The Fishery of North Brown’s Lake Joe Stewig Area Fisheries Manager 7/20/13

Outline   Montrose Area Resources   Lake Survey Description   Lake Survey Results   Future Plans

Montrose Area Resources

Standard Lake Survey LMB Electrofishing Curled Pondweed Mapping Gill Net / Trap Net Survey Aquatic Vegetation Mapping

Outline   Montrose Area Resources   Lake Survey Description   Lake Survey Results   Moving forward

North Brown’s Lake acres littoral acres - Avg. depth – 18’ - Max. depth – 41’ - Walleye stocked in odd numbered years

Largemouth Bass

Walleye

Fall YOY Walleye Survival

Northern Pike

Channel Catfish

Black Crappie

Bluegill

Yellow Perch

Bullhead species

Summary   WAE catch low, similar across surveys   NOP catch high; average size good   CCF have arrived!!! Bullhead catch decreased   BLC, BLG, and YEP catch normal

What’s next???   Change in stocking strategy???   Liberalized catfish limit???   Summarize plant data and final write-up

Questions   More Information:   Montrose Area Fisheries Office: Ph:   Montrose Area Web site:   DNR Web site:  

Northern Pike

VS

Summary  YEP catch decreasing; poor size structure  BLG abundant and slow growing; poor size structure  Improved water quality

Size Structure

Northern Pike

Walleye YearRSD20RSD24RSD27Avg TL ” ” ” ”

Summary

Summary