Grand Marais—Fisheries staff from the Minnesota DNR Grand Marais area office will conduct surveys and assessments on several Cook County lakes and streams during the next few months. Waters scheduled for surveys or assessments (by week) include:
May 23 Survey Brule River
May 30 Continue Brule River, mark Splake in Thrasher Lake
Jun. 6 Continue Brule River, survey Talus, Missing Link and Ram lakes
Jun. 13 Recapture Splake in Thrasher Lake, continue Brule River, survey John Lake
Jun. 20 Survey Crooked, Owl and South lakes
Jun. 27 Survey Olga, Moore, Hand, Iron, and Little Iron lakes
Jul. 4 Survey Rice, Wampus and Hungry Jack lakes
Jul. 11 Survey Tom, Homer and Flour lakes
Jul. 18 Survey Romance Lake and continue Brule River survey
Jul. 25 Continue Brule River, survey Poplar and East Bearskin lakes
Aug. 1 Continue Poplar, survey Crystal and Devilfish lakes, survey Mistletoe Creek and Onion River
Aug. 8 Survey White Pine, Iron, Little Iron lakes, survey Portage Brooke, and Elbow Creek
Aug. 15 Survey Ray Lake. Assess fish populations on the Flute Reed River, Cascade River, Kadunce Creek, Devil Track River and Irish Creek
Aug. 22 Survey Devilfish and Two Island lakes. Assess fish populations on Kimball and Junco creeks
Aug. 29 Survey West Bearskin and Swamp lakes (near Poplar Lake). Assess fish populations in Temperance River and Gauthier Creek
Sep. 5 Survey Mavis and Gust lakesÂ
Sep. 12 Survey Cherokee and Pine lakes (near McFarland Lake)
Sep. 19 Survey Rose and West Pike lakes
Sep. 26 Survey Moss Lake
Oct. 3 Survey Moosehorn and Shoe lakes
Oct. 10 Survey Pine Mountain Lake, lake trout spawn-take in Mountain Lake
Oct. 17 Survey Pancore and Olson lakes, complete lake trout spawn on Mountain Lake
Preliminary results for many of the 2016 surveys should be available this fall. Final reports will be completed by the spring of 2017. Final lake survey results will be available online at www.mndnr.gov/lakefind or from the Grand Marais area fisheries office. Questions and general information about area lakes and streams can be addressed to the DNR’s Grand Marais area fisheries office by calling 218-387-6021 or emailing grandmarais.fisheries@state.mn.us.
