5-1 Section 5 About Fisheries Resources And upon all that are lovers of virtue; and dare trust in his providence; and be quiet; and go a-Angling. —Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler 1 Introduction Section 3 noted that fishing for subsistence has been important to the people of the Lac du Flambeau area for hundreds of years and remains so today, while fishing for recreation or sport began taking root around the 1900s. In 1983, George C. Becker pointed out in Fishes in Wisconsin that “in Wisconsin, sport fishing is the second most popular use of surface water resources, only swimming attracts more water enthusiasts.” 4 This is largely true today for Lac du Flambeau residents in the Bear River Watershed. In a survey completed by 576 residents in 2012, fishing (74%) was exceeded only slightly by swimming (77%) and motorboating (76%) in terms of lake uses. 5 Generally, the quality of a lake’s fishery is directly related to, if not dependent upon, the overall health or quality of the lake. It is widely recognized that factors such as lake size, shape, depth, substrate composition, water chemistry, and productivity influence the composition and abundance of plant species and, therefore, the quality of fish habitat. 7 Moreover, numerous studies show that aquatic plants structure fish populations and influence fish species composition, abundance, and size of fishes. 8 Studies show, too, that shoreline habitat is directly related to fish species richness, especially when people remove, decrease, or change the abundance or variety of riparian and littoral plant cover. 9 Given the importance of the fishery to Lac du Flambeau and its relationship with aquatic plants and lake health, this section serves simply to introduce selected aspects of the fishery. Details about aquatic plants, aquatic invasive species, water chemistry, and lake size, shape, and depth, among other factors, are presented in subsequent sections. This section briefly notes the origin of fish in the Great lakes region, the role of fish historically in Lac du Flambeau, and the contributions of the Tribal hatchery. The section also introduces the gamefish commonly found in Lac du Flambeau, and presents additional results of the community survey. Thousands of years ago, marine organisms evolved into the ancestors of every vertebrate animal that now inhabits the Great Lakes region, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, and humans. 10 Whether you’re crankin’ baits for bass, walleye, northern, or just funsie fishin’ for some slab size crappies, the Lac du Flambeau main chain of 10 lakes that cover some 9,000 acres plus its 100 other concentrated bodies of water are all crystal clear spring fed mesotrophic types. Their glacier-carved structure along with weed beds, drop offs, sand bars and fish shelters offer the angler action from early spring through late fall.” From Fishing at its finest in Lac du Flambeau (Lac du Flambeau Chamber of Commerce, 2014). 6 All men are equal before fish. —Herbert Hoover, Fishing, An Angler’s Miscellany 2 If you look at a star, you can see the brightness of that star in the blackness of the sky. When you shine a light in the water and there’s walleye there, often times their eyes will be shining that bright. —Nick Hockings, LdF spearfisher 3
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5-1
Section 5
About Fisheries Resources
And upon all that are lovers of virtue; and dare trust
in his providence; and be quiet; and go a-Angling.
—Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler1
Introduction Section 3 noted that fishing for subsistence has
been important to the people of the Lac du
Flambeau area for hundreds of years and remains
so today, while fishing for recreation or sport began
taking root around the 1900s.
In 1983, George C. Becker pointed out in Fishes in
Wisconsin that “in Wisconsin, sport fishing is the
second most popular use of surface water
resources, only swimming attracts more water
enthusiasts.”4 This is largely true today for Lac du
Flambeau residents in the Bear River Watershed. In
a survey completed by 576 residents in 2012, fishing
(74%) was exceeded only slightly by swimming
(77%) and motorboating (76%) in terms of lake
uses.5
Generally, the quality of a lake’s fishery is directly
related to, if not dependent upon, the overall health
or quality of the lake. It is widely recognized that
factors such as lake size, shape, depth, substrate
composition, water chemistry, and productivity
influence the composition and abundance of plant
species and, therefore, the quality of fish habitat.7
Moreover, numerous studies show that aquatic
plants structure fish populations and influence fish
species composition, abundance, and size of
fishes.8 Studies show, too, that shoreline habitat is
directly related to fish species richness, especially
when people remove, decrease, or change the
abundance or variety of riparian and littoral plant
cover.9
Given the importance of the fishery to Lac du
Flambeau and its relationship with aquatic plants
and lake health, this section serves simply to
introduce selected aspects of the fishery. Details
about aquatic plants, aquatic invasive species, water
chemistry, and lake size, shape, and depth, among
other factors, are presented in subsequent sections.
