Lake Crellin

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Crellin Lake is in Ecological Lake Class 10, which consists of 76 lakes in northeast Minnesota that are small and have very soft (unmineralized) water. Crellin Lake has no formal lake map; it was sounded by a Fisheries lake survey crew during the initial survey in 1984. Crellin Lake was thermally stratified on 08/13/2003 with a surface temperature of 75 F and a bottom temperature of 50 F. Adequate oxygen for fish (more than 2 ppm) was retained to a depth of 10 ft, where the temperature was 69 F. Crellin Lake has a small inlet that drains local wetlands to the northeast. The outlet, to Astrid Lake, has beaver dams and steep drops that limit fish movement. A beaver dam at the outlet has recently gone out, lowering the water level in Crellin Lake a few feet. Lake bottom substrates along the shoreline are 40 percent muck, 30 percent ledgerock, 20 percent boulder, and 4 percent gravel. Aquatic plants grow to a depth of 10 ft and are concentrated in bays and shallow areas. The most common plants are yellow waterlilies and floatingleaf burreed.All the land surrounding Crellin Lake is in Federal ownership. Access is by recreational trails around Astrid Lake. The 8/13/2003 fish population assessment was done several weeks later in the summer than previous investigations on 7/25/1994 and 7/26/1984. All three of these investigations used four gillnet sets. Trapnets have not been used on Crellin Lake due to the difficult portage access.Fish populations in 2003, as in previous investigations, were dominated by yellow perch. Perch numbers in 2003 (3.8/gillnet) were in the third quartile for this lake class but were far lower than the perch catches of 40.0/gillnet in 1984 and 20.3/gillnet in 1994. The reason for this decline is not known. Walleye fry were stocked in 1989, 1996, 1999, and 2002 in an attempt to make use of the abundant perch forage base. However, no walleye were captured in the 1994 or 2003 investigations nor have walleye been caught by the few anglers we have talked to who have fished this lake.Perch sizes in 2003 averaged 8.9" (0.3 lb), which was in the fourth quartile for this lake class and was similar to perch sizes in previous investigations on this lake. The largest perch captured in 2003 was 12.1". Perch scales collected in 2003 were difficult to read, but perch recruitment was evenly spread among several year classes and perch growth appeared to be normal for ages 2-4 and faster than normal for ages 5 and older. None of the perch examined in 2003 had parasites. A few of the perch in previous investigations had neascus or yellow grub. Neascus (black spot) and yellow grub are common parasites that are native to the area. They cannot infect humans, are often removed by filleting, and are killed at temperatures used to cook fish.One 13" white sucker was captured in 2003; no sucker were captured in previous investigations. Golden shiner, present in previous investigations, were not captured in 2003. A fisheries creel clerk who has fished Crellin Lake the last two winters reported catching a few large black crappie.

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