Lake Survey Information

Electrofishing at night	Setting a gill net

Throughout the current field season we will be posting preliminary results, or quick summaries of lake surveys we are conducting. Summaries from the previous year will remain until published on LakeFinder. Standard Lake Surveys are completed using both gill and trap nets. Catches of species from standard lake surveys are shown for the indicator gear. For example: northern pike, walleye, and yellow perch are best sampled with gill nets, while bluegill are best sampled with trap nets. Black and white crappie are generally best sampled with gill nets but in some lakes are better sampled with trap nets. Largemouth and smallmouth bass tend to be difficult to catch with nets, so we conduct spring night-time electrofishing to sample them. Please feel free to contact our office with any specific questions you may have. We will be glad to help you. E-mail Lake Survey Specialist.

Lake Survey Summary - 2016

Note: Data is preliminary and subject to change before being published on LakeFinder.

 

Lake (County) Date	Species	Number/net	Average length (in)	Largest (in)
Belle (Mcleod) 6/6/2016	Black Crappie	19.25	4.71	14.41
	Bluegill	8.25	5.15	8.46
	Northern Pike	5.17	24.39	32.44
	Walleye	3.25	14.33	25.31
	Yellow Perch	24.17	6.04	9.49
Clear Lake (Brown) 6/13/2016	Black Crappie	122.11	7.0	11.42
	Bluegill	2.67	7.54	8.50
	Walleye	3.0	9.96	18.31
	Yellow Perch	15.0	6.03	6.73
Sleepy Eye (Brown) 6/20/2016	Black Crappie	12.5	6.12	9.17
	Bluegill	46.78	6.20	8.62
	Northern Pike	9.0	23.27	35.94
	Walleye	3.21	18.81	21.73
	Yellow Perch	14.33	6.52	8.98
Jennie (Meeker) 6/27/2016	Black Crappie	4.67	5.04	10.39
	Bluegill	14.00	4.57	10.98
	Northern Pike	21.33	21.33	31.50
	Walleye	2.67	22.39	25.55
	Yellow Perch	5.0	6.23	9.45
Collinwood (Wright) 7/11/2016	Black Crappie	.56	9.18	10.75
	Bluegill	1.44	7.24	9.25
	Northern Pike	4.11	21.10	30.79
	Walleye	9.78	14.95	25.98
	Yellow Perch	1.33	8.45	9.76
Willie (Meeker) 7/11/2016	Black Crappie	10.22	8.29	12.05
	Bluegill	4.56	4.87	9.49
	Northern Pike	8.17	18.98	25.20
	Walleye	2.17	18.25	21.65
	Yellow Perch	1.17	7.19	8.03
Washington (Meeker) 7/25/2016	Black Crappie	14.47	8.43	14.41
	Bluegill	22.07	5.22	8.23
	Northern Pike	4.47	24.44	32.20
	Walleye	9.53	16.78	25.87
	Yellow Perch	12.60	6.20	9.61
Big Swan (Meeker) 8/8/2016	Black Crappie	6.22	8.07	13.58
	Bluegill	5.64	4.26	8.27
	Northern Pike	8.56	21.59	32.64
	Walleye	8.78	16.50	25.75
	Yellow Perch	2.78	6.69	8.54

Spring Bass Electrofishing Summary  2016

Largemouth Bass (LMB) are best sampled during the spring by night-time electrofishing. With electrofishing, electricity is run through the water using an electrofishing boat to temporarily immobilize fish so they can be netted. Fish are then weighed, measured and released. 

Lake (County) and date	Species	Number/hr	Average length (in)	Largest (in)	Total Numbers
Belle (McLeod)	LMB	17.4	9.6	13.4	29
Big Swan (Meeker)	LMB	6.40	11.80	17.4	8
Sleepy Eye (Brown)	LMB	63.6	11.3	19.7	57
Jennie (Meeker)	LMB	54.6	11.7	20.1	91
Collinwood (Wright)	LMB	6.2	12.2	16.2	7
Washington (Meeker)	LMB	10.7	12.3	17.3	16
Willie (Meeker)	LMB	18.0	13.0	19.5	27
Swan (McLeod)	LMB	7.5	14.4	17.9	10

Updated February 8, 2017