DNR preps M. Lacs survey

[Lee Borgersen]

  As Mille Lacs walleye season ends, DNR prepares to survey lake's fish population.

 

update 9/6/17

 


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The DNR is gearing up for its fall assessment of Mille Lacs, which will be used to determine the health of the lake's fish population and to set next year's harvest levels.

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Researchers will be using gill nets to sample small fish such as yellow perch and tullibee that walleye like to eat. They also will use electrofishing and gill netting to find out how the lake's walleye and northern pike are faring.

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"That will give us the idea of the relative number of adult fish out there and the health of the population, and the recruitment of year classes coming up behind that strong 2013 year class that's really been driving the fishery," Parsons said.