Cut Foot Sioux Lake

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Cut foot Sioux is a 2,768-acre, class 22 lake located in northwest Itasca County. The lake is connected to Lake Winnibigoshish, a large reservoir on the Mississippi River. There are six public accesses and several resorts on the lake. The 2008 lake management plan indicates walleye and northern pike as the primary species of management with black crappie, bluegill and yellow perch as secondary species.

The 2008 management plan indicates the goal for walleye is to maintain a gill-net catch of 5.5 fish/net with PSD and RSD-P values greater than 40 and 10, respectively. The walleye gill-net catch rate was 4.5 fish/net in 2012. The catch in 2012 was the same as the 2007 catch and similar to the long-term average of 4.6 fish/net for the lake. The sampled fish ranged from 7.0 to 24.8 inches and averaged 15.0 inches. Size structure values for PSD, RSD-P, and RSD-M were 51, 16 and 0, respectively. Ten year-classes were identified with fish from age 1 to 11 present. Walleye averaged 15.4 inches after four years of growth. Growth was similar to the statewide averages.

The management plan goal for northern pike was to maintain a gill-net catch of 5.0 fish/net with PSD and RSD-P values greater than 45 and 20, respectively. Northern pike gill-net catch rates have ranged from 2.4 to 11.5 fish/net since 1975. Following the two highest catches on record in the 2002 and 2007 assessments, the catch declined to 6.4 fish/net in 2012. The 2012 catch was closer to the lake mean of 5.7 fish/net and the management goal. Northern pike ranged from 12.9 to 33.9 inches and averaged 19.5 inches. Size structural indices had PSD, RSD-P, and RSD-M values of 22, 8 and 0. Nine year-classes were identified with fish from age 1 to age 10 present. The age structure was dominated by age 2 fish, representing 52% of the fish sampled.

Black crappie are not sampled effectively in many lakes due to their behavior of suspending off the bottom away from shallow cover during the summer. The normal range for this lake class is 0.2 to 1.1 fish/gill net and 0.3 to 1.7 fish/trap net. Gill nets sampled 28 fish for a catch rate of 1.9 fish/net. The trap nets captured 13 fish for a catch rate of 0.9 fish/net. The fish that were sampled were smaller, ranging from 3.3 to 12.2 and had a mean length near 6.0 inches. Five year-classes were identified from scales with fish from age 1 to age 6 present. Age-2 fish represented 71% of the sample. Growth was somewhat slower than the class 22 means but this is may be in response to the large 2010 year class.

The bluegill population can be characterized by lower density with good size structure. The gill net and trap net catch rates were 0.3 and 0.6/net in 2012. The sampled fish ranged from 3.5 to 9.5 inches but five of the 12 fish were 8.0 inches or longer. Five age classes were identified by scales that ranged from age 2 to 7. Growth was fast compared to other class 22 lakes.

The yellow perch population has fluctuated from 20.4 to 58.3 fish/gill net since 1975. The gill net catch rate was 29.3 fish/net in 2012, near the lake class 3rd quartile. Yellow perch lengths ranged from 5.0 to 11.5 inches and averaged 7.5 inches. Six year classes were identified from scales with fish from age 2 to 7 represented. Age-3 to 5 fish represented 87% of the sample.

Tullibees are often difficult to sample with our standard summer assessments due to their pelagic nature. As a result, tullibee catch rates are generally low but they can be highly variable. The highest gill-net catch rate of 32.3 fish/net occurred in 1975 while the lowest catch of 1.7 fish/net occurred in 1991. The 2012 gill-net catch of 9.7 fish/net was above the 3rd quartile value of 5.2 fish/net and approached the average of 13.2 fish/net. The sampled fish ranged from 7.2 to 18.5 inches and averaged 12.1 inches. Although no age structures were collected, the diverse length distribution is an indication of multiple age classes in the population.

Other species observed during the assessment included bowfin, brown bullhead, burbot, muskellunge, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, and yellow bullhead.

In order to maintain or improve fish and wildlife populations, water quality and habitat must be protected. People often associate water quality problems with large-scale agricultural, forestry, urban development or industrial practices in the watershed. In reality, the impact of land use decisions on one lake lot may be relatively small, yet the cumulative impact of those decisions on many lake lots can result in a significant decline in water quality and habitat. For example, removing shoreline and aquatic vegetation, fertilizing lawns, mowing to the water's edge, installing beach sand blankets, failing septic systems and uncontrolled run-off, all contribute excess nutrients and sediment which degrade water quality and habitat. Understanding these cumulative impacts and taking steps to avoid or minimize them will help to insure our quality fisheries can be enjoyed by future generations.

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