Little Stone Lake

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Little Stone (Stump) is a 181 acre lake with 140 acres (77%) of littoral area and a maximum depth of 17 feet. The lake is located 15 miles north and 8 miles west of Two Harbors, MN. The Drummond Road, an old railroad grade, acts as a dam to impound the lake, resulting in stump-strewn shallows. There is a county owned, gravel back-in access on the south end of the lake off the Drummond Road. Little Stone was surveyed during the summer of 2012 to update information about fish populations and to evaluate the success of the walleye stocking program.

Walleye abundance of 0.0 per gillnet lift was down from 2007 (0.8) and was below average compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type. Despite stocking numerous year-classes since 1999, the success of the biennial fingerling stocking program appears to be limited.

A total of 40 largemouth bass were sampled with electrofishing equipment. The catch rate of largemouth bass was 40.1 fish per hour of electrofishing on-time. Largemouth bass average length was 11.2 inches and growth was slow compared to other Duluth Area lakes. All year-classes from 2001 to 2010 were represented.

Northern pike abundance of 6.0 per gillnet lift was above average compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type but was down from 2007 (6.7). Average size was 20.4 inches and growth was slow when compared to other Duluth Area lakes. All year-classes were represented from 2004 through 2011.

Black crappie abundance of 0.6 per trapnet lift was down from 2007 (3.4) and is below average when compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type. Black crappie mean length was 6.3 inches but not enough individuals were captured to evaluate stock density or growth. Recruitment was sporadic, with several missing year-classes from 2004 through 2010.

Bluegill abundance of 18.7 per trapnet lift was above average when compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type and down from 2007 (52.1). Average size was 5.5 inches and growth was slow when compared to other Duluth Area lakes. All year-classes from 2002 to 2010 were represented with strong 2005 and 2006 year-classes.

Yellow perch abundance of 4.3 per gillnet lift was average compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type and up from 2007 (1.7). Average length of perch was small at 6.2 inches and growth was slow when compared to other Duluth Area lakes. All year-classes from 2005 through 2009 were represented.

Other fish species sampled included central mudminnow, golden shiner, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed sunfish and white sucker.

Little Stone was included in an index of biotic integrity (IBI) assessment in 2012. In addition to standard gillnets and trapnets, beach seines and backpack electrofishing equipment were used to index species richness of the nearshore lake habitat.

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