August Lake

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August Lake is characterized as a lake class 12 lake and is located eight miles east and 10 miles south of Winton. Public access is from USFS #377 (Tomahawk Rd.) take USFS #388 north to the August Lake Road, go west to the north end of August Lake. USFS has removed a large boulder and small trailers can now be backed into the lake. The lake is 228.7 acres, 96% littoral with a maximum depth of 19 feet and a Secchi disc reading of 4.9 feet in brown bog stained water. Like most lakes in the area it has very soft water with low fertility. Boulder is by far the most common shoreline substrate. Vegetation was found growing to a maximum depth of six feet, 45 species/groups of aquatic vegetation were identified, all rated "rare". Five inlets enter the lake, one outlet exits along the southeast shore. There are 2 USFS designated campsites on this lake. One campsite is accessible by foot and the other by water only. There are two other old campsites are on the lake. One site near the outlet is overgrown and gets little use. The other is on a point along the northwest shore, is well groomed and gets regular use.

The 2013 Walleye gill net catch of 7.5/lift was slightly above average for lake class 12. Average weight of 0.77 pounds was below average. The largest fish sampled was 22.3 inches and weighed 3.9 pounds. The lake is stocked with fingerlings in even numbered years. In 2013, 27% of the Walleyes were from non-stocked years. Reproduction has been documented, but similar to most past assessments, the majority of strong year classes correspond with stocked years. Growth of Walleye is faster than average in August Lake for the Finland Area.

Northern Pike catch of 3.67/lift is near the lake class average. The average weight of 1.98 pounds is above average. The largest fish sampled was 33.9 inches and weighed 8.7 pounds. Growth of Northern Pike is slightly faster than average for the Finland Area.
Yellow Perch catch of 3.67/lift and average weight of 0.11 pounds are both below average for the lake class. The largest fish was only 8.1 inches. Over 4,000 young-of-the-year Yellow Perch were sampled indicating that perch provide a valuable forage base in August Lake rather than a targeted species for anglers. Growth of Yellow Perch is average for the Finland Area.

White Sucker catch of 6/lift with an average weight of 1.78 pounds was below average. Other species sampled were Blacknose Shiner, Bluntnose Minnow, Golden Shiner, Johnny Darter, Pumpkinseed and Rock Bass.

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