Pemmican Lake

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What kind of fish can you catch in Pemmican Lake?

Are there places to eat and drink near Pemmican Lake?

Pemmican Lake is a designated stream trout lake. It has been managed exclusively for brook trout since 1957. The 2010 management plan for the lake established a long range goal for the species of a minimum gill net catch of 3.0 fish/set, with at least two catchable-sized (over 10 in) year classes present. That plan also reduced the stocking frequency from annual to every odd year, beginning in 2011 (the stocking quota remained the same, at 2,000 fingerlings/stocking).

Brook trout were fairly abundant, and some larger fish were present in June 2012. The gill net catch was within the normal range for a spring assessment in this area (2.5-14.25 fish/set), and was similar to past catches in this lake. The mean weight for brook trout collected in 2012 was also within the normal range for this area (0.40-1.17 lb/fish), and was similar to mean weights observed in most past assessments of this lake. Brook trout as old as four years were collected, although most of the catch consisted of two-year-old fish from the 2010 fingerling stocking. Growth had been fairly fast; two-year-old fish reached a mean length of 10.9 inches by the end of their second year, compared to an area mean of 9.4 inches. One-year-old brook trout taken in this assessment were small, and it is likely that most one-year-olds (from the 2011 fingerling stocking) were not large enough to be taken in standard gill nets at the time this assessment was done. It was also possible that the presence of fairly high numbers of large brook trout resulted in some cannibalization of smaller fingerlings.

No undesirable fish species were taken in this assessment. Fairly high numbers of minnows were taken in wire minnow traps, and their presence may have been one factor driving good brook trout growth in this lake.

Are there any state parks near Pemmican Lake?