Ogishkemuncie Lake

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Ogishkemuncie Lake is located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) within the Superior National Forest and is a non-motorized lake. It is approximately 40 miles northeast of Ely. There are six portage accesses from other nearby lakes. Ogish is 762 acres with a maximum depth of 75 feet and clear water. Ogishkemuncie has several inlets and two outlets. The main river system running through it is the Seagull River which enters on the south side of the west basin and exits to the northeast out of the north basin. Lake bottom substrates along the shoreline are mostly boulder and ledge rock. Aquatic plants are sparse and grow to a depth of 8 ft. There are thirteen campsites on the lake. The surrounding landscape of Ogishkemuncie was drastically changed in the summer of 2006 when the Cavity Lake Fire burned nearly the entire shoreline of the northeast basin. The fire started as a lightning strike about two miles east of Ogish in mid-July. The fire edge reached the shore of Ogish a few days later. Ten years after, the two basins are still strikingly different. The southwest basins shoreline is rimmed with tall pines, cedar, and balsam fir. The northeast basin is still recovering with large areas of bare rock and remnant charred logs. Some areas have filled in with hazel, mountain maple, and dogwood. It will still be many years before the northeast basin is fully revegetated. Both basins of Ogish were well oxygenated for gamefish to a depth of 55 - 65 feet. The north basin had suitable oxygen for lake trout to a depth of about 28 feet; the south basin to about 40 feet. This survey consisted of nine shallow water and nine deep water gillnet sets. Fish species sampled in shallow gill nets were lake whitefish, walleye, northern pike, white sucker, and lake trout. The two species sampled in deep water gill nets were lake whitefish and lake trout. The shallow gillnet walleye catch rate was 8.4 fish/net which was very good compared to other similar lakes. This was the highest walleye catch rate of record for the lake. Walleye lengths ranged from 7 to 29 inches with an average of 15 inches. Average weight per fish was nearly a pound and a half. Growth rates were average compared to other walleye populations in the Tower area. Ages ranged from 1 to 14 with the bulk of the catch coming from the 2011, 2012 and 2013 year classes. The northern pike shallow water gillnet catch was 1.6 fish/net which was better than average compared to other similar lakes. Lengths ranged from 15 to 31 inches with an average of 19 inches and an average weight of just under two pounds. Sizes were similar to fish from previous surveys. Five lake trout were sampled in deep water gillnets for a catch rate of 0.6 fish/net which was the best catch rate on record for Ogishkemuncie. This catch rate was below average however, compared to other investigations of lake trout populations in the Tower area. Lengths ranged from 8 to 21 inches. The average weight was just over a pound. Ages ranged from 1 to 10 years. Whitefish catch was 7.1 fish/net in deep water nets and 9.4 fish/net in shallow water nets. These catch rates were similar to previous surveys from Ogish and both catch rates were better than most other lakes with whitefish populations in the Tower area. Lengths ranged from 8 to 23 inches with an average of 19 inches which was very good. The average weight was nearly two and a half pounds. Ages ranged from 1 to 33 years. White sucker were also sampled and smallmouth bass were observed in the shallows. Burbot, and yellow perch were in stomachs of some of the sampled fish and had all been previously sampled in other surveys on Ogishkemuncie. Most of the pike and a few of the walleye had had light neascus (black spot) infestations.

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