Fish Survey

[davetclown]

Fish Survey


We conducted a fish survey a couple of weeks ago and I thought there
might be some interest in the results. The purpose of the survey was
two-fold. First, we wanted to evaluate the trout that we stocked
this spring; and second, we wanted to get fish numbers at a site
where a habitat enhancement project will take place next year. At
the first site, we electrofished a 1,000 section below River Woods
Park in Auburn Hills.

We found [indent]
blacknose dace (240)
creek chubs (70)
bluegill (63)
white suckers (50)
green sunfish (12)
pumpkinseed (8)
northern hog sucker (6)
fathead minnow (6)
rainbow
trout (5)
brown trout (3)
bluntnose minnow (3)
common carp (2)
largemouth bass (2)
rockbass (1)
rainbow darter (1)
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The second location was a 1,000 foot section in Rookery Woods subdivision
(upstream of Adams Rd.).

We found [indent]
blacknose dace (57)
creek chub (35)
white sucker (19)
bluegill (11)
johnny darter (8)
green sunfish (5)
brown trout (5)
northern hog sucker (4)
central mudminnow (3)
common carp (2)
fathead minnow (2)
rainbow darter (2)
northern redbelly dace (1)
rainbow trout (1).

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Overall, similar fish were caught between the two sites. I am happy
with the number of trout we collected during this survey. Although
the numbers are on the low side, I consider these results good for
the first year of the program. Especially considering the brown
trout were stocked prior to this years spring flood.

Auburn Hills has habitat enhancement projects scheduled for next
year. We will repeat the survey next year to again monitor the overall fishery and evaluate the benefits of the habitat project.

Jim Francis
Fisheries Biologist
MDNR-Fisheries
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[lonehunter]

awsome dave , tell jim i am thrilled to hear the trout is holding up .
i am kinda curous about the bass population thou , accurate counts of them are kinda hard to get aren't they ? i've seen days on the rivers around here where ya can't get a worm past them and the next day ya couldn't buy a bite from one in the same hole .
i kinda figure the bass would be one of the top preditors on the trout fry , next to you of corse .
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