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DNR Tower Area Fisheries announces 2005 schedule for lake and stream surveys (2005-06-02)

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Tower Area Fisheries Office has announced their schedule for conducting lake and stream surveys and fish population assessments for the summer of 2005. Tower Area Fisheries crews will conduct fish population assessments on 19 lakes, resurvey 4 lakes, and complete a stream survey on 63 miles of the upper St. Louis River. Most lake surveys and assessments will involve the use of gill nets and trap nets to assess fish populations. In addition, shoreline seining will be done on Lake Vermilion, and electro-fishing will be done on Lake Vermilion and Eagles Nest 1 & 2. Physical habitat evaluations, aquatic plant surveys, standard water chemical analyses, and shoreline seining or small mesh trap netting for young-of-the-year assessment will also be completed on lakes with full resurveys.

Survey frequency varies on each lake based on ongoing management evaluations and a priority system. Fish populations on Lake Vermilion are assessed every year, other large lakes in the area may be assessed every four to six years, while smaller and more remote lakes are generally assessed less frequently.

Lake survey and population assessment data are used to evaluate management activities and provide an update on the status of the fish community. The data is reviewed and then incorporated into an individual Fisheries Lake Management Plan. The plan identifies goals for the key species in the lake and outlines specific management activities.

Lakes where fieldwork for population assessments has already been completed this spring:

Cub

Embarrass Pit

Little Elbow

Norberg

Vermilion (muskie assessment on East Vermilion)

Scheduled dates for surveys and assessments on other lakes (GN + gill nets & TN = trap nets): Ahsub: May 31 - June 3 (GN)

High: May 31 - June 3 (GN)

Dry: June 6-10

Little Dry: June 6-10

Moose: June 13-17 & 20-24 (TN)

Newfound: June 13-17 & 20-24 (TN)

Sucker: June 13-17 & 20-24 (TN)

Birch: June 13-17 & 20-24 (TN)

Vermilion: June 13-17 (night electro-fishing)

Little Bullfinch: June 27 - July 1 (GN & TN)

Eagles Nest 1 & 2: July 5-8 (TN)

Eagles Nest 3: July 5-8 (TN)

Vermilion: July 5-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29 (shoreline seine)

Colby: July 11-15 (GN & TN)

Section 12 (Camp 20): July 11-15 (GN & TN)

Burntside: July 18-22 (GN)

Ojibway: July 18-22 & 25-29 (GN & TN)

Snowbank: July 25-29 (GN)

Vermilion: July 25-29 & August 1-5 (TN)

Basswood: August 1-5 (GN)

Low: August 8-12 (GN & TN)

Blueberry (in Bear Head Lake State Park): August 8-12 (GN)

Eagles Nest 1 & 2: August 15-19 (GN)

Eagles Nest 3: August 15-19 (GN)

Moose: August 22-26 (GN)

Newfound: August 22-26 & August 29 - Sept. 2 (GN)

Sucker: August 29 - Sept. 2 (GN)

Vermilion: August 29 - Sept. 2, Sept. 6-9 & 12-16 (GN)

Birch: Sept. 6-9 (GN)

Eagles Nest 1 & 2: Sept. 6-9 (night electro-fishing) Vermilion: Sept. 20-24 & 27-30 (night electro-fishing)

St. Louis River: September

Scheduled dates for surveys and assessments are subject to change. If you have any questions please contact the Area Fisheries Office in Tower at 218-753-2580 ext. 221 or 222 or in writing at Tower Area Fisheries, MN DNR, 650 Hwy 169, Tower, MN 55790.

 

 

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