DNR Lake Management Plans
The Minnesota DNR creates plans to help manage the fisheries on each lake. The plans discuss a number of items including results of lake surveys, netting information, long range goals, operational plans and many other items.
We meet with the DNR in December and/or FebruaryMarch timeframes to discuss the fishery management plans for our four lakes. We have requested changes to some of the plans and will update the plans on this site when the DNR modifies the plans. We continue to be actively involved in the Walker Area Walleye Coalition to try to ensure the future of the walleye fishery in our lakes by participating with them in discussions with the DNR about these plans.
Select the lake name on the menu bar on the left to see the fisheries management plan for that lake.
There are some technical terms and abbreviations used in these reports. I will try to explain some of them here (give me a call if you have other questions).
CPUE - Catch Per Unit Effort - a measure of fish taken in a defined effort. For these reports it is number of fish per net for the netting survey results.
PSD - Proportional Stock Density - a measure of the size stucture of a population. It represents the percentage of fish attractive to anglers.
RSD - Relative Stock Density - proportion of fish to any designated size group of fish. RSD is generally followed by a subscript indicating the size group (S-stock, Q-quality, P-preferred, M-memorable, T-trophy). Generally, RSD-P is used to measure the preferred or larger size fish.
WR - Relative Weight - is a measure of body condition. The measured weight of a fish is compared to an established standard for a fish of the same length. Values greater than 100 indicate the fish weighs more than the standard and values less than 100 indicate the fish weighs less than the standard. Average values close to 100 indicate fish populations are in balance with their food supply. Fish with values less than 85 are underweight.
NOP PSL - Northern Pike Protected Slot Limit (both Little Boy and Wabedo have a 24-36" protected slot limit for Northern Pike)
BLC-Black Crappie; BLG-Bluegill; LMB-Largemouth Bass; NOP-Northern Pike;MUE-Musky;SMB-Smallmouth Bass; YEP-Yellow Perch