This section briefly notes the origin of fish in the
Great lakes region, the role of fish historically in Lac
du Flambeau, and the contributions of the Tribal
hatchery. The section also introduces the gamefish
commonly found in Lac du Flambeau, and presents
additional results of the community survey.
Thousands of years ago, marine organisms evolved
into the ancestors of every vertebrate animal that
now inhabits the Great Lakes region, including fish,
amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, and
humans.10
Whether you’re crankin’ baits for bass, walleye, northern, or
just funsie fishin’ for some slab size crappies, the Lac du
Flambeau main chain of 10 lakes that cover some 9,000 acres
plus its 100 other concentrated bodies of water are all crystal
clear spring fed mesotrophic types. Their glacier-carved
structure along with weed beds, drop offs, sand bars and fish
shelters offer the angler action from early spring through late
fall.” From Fishing at its finest in Lac du Flambeau (Lac du
Flambeau Chamber of Commerce, 2014).6
All men are equal before fish.
—Herbert Hoover, Fishing, An Angler’s Miscellany2
If you look at a star, you can see the brightness of
that star in the blackness of the sky. When you
shine a light in the water and there’s walleye there,
often times their eyes will be shining that bright.
—Nick Hockings, LdF spearfisher3
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Earlier fish had exterior armored plates and sharp
spikes supporting their fins, while the newer creatures
developed endoskeletons as well as regular tooth
replacement and swim bladders. Most of the 25,000
species of modern fish are descendants of a class of
fish that had skeletons on the inside of their bodies.
Originally salt water fish, some species moved
gradually into brackish estuaries and eventually into
freshwater rivers and lakes.11
Before the settlement era, 177 species of fish were
in the northern waters of North America, including
150 in the Great Lakes. Seventy percent of those fell
into just five major families: the Salmonidae (salmon,
trout, grayling, whitefish, and cisco); the Cyprinidae
(carp, minnows, chub); the Catostomidae (thirty-nine
species of suckers); the Percidae (perch, walleye,
darters, and sauger): and the Cottidae (sculpins).12
Lac du Flambeau The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Indians
has a rich cultural connection to the fishery resources
of the Reservation. Before European settlement,
traditional fishing areas included Wisconsin,
Michigan, and Minnesota, which teemed with walleye,
muskellunge, sturgeon, bass, perch, white suckers,
red horse, whitefish, trout, salmon, and various other
species. The fish supported the Indians’ subsistence
lifestyle, which continues today.13
Lac du Flambeau is known for the Indians’ ability to
spear fish at night by torchlight during the spring
when walleye gather in the shallows to spawn. The
torchlight reflects off the fish’s eyes, signaling where
to aim the spear. Witnessing the technique, early
French traders named the area Lac du Flambeau, or
Lake of the Torches. Utilizing natural materials,
Tribal fisherman also caught fish by netting, seining,
and using hook-and-line.14
Since the end of the logging industry and start of the
tourism industry in the early 1900s, sport fishing has
played a major role in Lac du Flambeau. The earliest
fishing camps and resorts catered to fishermen and
an increasing number of seasonal residents while
creating jobs for local guides and domestics. As the
number of tourists and seasonal residents
expanded, more and more services and jobs were
created, including those associated with restaurants,
taverns, bait shops, home construction, grocery
stores, boat dealers, boat maintenance and repair
shops, and gas stations, among numerous others.15
Today, hundreds of years after the first inhabitants
speared by torchlight and over a century since the
first entrepreneurs established resorts, the waters of
Lac du Flambeau still support both subsistence and
sport fishing.
The major species of fish in Lac du Flambeau’s lakes,
rivers, streams, and creeks include walleye, muskie,
northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass,
yellow perch, bluegill, rock bass, pumpkin seed, black
crappie, brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout,
whitefish, cisco, lake sturgeon, white suckers, and
bullheads. Other species include stickle-backs, mud
minnows, shiners, sculpins, and bowfins.16
Lac du Flambeau includes 260 lakes, 71 miles of
rivers, streams, and creeks, and 24,000 acres of
wetlands. These resources – along with 41,733
acres of forested uplands – work together to support
diverse fisheries resources,17
but not without
significant help.
Hatchery Since 1936, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians has operated a fish
hatchery. There have been two fish hatcheries in
Lac du Flambeau. The first hatchery was built in
1936 and enhanced in 1985 with the construction of
13 fish culture ponds and ten 200-foot raceways.
