6 4.5 HOURS PER FISHPER HOURS 3.1 FISH OF NUMBER 2000 1503 1333 4 2.2 2.1 1143 1.2 1.3 2 0.6 1000 551 495 264 210 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

50 30 42 40 38 35 25 22.0 30 20.0 19.3 20 18.5 18.5 20 INCHES 13 14.9 NUMBER OF FISHOF NUMBER 15 10 13.0 13.5 12.8 12.7 12.4 4 4 3 4 3 11.9 1 1 0 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST NORTHERN PIKE

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

1000 933 900 800 700 600 500 442 400

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 300

200 128 100 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

14 700 630 12 11.5 600

10 500

8 400 367

6 300 272

3.9 4.0 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER HOURS PER FISH PER HOURS 4 200 152

100 72 2 32 42 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

2 35

30

1 1 25

INCHES 23.0 23.0 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 20

0 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST MUSKELLUNGE

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

1600

1400 1337

1200 1004 1000 888

800

600 550

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 409 352 400

200

0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

70 180 62.9 159 160 60 140 50 120 120 40 92 100 85 30 80

16.4 60 44 46

20 FISH OF NUMBER

HOURS PER FISHPER HOURS 11.3 11.8 8.8 40 10 20 9 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

2 50 49 48 47 1 46 45.5 45.5 1 45 INCHES 44

43 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 42 41 0 40 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST

INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR OPEN WATER CREEL SURVEY SMALLMOUTH BASS

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

4500 3944 4000 3746

3500

3000 2796

2500

2000 1592

1500 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 1000

500 350 12 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

200 4500 175.4 4069 180 4000 160 3500 3317 140 3000 2786 120 2500 100 80 2000

60 1500 HOURS PER FISHHOURS NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 861 40 1000 20 2.2 0.9 1.2 1.5 500 241 41 15 13 21 13 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

3 20

18 2 2 2 16 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0

INCHES 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14

1 NUMBER OF FISHOF NUMBER 12

0 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST LARGEMOUTH BASS

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

1800 1596 1600 1400 1200

1000 848 800 557

600 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING

400 269

200 65 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

2 45 41 40 35 30 No Fish Caught or Harvested by 25 1 Directed Effort 20

15

NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER HOURS PER FISH PER HOURS 10 5 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

2 20

18

16

1 No Fish Measured INCHES

14 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 12

0 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST BLUEGILL

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

4500 4105 4000 3500 3000

2500 2138 2000 1668

1500 1202 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 1000 500 286 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

14 13.3 7000 6172 12 11.5 6000

10 5000

8 4000 6.5 6 3000 1976

3.4 3.5 HOURS PER FISH PER HOURS 4 FISH OF NUMBER 2000 2.1 708 2 1000 484 0.7 235 160 146 14 184 6 6 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

16 15 11 10.5 10.5 14 10 12 9 10 8.0 8 8 7.5

6 INCHES 7

NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 4 3 6 2 1

0 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST BLACK CRAPPIE

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

12000 10903

10000

8000

6000 4760

4000 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 1818 2000 1424 633 578 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

8 7.5 16000 13729 14000 5.8 6 12000

10000

4 8000 6388 2.7

6000 HOURS PER FISH PER HOURS

NUMBER OF FISHOF NUMBER 3924 2 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.4 4000 2700 0.8 0.8 2035 1805 0.5 0.6 1149 2000 636 529 139 600 528 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

50 14 13.5 45 45 13.0 13.0 13 12.5 40 35 12 11.5 11.5 11.6 30 27 10.8 10.7 11 10.6 10.4 25 22 10.0

INCHES 10 20 16 15 9 NUMBER OF FISHOF NUMBER 9 10 8 5 1 7 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST YELLOW PERCH

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

160 146 140

120

100

80

60 ANGLING ANGLING HOURS

40 27 20

0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST 300 2

250 240

200

143 1 No Fish Caught or Harvested by Directed 150 130 Effort 90 91

100 76

NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER HOURS PER FISHPER HOURS 50 17 12 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH MONTH CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

2 15

13

11 1 1 1 10.0 1 9.3

9 INCHES

7.0 7.0 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 7

0 5 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST ROCK BASS

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

1

Est. Directed Effort = 0 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING

0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT.

MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

1 350 296 300

250 228 207 No Fish Caught or Harvested by Directed 200 Effort 150 92

HOURS PER FISHPER HOURS 100 NUMBER OF FISHOF NUMBER

50 16 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

2 10

9.0 9.0 9

8 1 1

INCHES 7 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 6

0 5 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. 5 6 7 8 9 10 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST CHANNEL CATFISH

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

3000

2445 2500 2178

2000 NO PICTURE AVAILABLE

1500

1000 835

ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 652

500

0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

5 2000 4.5 1811 1800 1540 4 1600 1359 3.3 1400 3.0 2.9 3.0 3 1200 995 1000 876 745 2 1.7 800 600 1.1 1.1 FISHOF NUMBER 436 HOURS PER FISHPER HOURS 332 1 400 146 200 28 13 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

