Pit

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Pit Lake has been managed for panfish since the 1970s, and is one of very few lakes in this area where an angler could, with some luck, catch a few bluegill. The current goal for the lake is to maintain a modest bluegill population (a minimum trap net catch of 2.0 fish/set), with some fish over seven inches present. Stocking would be used to supplement the population if catches fell below the goal. This was the second of three assessments scheduled in the 2008 lake management plan to monitor the fish community and determine if more bluegill stocking was needed.

The 2014 bluegill catch exceeded catch and size goals for the species in this lake. The catch included fish in a wide range of sizes, with some as large as 10 inches found. Reproductive success was apparently good; five year classes, all naturally produced, contributed to the catch. Growth of young fish had been about average for the area; three-year-old fish reached a mean length of 4.8 inches by the end of their third year. There appeared to have been no need for additional stocking, and none has been proposed for 2015.

Northern pike have been the top predator in this lake, which has a reputation for producing fair numbers of mainly small fish. The northern pike gill net catch, and the mean weight for northern pike taken in gill nets in 2014, were low for a lake of this type, but were similar to results of several past assessments of this lake. Only two year classes were represented in the 2014 catch, with no fish older than three years taken. Growth of young northern pike appeared to have been somewhat slower than average; two-year-old fish reached an mean length of 13.6 inches by the end of their second year, compared to an area mean of 14.2 inches. Forage for northern pike consisted mainly of yellow perch and golden shiner. Golden shiner were apparently abundant; large numbers were taken in 0.25-in-mesh trap nets used as part of this assessment.

Pit Lake is connected to Two Island Lake by its outlet stream, and there are no barriers to fish movement between the lakes. In the 2014 assessment, smallmouth bass and pumpkinseed sunfish, probably migrants from Two Island Lake, were found in Pit Lake. Smallmouth bass had not been seen in Pit Lake since 1959, and pumpkinseed sunfish had last been taken in 1985. Smallmouth bass abundance was probably low, with none taken in gill nets and 0.25-in-mesh trap nets, only only one collected in standard trap nets. Pumpkinseed sunfish were apparently more abundant; the trap net catch was well within the normal range for this type of lake, and three year classes were included in the total catch. Although walleye are abundant in Two Island Lake, and have been found in small numbers in some past assessments of Pit Lake, none were taken in 2014.

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