Misquah Lake

How big is Misquah Lake?

How deep is Misquah Lake?

What kind of fish can you catch in Misquah Lake?

Are there places to eat and drink near Misquah Lake?

This was the first of two assessments included in the 2005 lake management plan to determine whether the lake trout population in this lake could be self-sustained. The previous assessment (2003) had collected one lake trout, a small, naturally produced fish.

Lake trout numbers were apparently low in Misquah Lake in 2013, but those fish that were present were fairly large. Misquah Lake has never supported high numbers of lake trout, even when the species was stocked. The 2013 gill net catch fell below the normal range for a lake of this class, but was similar to past catches seen in this lake. Neither of the two lake trout taken could be accounted for in the stocking record, assuming age determinations were fairly accurate. The oldest of the two fish was assigned an age of 15, while the youngest any stocked fish in this lake could have been was 24 years old. The presence of such large lake trout was unusual; most small lakes of this type rarely produce fish larger than 20 inches.

White sucker and burbot had been taken in most past assessments of this lake, and both were present in 2013. Minnow traps set in 2013 added bluntnose minnow and pearl dace to the list of fish species collected in this lake, and minnows appeared to have been fairly abundant. Fathead minnows had been taken in minnows traps in this lake in 2003, and northern creek chub and northern redbelly dace were reportedly taken in minnow traps in 1978.

Are there any state parks near Misquah Lake?