7 50 6 45 6 40 5 35 31.5 31.5 31.0 31.5 4 30 4 24.3 23.7 3 3 3 25 22.0 22.0 19.4 20.3

3 INCHES 20 2 2 2

2 15 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 1 1 1 1 10 1 5 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST FATHEAD CATFISH

FIGURE 1. ESTIMATED DIRECTED FISHING EFFORT

1800 1709

1600

1400 1233 1200 NO PICTURE AVAILABLE

1000

800

600 ANGLING HOURS ANGLING 400 291

200

0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH

FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED DIRECTED ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST RATES FIGURE 3. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANGLER CATCH AND HARVEST

40 90 85

35 33.6 33.6 80 70 66 30 60 25 50 20 37 40 15

30 NUMBER OF FISHOF NUMBER HOURS PER FISHPER HOURS 10 20 5 10 0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. MONTH MONTH

CATCH HARVEST CATCH HARVEST

FIGURE 4. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTED FISH MEASURED BY CLERK FIGURE 5. AVERAGE LENGTH AND LARGEST FISH HARVESTED

2 50

40

30 1 1 19.5 19.5

INCHES 20 NUMBER OF FISH OF NUMBER 10

0 0 MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 MONTH INCHES AVERAGE LARGEST TOTAL ANNUAL ANGLER DIRECTED EFFORT BY SPECIES Lake Wissota, 2019-20 This graph illustrates the percentage of time that anglers spent fishing for each species during the entire creel survey. The percentages are based on the species of fish anglers told the clerk they were fishing for, not what they actually caught. If a particular species is not present in the graph it is because no one reported they were fishing for that species.

Flathead Catfish 3.6% Yellow Perch Channel 0.2% Catfish 6.8%

Walleye 32.1%

Black Crappie 22.5%

Northern Pike Bluegill 1.7% 10.5% Muskellunge Smallmouth Bass 5.1% 13.9%

Largemouth Bass 3.7% SEASONAL ANGLER EFFORT SUMMARY 2019-20

Estimated angler fishing effort on Lake Wissota for each month surveyed

Chippewa Ceded Number of County Territory Angler Party Total Angler Total Angler Average Average Month Interviews Hours Hours/Acre Hours/Acre Hours/Acre May 65 18799 3.0 4.6 5.1 June 108 18651 3.0 5.5 6.4 July 91 13465 2.1 4.6 6.9 August 67 10140 1.6 3.7 5.4 September 23 7130 1.1 2.5 3.3 October 31 3617 0.6 1.0 1.5 *Summer Total 385 71801 11.4 21.9 28.6 Grand Total 385 71801 11.4 27.8 33.0

*Summer" is May-October

Number of Angler Party Interviews is the number of groups of anglers interviewed by the creel clerk. A party is considered the members of a group who fish together in the same boat, ice shanty, or from shore. The clerk fills out one interview form for each group of anglers. The number of individual anglers actually contacted by the clerk is usually much greater than the number of groups listed in this table since most groups consist of more than one angler.

Total Angler Hours is the estimated total number of hours that anglers spent fishing on this 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 this lake to others.

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 surveyed between 1990 and 2013. This value can be used to compare this lake to other lakes in the ceded territory. CREEL SURVEY HISTORY/SYNOPSIS LAKE WISSOTA, CHIPPEWA COUNTY

CREEL YEAR: 2019-20 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 28722 32.1% 22771 1.5 4166 7.7 12.7 Northern Pike 1503 1.7% 1535 6.6 32 NA 23.0 Muskellunge 4540 5.1% 509 14.7 46 NA 45.5 Smallmouth Bass 12440 13.9% 11287 1.3 90 588.2 14.5 Largemouth Bass 3335 3.7% 41 NA 0 NA NA Bluegill 9399 10.5% 7789 1.3 2302 4.1 7.6 Black Crappie 20116 22.5% 23517 0.9 10645 1.9 10.7 Yellow Perch 173 0.2% 692 NA 107 NA 8.5 Channel Catfish 6110 6.8% 5490 1.9 2790 2.5 22.7 Flathead Catfish 3233 3.6% 151 87.7 37 87.7 19.5 *Totals for open water only, May-October

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 42429 35.0% 31497 1.4 9216 4.5 12.6 Northern Pike 2812 2.3% 2144 9.1 189 33.4 22.9 Muskellunge 13887 11.5% 1131 20.2 0 0.0 NA Smallmouth Bass 30431 25.1% 20338 1.6 208 0.0 16.4 Largemouth Bass 11625 9.6% 980 16.2 0 NA NA Bluegill 5747 4.7% 8961 0.7 3324 2.1 7.5 Pumpkinseed 116 0.1% 149 1.0 0 0.0 NA Black Crappie 8747 7.2% 5943 1.7 3445 2.8 10.1 Yellow Perch 2174 1.8% 4096 1.4 4 10.0 8.5 Lake Sturgeon 573 0.5% 26 22.0 26 22.0 50.5 Channel Catfish 2544 2.1% 1140 4.6 607 5.6 19.6 **Totals for open water only, May-October