Powers Lake

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Powers Lake

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What aquatic invasive species are found in Powers Lake?

Reaching depths over 40 feet, Powers Lake is a deep, 54-acre lake located within the city of Woodbury. Powers Lake is sharply thermally stratified during the summer months with little or no oxygen below 17 feet in most summers and has abundant aquatic vegetation, the vast majority of which is the invasive species Eurasian watermilfoil. The presence of Eurasian watermilfoil helps form a distinct weed line that provides cover for all fishes. Other plants occasionally observed were curly leaf pondweed, coontail and Canada waterweed (elodea). Aquatic vegetation grows out past the 15 foot contour line due to the clear water conditions observed in Powers Lake. The MN DNR's Fishing in the Neighborhood (FiN) program is actively involved in managing the diverse sport fish populations of Powers Lake. Powers Lake Park provides an open-air shelter with restrooms, grills, and 8 picnic tables plus access to a walking trail, canoe access, and fishing pier. Electric motors are also permitted. The sport fish community consists of black crappie, bluegill, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed sunfish, walleye and yellow perch. Woodbury Rotary Club purchased and stocked 2,000 yearling walleyes in April 2007.

Originating from the 2007 private stocking, one age-5 walleye measuring 20.28 inches and weighing 3.2 lbs. was sampled in the gill net. Walleyes were sampled in low numbers (1 to 3 per survey) in 1984, 1992, 1997 and 2007 and also in 2012. Northern pike and largemouth bass inhabit Powers Lake in varying numbers. Northern pike averaged 2.86 lbs and 21.37 inches, are abundant and of small size. Very few sampled pike exceeded 24.0 inches, with only three fish measuring greater than that. In order to properly sample the largemouth bass population, daytime electrofishing was conducted and thirty-six largemouth bass averaging 8.23 inches and 0.7 lb were sampled at high abundance (CPUE = 167 bass/hr on-time). Of the 36 largemouth bass sampled via electrofishing 8 were young of the year. Consistent with an abundant bass population, the Powers Lake largemouth bass population consists of smaller but more numerous individuals. Although Powers Lake young bass population primarily consists of two to three year old bass, several bass longer than18.0 inches were sampled.

Powers Lake offers a diverse panfish community consisting of bluegills, black crappies, pumpkinseeds, hybrid sunfish, and yellow perch. Of the 185 bluegills sampled using trap nets, approximately 48% were greater than 6.0 inches with a few fish exceeding 7.0 inches. In 2012 all of the crappies sampled were less than 8.0 inches, and 7 crappies were less than 6.0 inches. Black crappie average length was 4.02 inches with the largest crappie measuring 7.8 inches. Yellow perch numbers (13.0/gill net) were well above catches from the 1997 and 2007 population assessment (0.5/gill net) and (5.5/gillnet) respectively. Perch over 7.0 inches were sampled using both gill and trap nets and had an average size approximately 7.96 inches. Hybrid sunfish (N=6) and pumpkinseeds (N=3) were sampled in very low numbers. Prior to 2007, bullheads were frequently observed net catches, none were sampled during this survey. Other fish species found in 2007 and not observed in 2012 were white suckers which were sampled in gill nets.

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