Little Tamarack Lake

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Little Tamarack Lake is a 60 acre, remote lake in eastern Pine County. Minnesota lakes managed for fishing are grouped into classes based on physical, chemical, and biological similarities. Little Tamarack is a small, deep, moderatley hard water, bog stained lake which places it in lake class 29. Historic net catches have flucuated widely for black crappie and northern pike. Stocking has been very limited as the lake lacks a designated public access. In order to compare the current fish population to those in past assessments and to other lakes in lake class 29, Little Tamarack was netted in June of 2002.The black crappie gillnet catch (2.7/net) was similar to other lakes in class 29 and was higher than both the 1982 and 1992 gillnet catches. Likewise, the trapnet catch (5.3/net) was at a 20 year high and above normal for the lake class. Crappies ranged from 4.5 to 10.4 inches with a 7 inch mean. Most crappies were between 2 and 4 years old indicating slow to moderate growth. One young of the year crappie was sampled in the shoreline seining.The northern pike catch (3/gillnet) was below normal for the lake class and lower than both the 1982 and 1992 samples. Northerns ranged from 17.9 to 25.5 inches with a 21.4 inch mean. No northerns were sampled in the shoreline seining.The bluegill catch rate (38.4/net) was similar to past surveys and within the lake class norm. Sampled bluegill were small overall with a 5.1 inch average and no fish larger than 7 inches. Scale ageing indicated slow growth with 5 year old fish reaching only 5.5 inches. Young of the year bluegill were abundant in the seine hauls.Electrofishing for largemouth bass was conducted for the first time in June 2002. Their abundance was high with more than 80 sampled per hour of electrofishing. The trapnet catch was higher than normal for the lake class. Sampled bass ranged from 6.9 to 20.2 inches with a 11.4 inch and 1 pound average. Growth rates appeared good with more than 80% of the catch was between 3 and 5 years old. Shoreline seining sampled 6 young of the year bass.The yellow perch population has historically been low in the lake. Shoreline seining sampled the only perch in the survey, 3 young of the year and 2 adults. Other species sampled during the survey included brown bullhead, pumpkinseed sunfish, and white sucker.

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