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Big FishClick for Lake Access & Fishing Pass.

What you should know about Swimmers Itch.

So you want to see a Grass Carp, our weed eaters!

How the fish count is conducted.

Report and reccommendations from 2006 sampling.

The Illinois Department of  Natural Resources, samples the fish in our lake by stunning them using an electrical shock. Beneficial fish are returned un-harmed to the lake.  Carp are removed.  

Fish Species Recovered by Electroshock
YEAR 1996 1997 1998 Jun 99 Sep 99 Aug 00 Nov 01

Jun 03

LM Bass 102 No 29 15 20 13 17  39
Bluegill 90 Data 113 99 104 97 165  151
Black.Crappie 15   33 1 1 1 11  1
Carp 50   15 103 22 6 52  35
Northern Pike         1      
Perch         1      
Green Sunfish         2 2 1  2
Grass Carp         1   1  
Walleye             1  
Shad             5  49 **
Catfish  4
                  
Avg. Carp Size 5.8   14.6 14.5     15.4  


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This page last updated June 2008.