The original hatchery was operational until 1999,
when a new hatchery was constructed.18
The mission of the hatchery is to raise fish
necessary for stocking Reservation waters. To this
end, both subsistence fishing and sport fishing are
enhanced.19
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Fry and fingerling walleye, muskellunge, brook trout,
lake sturgeon, and white suckers are raised for
stocking, while brown trout are raised for biological
control and rainbow trout for sale at the trout pond
and resale markets.20
Through the years, the Tribal Fish Hatchery has
produced well over 650,000,000 walleye fry,
4,500,000 walleye fingerlings, 3,000,000
muskellunge fry, 140,000 muskellunge fingerlings
and 500,000 pounds of brown trout. The number,
size, and lake in which the fish are stocked are
recorded annually.21
Table 5-1 shows the numbers of walleye, sturgeon,
muskie, and brown trout stocked by the hatchery
from 2003-2012. At the time of stocking, walleye
fingerlings were generally 3-5 inches, sturgeon
fingerlings were 5-7 inches, and brown trout were
about 2 inches.22
Details for the individual lakes in
the Bear River Watershed are in Sections 12-21.
In 2005, the walleye fisheries of Lac du Flambeau
waters were classified as good to very good; the
muskellunge fishery was classified as fair to good;
and, the largemouth and smallmouth bass
populations were classified as very good to
excellent.23
Panfish populations provide very good fishing
opportunities, but the yellow perch and black crappie
populations seem to be declining. Based on creel
information, the black crappie fishery began to
decline when the walleye fishery started to increase.
The increase in the walleye population is due to the
18-inch length requirement and the three walleye
per day bag limit for non-Indian fishermen.24
The Tribal fisheries program is not limited to stocking
Reservation lakes with hatchery fish. It also includes
removing beaver dams and culling beaver colonies
to maintain more open water favorable to many fish
species, developing gravel spawning areas in the
Bear River to aid lake sturgeon restoration,
operating the trout pond, and providing a variety of
educational programs.25
Some of the Fish of Lac du Flambeau Walleye - Sander vitreus: Sander refers to the
German common name of the European relative,
and vitreus means glassy, referring to the large
eyes.26
The walleye (Figure 5-1) is a culturally significant
fish of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians. Long before the French arrived in
Table 5-1. Lac du Flambeau Hatchery Stocking Summary for 2003–2012
Year
Walleye Sturgeon Muskie
Brown Trout Total Acres Stocked Fry Fingerlings Fingerlings Fry
2012 13,350,000 251,046 16,128 15,565
2011 30,000,000 238,242 217 60,000 43,286 15,565
2010 18,152,000 209,065 15,287
2009 20,500,000 195,494 1,105 145,000 15,287
2008 13,700,000 173,471 245,000 15,287
2007 22,390,000 331,047 1,072 15,287
2006 15,700,000 343,903 3,919 12,532
2005 15,700,000 3,343,903 3,919 12,532
2004 9,500,000 341,384 14,841
2003 600,000 142,140 13,723
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Wisconsin and saw Ojibwe torches hovering above
the water, the Ojibwe relied on sacred foods—wild
rice, venison, and walleye—for sustenence.27
Figure 5-1. Adult Walleye
Walleye were originally confined to the larger lakes
and waterways in Wisconsin. Today, due to
extensive stocking, the walleye is present
throughout Wisconsin, including the lakes in the
Bear River Watershed.28
Walleye can grow to about 31 inches in length and
weigh up to about 20 pounds. The growth rate
depends partly on where in their range they occur,
with southern populations often growing faster and
larger. In general, females grow larger than males.
Walleyes may live for decades, but in heavily fished
populations, however, few older than five or six
years are encountered.29
The spawning migration of walleye begins soon after
the ice goes out, at water temperatures of 38-44º F.
Spawning in Wisconsin generally occurs between
mid-April and early May, although it may extend from
the beginning of April to the middle of May. Walleye
spawning ordinarily reaches a peak when water
temperatures are 42-50º F. The walleye is not a
territorial fish at spawning time; they usually
broadcast their eggs and exercise no parental care.30
Hatchery crews collect brood stock in the early
spring and summer from Reservation waters, spawn
the fish, incubate the eggs (Figure 5-2), fertilize
ponds, and harvest fish for stocking. In 2011, 37
million walleye eggs were collected (Figure 5-3) and
30 million fry (Figure 5-4) were hatched and stocked.
This represents an 81% survival rate from egg to fry.
