Fish Sampling Updates

2022 Lake Survey Summary – Clear Lake (Marshall)
Clear Lake was sampled on June 22-23; the catch in 18 overnight frame net and 12 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).

Frame net catch
1.2 black crappie per net (see length frequency graph)
46.0 bluegill per net (see length frequency graph)
1.1 smallmouth bass per net (see length frequency graph)

Gill net catch
13.1 black crappie per net (see length frequency graph)
3.1 northern pike per net (see length frequency graph)
1.9 smallmouth bass per net (see length frequency graph)
2.8 walleye per net (see length frequency graph)
2.1 yellow perch per net; those caught ranged in size from 5.8 to 8.7 inches

Other fish species encountered during the survey included black bullhead, common carp, largemouth bass, and white sucker.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – Cottonwood Lake (Spink)
Cottonwood Lake was sampled on June 1-2; the catch in 12 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).
Gill net catch
0.3 northern pike per net; those caught ranged in size from 22.8 to 25.8 inches
2.2 walleye per net (see length frequency graph)
0.5 yellow perch per net; those caught ranged in size from 6.9 to 10.4 inches

Other fish species encountered during the survey included black bullhead and common carp.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – Enemy Swim Lake (Day)
Enemy Swim Lake was sampled on June 14-16; the catch in 24 overnight frame net and 12 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).

Frame net catch
43.4 bluegill per net (see length frequency graph)
4.5 rock bass per net (see length frequency graph)
5.1 smallmouth bass per net (see length frequency graph)

Gill net catch
1.5 northern pike per net; those caught ranged in size from 19.4 to 32.5 inches
2.1 smallmouth bass per net (see length frequency graph)
1.3 walleye per net (see length frequency graph)
1.9 white bass per net; those caught ranged in size from 13.5 to 16.7 inches
3.0 yellow perch per net; those caught ranged in size from 4.5 to 9.2 inches

Other fish species encountered during the survey included black bullhead, black crappie, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, and white sucker.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – Mina Lake (Edmunds)
Mina Lake was sampled on June 7-9; the catch in 16 overnight frame net and 12 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).

Frame net catch
9.2 black bullhead per net; those caught ranged in size from 8.1 to 12.8 inches
1.4 bluegill per net; those caught ranged in size from 4.6 to 10.0 inches
0.2 channel catfish per net; those caught ranged in size from 21.9 to 26.3 inches
0.6 walleye per net; those caught ranged in size from 9.0 to 17.3 inches

Other fish species encountered in the frame net catch included black crappie, common carp, freshwater drum, northern pike, white sucker, and yellow perch.
Gill net catch
1.5 black bullhead per net; those caught ranged in size from 9.3 to 11.3 inches
0.7 channel catfish per net; those caught ranged in size from 21.0 to 26.5 inches
0.6 northern pike per net; those caught ranged in size from 25.0 to 27.6 inches
0.5 walleye per net; those caught ranged in size from 14.4 to 26.0 inches

Other fish species encountered in the gill net catch included freshwater drum, white sucker, and yellow perch.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – North Buffalo Lake (Marshall)
North Buffalo Lake was sampled on June 14-15; the catch in 12 overnight frame net and 6 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).

Frame net catch
3.1 black crappie per net; those caught ranged in size from 8.1 to 10.8 inches
59.7 bluegill per net (see length frequency graph)

Gill net catch
8.0 northern pike per net (see length frequency graph)
2.2 walleye per net (see length frequency graph)
22.0 yellow perch per net (see length frequency graph)

Other fish species encountered during the survey included black bullhead, green sunfish, golden shiner, largemouth bass, and white sucker.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – North Drywood Lake (Roberts)
North Drywood Lake was sampled on May 24-25; the catch in 12 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).
Gill net catch
7.9 northern pike per net (see length frequency graph below)
8.4 walleye per net (see length frequency graph below)
2.0 yellow perch per net; those caught ranged in size from 5.6 to 11.3 inches

Other fish species encountered during the survey included black bullhead, bluegill, and largemouth bass.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – Pickerel Lake (Day)
Pickerel Lake was sampled on June 22-24; the catch in 17 overnight frame net and 12 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).

Frame net catch
0.3 black crappie per net; those caught varied in size from 8.5 to 10.8 inches
1.5 bluegill per net (see length frequency graph)
1.0 northern pike per net; those caught varied in size from 16.2 to 31.3 inches
2.5 rock bass per net (see length frequency graph)
1.4 smallmouth bass per net (see length frequency graph)

Gill net catch
0.7 northern pike per net; those caught varied in size from 13.2 to 29.8 inches
1.5 smallmouth bass per net (see length frequency graph)
3.9 walleye per net (see length frequency graph)
3.9 white bass per net; those caught varied in size from 13.2 to 17.6 inches

Other fish species encountered during the survey included black bullhead, common carp, white sucker, and yellow perch.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – Richmond Lake (Brown)
Richmond Lake was sampled on June 7-9; the catch in 18 overnight frame net and 12 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).

Frame net catch
34.5 black bullhead per net; those caught ranged in size from 4.5 to 11.1 inches
17.5 black crappie per net (see length frequency graph)
3.7 bluegill per net (see length frequency graph)
1.6 walleye per net; those caught ranged in size from 8.9 to 19.3 inches
1.9 white bass per net; those caught ranged in size from 12.1 to 16.8 inches
1.2 yellow perch per net; those caught ranged in size from 6.6 to 10.6 inches

Other fish species encountered in the frame net catch included channel catfish, common carp, green sunfish, northern pike, sunfish hybrids, and white suckers.

Gill net catch
7.0 black bullhead per net; those caught ranged in size from 4.5 to 10.3 inches
0.9 northern pike per net; those caught ranged in size from 21.9 to 28.8 inches
1.3 walleye per net (see length frequency graph)
1.0 yellow perch per net; those caught ranged in size from 6.9 to 9.8 inches

Other fish species encountered in the gill net catch included black crappie, common carp, and white bass.

2022 Lake Survey Summary – Summit Lake (Grant)
Summit Lake was sampled on June 1st; the catch in 6 overnight gill net sets is summarized below. For more detailed information navigate to our report viewer (here).
Gill net catch
1.0 northern pike per net; those caught ranged in size from 19.7 to 30.7 inches
2.7 walleye per net (see length frequency graph)
1.0 yellow perch per net; those caught ranged in size from 5.3 to 11.4 inches

Other fish species encountered during the survey included black bullhead and smallmouth bass.