Results of the opening day of lowland lake fishing
Fish and Wildlife has reported the results of last Saturday’s opening day of the fishing. The results were disappointing to some, but others were well satisfied.
Blue Lake: Blue Lake had 46 anglers checked with 25 fish kept and zero fish released. Average number of fish caught per angler was 0.5 and the average number of fish kept per angler was 0.5. The largest fish checked with a 19-inch rainbow. Fish and Wildlife reported highlights for this lake: “Anglers were greeted with pleasant weather at all the lakes checked. Angler effort was roughly the same as the past two seasons. Both boat and shoreline anglers interviewed experienced poor fishing overall averaging less than one trout harvested. However, average trout size was very large ranging between 14-19 inches.”
Deep Lake: There were 83 anglers checked at Deep Lake with a total number of fish kept at 281 and the total released at 75. The average fish caught per angler was 4.3 and the average number of fish kept per angler was 3.4. The largest fish checked was a 24-inch rainbow. Fish and Wildlife reported highlights for this lake: “Fishing was good to excellent, especially for shoreline anglers, at Deep Lake. In fact, several shoreline anglers who originally started at Park and Blue lakes switched to Deep Lake because they heard success was high there. Trout size was good with almost every fish ranging between 11-13 inches in length.”
Park Lake: Fish and Wildlife checked 70 anglers at Park Lake with the total kept at 59 and none released. The average number of fish caught per angler was 0.8 and the number of fish kept per angler was 0.8. The largest fish was an 18.5-inch rainbow. Fish and Wildlife highlights: “Angler effort was roughly the same as the past two seasons. Both boat and shoreline anglers interviewed experienced poor fishing overall averaging less than one trout harvested. However, average trout size was very large ranging between 14-18.5 inches.”
Vic Meyers Lake: Meyers Lake with 57 fish caught and none released the average fish caught per angler and kept per angler was 2.3. The largest fish caught was a rainbow measuring 18 inches. Fish and Wildlife notes: “Anglers (primarily shoreline) experienced fair to good fishing for early part of the morning. After between 10:30 and 11a.m. the bite went off. Trout size was excellent ranging from 15-18 inches. The vast majority of anglers were highly satisfied with their outings.“
Warden Lake: At Warden Lake 48 anglers were checked with 155 fish caught and 31 released. The average number of fish caught was 3.9 and the average number of fish kept was 3.2. The largest fish checked was a 14-inch rainbow. Fish and Wildlife notes: “Anglers were greeted with pleasant weather. Both shoreline and boat anglers experienced good to excellent fishing. However, trout size was a little on the small side ranging from 10-12 inches.
“Angler effort was also lower than the past two seasons. Several smallmouth bass and yellow perch were also recorded in the creel survey.”
Big Game Pamphlet on line; special hunt permit deadline May 18
The 2016 Big Game Pamphlet is available on line at the Fish and Wildlife website. It is time to begin studying the pamphlet to decide which permit hunts to submit an application.
As always, the pamphlet will require much study to get the hunts in the proper order.