In 2012, 25 million eggs were collected (Figure 5-3)
and 13.3 million fry were hatched and stocked, a
survival rate from egg to fry of 53.2%.31
Figure 5-2. Hatchery Collection Jars Filled with Walleye Eggs
Figure 5-3. Walleye Eggs Collected During 1984–2012
Figure 5-4. Walleye Fry
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In order to protect the walleye fishery there is a
three fish, 18-inch bag limit on the following lakes:
White Sand, Little Sand, Little Crawling Stone, Big
Crawling Stone, Fence, Gunlock, Long Interlaken,
Moss, Pokegama, North and South Twin Placid, Big
Crooked, Flambeau, Little Trout, Shishebogama, To-
To-Tom and Whitefish. Of the lakes in the Bear
River Watershed, only Ike Walton Lake lacks this
bag limit.32
There are some33
who believe the walleye fishery
would improve if the regulation is changed to a
three-bag limit with a slot size. For example, a
protected slot size of 15-18 inches with two fish less
than 15 inches and one fish over 18 inches could be
harvested.34
The Tribe believes there is a need to assess the
current regulation and determine if it should remain
the same or be changed to a three walleye bag limit
with a slot size. A step toward such assessment was
taken in 2011-2012 when a Tribal Wildlife Grant was
funded by the United States Forest and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) to evaluate the bag and size limits
for White Sand Lake.35
Regarding spearing, when the 1983 Voigt decision
affirmed the treaty rights of Lake Superior Ojibwe to
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Notes for Section 5
1. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler (Project Gutenberg EBook, #683) 94. The complete text, 1653, is available on line, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/683/pg683.html
2. Mark Hoff, editor, Fishing: An Angler’s Miscellany (Ariel Books, 1995), 37.
3. Rick Whaley and Walt Bresette, Walleye Warriors: The Chippewa Treaty Rights Story (Tongues of Green Fire Press, Revised Edition, 1994), 28.
4. George C. Becker, Fishes of Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin Press, 1983) 24. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EcoNatRes.FishesWI
5. Data from Bear River Watershed Comprehensive Lake Management Plan Survey, Lake-by-lake Comparisons, June 2012. Question 13. See Appendix.
6. Lac du Flambeau Chamber of Commerce website. http://www.lacduflambeauchamber.com/fishing.htm
7. Roy D. Valley, Timothy K. Cross, and Paul Radonski, The role of submersed aquatic vegetation as habitat for fish in Minnesota lakes, including the implications of non-native plant invasions and their management (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, November 2004) 6. http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/outreach/pond/upload/Subm-veg-MN-DRN-Valley-report.pdf
8. K. Jack Killgore, Eric D. Dibble, and Jan Jeffrey Hoover, Relationships Between Fish and Aquatic Plants: A Plan Study (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, AD-A272 572, October 1993) 4. http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a272572.pdf
9. Philip R. Kaufmann, et al. Relevance of lake physical habitat indices to fish and riparian birds (Reservoir Management, December 17, 2013).
10. Wayne Grady, The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region (GreyStone Books, 2007), 52. Also see the definitive text and resource on Wisconsin’s fishes: George C. Becker, Fishes of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Press, 1983). The complete text is available in the university’s digital library, http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/EcoNatRes/EcoNatRes-idx?id=EcoNatRes.FishesWI. For an interesting read on the relationship of the development of fish with the development of the human body, see Neil Shuman, Your Inner Fish: A journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Pantheon Books, 2008).
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid, 236.
13. Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians: Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP), 2008-2023, 7.1
14. Ibid. Also see Section 3 of this document.
15. See Section 3 of this document.
16. Integrated Resource Management Plan, 7.1.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid. The hatchery is named after its first manager, William J. Poupart, Sr.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid, 7.2.
21. Ibid.
22. The table summarizes data from a series of Stocking Reports provided by the Tribal hatchery.
23. Integrated Resource Management Plan, 7.2-7.3.
24. Ibid, 7.3.
25. Integrated Resource Management Plan, 7.3.
26. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Walleye (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2012). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/walleye.html
27. Mitch Larson, Passing the Torch: An Ojibwe Reflection on the Importance, Tradition, and Culture of Walleye Spearing (The Ojibwe Times, December 9, 2010), 3B.
28. Game Fishes of Wisconsin,Walleye (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2012). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/walleye.html
30. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Walleye. Walleye (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2012). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/walleye.html
31. Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians FY 2011 and FY 2012 Final Reports Contract Number CTF55T432F8, 2.
32. Final Reports Contract, 5.
33. Several individuals who completed the questionnaire provided written comments addressing this issue. See Appendix: Questionnaire.
34. Final Reports Contract, 5.
35. Ibid.
36. Aaron Shapiro, The Lure of the Northwoods; Cultivating Tourism in the Upper Midwest (University of Minnesota Press, 2013, 213.
