Bassett Lake

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A fall young-of-the-year (YOY) Walleye electrofishing assessment was conducted on Bassett Lake the night of 10/04/2023. Bassett Lake YOY and age-1 Walleye have been indexed annually with night electrofishing from 1994 through 2022, with the exception of 2001. A contingency based Walleye stocking program was initiated in 2012 utilizing annual fall Walleye young-of-the-year (YOY) electrofishing data. Walleye fingerlings are stocked the year following two consecutive years of YOY electrofishing catch rates below 5 per hour on-time in non-stocked years (last stocked in 2021). Collection of these data is important as an early indicator of Walleye year-class strength for Bassett Lake.

Zero YOY Walleye were captured during the 2023 investigation. The catch rate of 0 per hour of electrofishing was below the contingency threshold, and because it was also below the threshold in 2022 it will trigger a Walleye stocking event for Bassett Lake in 2024. Catch rates from previous investigations ranged from 0.0 to 57.2 per hour. Prior mean lengths ranged from 4.8 to 7.2 inches. Mean length at the end of the first growing season has been strongly correlated to survival to age-1. The absence of YOY Walleye suggests a below average naturally reproduced year-class for 2023 is likely.

Zero age-1 Walleye were sampled during the investigation for an electrofishing catch rate of 0 per hour. Catch rates of age-1 Walleye from previous investigations ranged from 0.0 to 50.9 per hour. Prior average lengths of age-1 Walleye have ranged from 7.4 to 9.9 inches. The absence of age-1 Walleye captured suggests a poor 2022 Walleye year-class is likely.

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