Moran Lake

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Moran is a 95 acre, shallow and narrow lake located south of Park Rapids. Due to the shallow depth, Moran is subject to periodic "winterkill" events. Winterkill happens when oxygen levels in the water drop to a level which is lethal to some fish species. Winterkill usually happens during winters with heavy snowfall which acccumulates on the ice and blocks sunlight from penetrating to the water, which in turn limits oxygen production through photosynthesis. At the same time, decaying aquatic vegetation on the lake bottom uses oxygen, which causes oxygen levels in the lake to drop. Shallow, weedy lakes are more likely to winterkill than are deep water lakes. Gamefish such as largemouth bass, bluegill, and walleye are more susceptile to low oxygen levels than are northern pike and bullhead. The last partial winterkill on Moran occurred during the winter of 2003-2004. Moran was opened up to liberalized fishing from 3/6/2004 to 4/1/2004.The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has classified Minnesota's lakes into 43 different types based on physical and chemical characteristics. Moran is in lake class 42. Deer Lake is the only other class 42 lake in the Park Rapids area.Northern pike abundance was up, with the gillnet catch rate of 15.0 pike/net the highest recorded on Moran Lake. Sampled northern pike had an average length and weight of 23.0 inches and 2.9 pounds, with pike measured up to 28.9 inches. Bluegill abundance was also up, with the trapnet catch rate of 121.4/net the highest recorded for all surveys. Bluegill numbers in past surveys have been much lower, generally below or at the low end of the range "typical" for this lake class. Moran's bluegill population is currently composed of young, small fish in the 4 to 6 year old range and under 7 inches. Bluegill growth rates were similar to other Park Rapids area lakes. Pumpkinseed were sampled in low to moderate numbers and size of fish was small. Black crappie and largemouth bass were sampled in low numbers. Yellow perch are present in moderate numbers, but few perch were of an acceptable size for angling. Other species sampled included low numbers of white sucker, hybrid sunfish and golden shiner. Moderate numbers of rock bass were sampled. Rock bass and golden shiner had not been sampled in previous surveys.

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