37. In addition, GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services in support of the exercise of treaty rights during well-regulated, off-reservation seasons throughout the treaty ceded territories. GLIFWC is guided by its Board of Commissioners along with two standing committees, the Voigt Intertribal Task Force and the Great Lakes Fisheries Committee, which advise the Board on policy. www.glifwc.org
38. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Muskellunge (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2012), http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/muskie/index.html
43. Final Reports Contract, 2, and Stocking Reports provided by the hatchery.
44. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Smallmouth bass (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2013). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/smbass.html
45. Ibid.
46. Ibid.
47. Ibid.
48. Ibid.
49. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Largemouth Bass (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2013). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/lmbass.html
50. Ibid.
51. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Northern pike (Wisconsin Department of Natural resources, website, 2012). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/npike.html
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52. Ibid.
53. Ibid.
54. Lisa Gauitz and Jack Zimmerman, Honoring the Ancient Ones (Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, June 2001), http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/stories/2001/jun01/sturgeon.htm.
55. Ibid.
56. Ibid.
57. Ibid. Also Larry Wawronowicz, Lac du Flambeau Lake Sturgeon Restoration Project - Presentation at NAFWS Great Lakes Region Conference, September 14, 2011.
58. George W. Brown Jr. Museum, Lac du Flambeau.
59. See footnote 53.
60. Ibid.
61. Ibid.
62. Larry Wawronowicz, Director of Tribal Natural Resources Department, Lac du Flambeau Lake Sturgeon Restoration Project - Presentation at NAFWS Great Lakes Region Conference, September 14, 2011.
63. Ibid.
64. Ibid.
65. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Black crappie (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2012). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/bcrappie.html
66. Ibid.
67. Ibid.
68. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Bluegill (Wisconsin department of Natural Resources, website, 2012.) http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/bluegill.html
69. Ibid.
70. Ibid.
71. Game Fishes of Wisconsin, Yellow perch (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, website, 2012). http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/yperch.html
76. Rock Bass (Wikipedia, 2013), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_bass
77. Ibid.
78. Ibid.
79. Ibid.
80. Brown Trout (United States Geological Service: Science for a Changing World, website, 2013), http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=931
81. Final Reports Contract, 3-4.
82. Larry Wawronowicz, Director of Tribal Natural Resources Department. From a presentation made at a Lake Steward Workshop, August 4, 2010.
83. Data from Bear River Watershed Comprehensive lake Management Plan Survey, Lake-by-lake Comparisons. June 2012. See Appendix.
Figure Notes for Section 5 Figure 5-1. Adult Walleye, http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/walleye.html
Figure 5-2. Hatchery Collection Jars Filled with Walleye Eggs. Provided by the Tribal Natural Resources Department.
Figure 5-3. Walleye Eggs Collected During 1984-2012. Graphic provided by the Tribal Natural Resources Department.
Figure 5.4. Walleye Fry. Provided by the Tribal Natural Resources Department.
Figure 5-5. Muskellunge Adult. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck) http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/muskie/index.html
Figure 5-6. Smallmouth Bass. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck), http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/smbass.html
Figure 5-7. Largemouth Bass. Wisconsin Department of Natural resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck), http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/lmbass.html
Figure 5-8. Northern Pike. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck), http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/npike.html
Figure 5-9. Lake Sturgeon. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck), http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/sturgeon.html
Figure 5-10. Record Lake Sturgeon. Photograph taken at the George W. Brown, Jr. Museum in Lac du Flambeau.
Figure 5-11. White Sand Lake Sturgeon Tracking Map. Provided by the Tribal Natural Resources Department.
Figure 5-12. Black Crappie. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck) http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/bcrappie.html
Figure 5-13. Bluegill. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck) http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/bluegill.html
Figure 5-14. Yellow Perch. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck) http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/yperch.html
Figure 5-15. Rock Bass. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Illustration by Virgil Beck) http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/
Figure 5-16. Brown Trout, http://www.picsearch.com/brown- trout-pictures.html
Table Notes for Section 5 Table 5-1. Lac du Flambeau Hatchery Stocking Summary for 2003–2012. Data extracted from tables provided by the Tribal Natural Resources Department.
Table 5-2. Survey Results Regarding Perceptions of Current Quality of Fishing. Data from Bear River Watershed Comprehensive Lake Management Plan Survey, Lake-by-lake Comparisons, June 2012, Question #11. See Appendix.
Table 5-3. Survey Results of Perceptions of Change in Quality of Fishing. Data from Bear River Watershed Comprehensive Lake Management Plan Survey, Lake-by-lake Comparisons, June 2012, Question #12. See Appendix.
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