BIG MARINE LAKE LAKE INFORMATION

Lake information report

Name: MARINE, BIG

 

Nearest Town: FOREST LAKE Primary County: Washington

Survey Date: 08/02/2004 Inventory Number: 82-0052-00

 

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Ownership	Type	Description
Minnesota DNR	Concrete	N end of N bay, asphalt lot, 28 parking spaces.
Minnesota DNR	Concrete	SE side of S bay, dirt lot, 8 parking spaces, shallow launch.
County	Concrete	Southwest shore off Lomond Trail North. Site of old Shady Birch Resort

 

 

Lake Characteristics

 

Lake Area (acres): 1,756.00 Littoral Area (acres): 1,152.00 Maximum Depth (ft): 60.00 Water Clarity (ft): 9.00

Dominant Bottom Substrate: N/A Abundance of Aquatic Plants: N/A Maximum Depth of Plant Growth (ft): N/A

 

 

 

Did you know? Fisheries personnel monitor and regulate aquaculture, fishing tournaments, commercial fishing operations, aquatic plant management, and aeration.

 

Fish Sampled up to the 2004 Survey Year

 

Species	Gear Used	Number of fish per net		Average Fish Weight (lbs)	Normal Range (lbs)
		Caught	Normal Range
Black Bullhead	Trap net	trace	0.7 - 25.7	0.83	0.3 - 0.6
Black Crappie	Gill net	3.1	2.5 - 16.5	0.12	0.1 - 0.3
	Trap net	0.8	1.8 - 21.2	0.35	0.2 - 0.3
Bluegill	Gill net	6.1	N/A - N/A	0.16	N/A - N/A
	Trap net	16.0	7.5 - 62.5	0.07	0.1 - 0.3
Hybrid Sunfish	Trap net	0.3	N/A - N/A	0.23	N/A - N/A
Largemouth Bass	Gill net	1.0	0.3 - 0.8	0.90	0.4 - 1.0
	Trap net	0.2	0.2 - 0.7	0.71	0.2 - 0.9
Northern Pike	Gill net	12.8	1.5 - 7.3	2.04	2.0 - 3.5
	Trap net	0.6	N/A - N/A	1.53	N/A - N/A
Pumpkinseed Sunfish	Gill net	1.0	N/A - N/A	0.22	N/A - N/A
	Trap net	1.6	0.7 - 4.2	0.17	0.1 - 0.2
Walleye	Gill net	1.1	1.2 - 6.3	3.10	1.2 - 2.7
	Trap net	trace	0.3 - 1.2	0.84	0.8 - 2.8
White Sucker	Gill net	0.1	0.4 - 2.2	4.19	1.5 - 2.4
	Trap net	trace	0.2 - 1.0	4.74	1.6 - 2.8
Yellow Bullhead	Gill net	3.5	0.5 - 7.5	1.01	0.5 - 0.8
	Trap net	1.9	0.9 - 5.7	1.03	0.5 - 0.8
Yellow Perch	Gill net	0.3	2.0 - 27.9	0.11	0.1 - 0.2
	Trap net	0.2	0.3 - 1.7	0.07	0.1 - 0.2

Normal Ranges represent typical catches for lakes with similar physical and chemical characteristics.

 

 

Length of Selected Species Sampled for All Gear for the 2004 Survey Year

 

Species	Number of fish caught in each category (inches)
	0-5	6-8	9-11	12-14	15-19	20-24	25-29	30+	Total
Black Bullhead	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Black Crappie	18	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	37
Bluegill	200	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	253
Hybrid Sunfish	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Largemouth Bass	1	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	11
Northern Pike	0	0	0	3	40	55	12	1	111
Pumpkinseed Sunfish	19	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
Walleye	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	10
Yellow Bullhead	0	1	16	39	1	0	0	0	57
Yellow Perch	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

 

 

 

For the record, the largest Flathead Catfish taken in Minnesota weighed 70 lbs. and was caught by:         Who: John L. Robert, Garden City, IA Where: St. Croix River When: 1970.

 

Fish Stocked by Species for the Last Five Years

 

 

Year	Species	Age	Number
2000	Walleye	Fingerling	23,575
2002	Walleye	Fingerling	17,672
2005	Walleye	Yearling	5,889
	Walleye	Yearling	750

 

 

Fish Consumption Guidelines

 

These fish consumption guidelines help people make choices about which fish to eat and how often. Following the guidelines enables people to reduce their exposure to contaminants while still enjoying the many benefits from fish.

Pregnant Women, Women who may become pregnant and Children under age 15

LAKE NAME County, DOWID	Species	Meal Advice				Contaminants
		Unrestricted	1 meal/week	1 meal/month	Do not eat
BIG MARINE Washington Co., 82005200	Bluegill Sunfish		All sizes			Mercury
	Bullhead			All sizes		Mercury
	Crappie			All sizes		Mercury
	Northern Pike			All sizes		Mercury
	Walleye			All sizes		Mercury

 

General Population

LAKE NAME County, DOWID	Species	Meal Advice				Contaminants
		Unrestricted	1 meal/week	1 meal/month	Do not eat
BIG MARINE Washington Co., 82005200	Bluegill Sunfish	All sizes
	Bullhead		All sizes			Mercury
	Crappie		All sizes			Mercury
	Northern Pike		All sizes			Mercury
	Walleye		shorter than 21"	21" or longer		Mercury

 

DOWID - MN DNR, Divion of Waters' lake ID number.

Contaminants listed were measured at levels high enough to warrant a recommendation to limit consumption.

Listing of consumption guidelines do not imply the fish are legal to keep, MN DNR fishing regulations should be consulted.

Dioxin
Mercury
PCBS - Polychlorinated biphenyls
PFOS - Perfluorooctane sulfanate

 

Status of the Fishery (as of 08/02/2004)

Bluegills were the most abundant species sampled during the assessment. Their numbers were within the normal range for this type of lake. Lengths ranged from 2.5 to 8.0 inches. Walleyes were sampled in numbers below average. The walleyes sampled averaged over 20 inches and 3 pounds. Northern pike abundance is high. Their numbers are well above average for this type of lake. Conditions for high pike reproduction have been common recently. The average size pike in the lake is over 21 inches in length and weighs over 2 pounds. Northern pike exceeding 37 inches were sampled. Black crappie numbers remain variable. This species has frequent boom and bust cycles. This assessment found black crappies in low abundance. The size structure was skewed to the small side. The average length was only 5.5 inches from the gill nets. Individuals up to 13.3 inches were captured. Largemouth bass, while normally not sampled effectively in nets, were found to be abundant. Anglers have reported good catches of largemouth bass from this lake. More intensive sampling is planned for Big Marine Lake to gain a better understanding of the fish populations.

 

 

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