Northwest Fishing Reports

Good morning Mike, no problem. I have landscape shots, but no 'grip and grin' I can email them to you if you like, or DM them. Your choice.

Fishing Prospects for Grant County Lakes Mike Schmuck — District 5 Fisheries Biologist — WDFW Region Two Martha Lake and Upper Caliche Lake : These lakes, near the town of George, WA, should produce well in spring 2020. In addition to fingerling Rainbow Trout, both lakes received 1,000 11–13-inch R...

Hope everyone has a fun and SAFE Memorial Day weekend. FYI, Three lakes in Grant County received stockings of catchable rainbow trout in May. These fish (rainbow trout) come from Trout Lodge and are not listed on the WDFW weekly catchable trout page. Quincy Lake, in the Quincy Wildlife Area, receive...

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Here is a short summary of some recent stockings. 5/8/18 Upper Caliche: 2,000 fish @ 0.6 lbs per fish Quincy Lake: 3,000 fish @ 0.6 lbs per fish Burke Lake: 2,000 fish @ 0.6 lbs per fish 5/2/18 Vic Meyers: 3,000 fish @ 0.6 lbs per fish 4/30/18 Deep Lake: 5,000 fish @ 0.6 lbs per fish 4/19/18 Martha ...

March 1, 2018 Opening day creel report — Mike Schmuck, District 5 Fish Biologist WDFW Lenice Lake fished well on the opener for anglers willing to fight the rain and somewhat windy conditions. I received reports from anglers who were very pleased with their catch rates as well as the size of the fis...

Thanks Larry. Yes, it was a promotion. In 2017, due to budget issues, we only conducted our Walleye index netting on Banks Lake and FDR. We are analyzing our long-term data set to determine how often we need to sample our 5 major walleye waters. It's likely that we will go to a less frequent samplin...

Some of you may know me from my work as a member of the WDFW Region 2 Warmwater Assessment Team in Ephrata. I have taken a new position and I am now the District Fish Bio for WDFW District 5 (Grant and Adams Counties). I want to share our prospects for the March 1 opener. If you have any questions p...

We only surveyed Banks and FDR in 2017. I do not know if there will be a report written on these surveys but data will be available this February.

Mike

A link to the report online:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01919/wdfw01919.pdf

Yes there is. Thanks for the reminder.

Hey everyone, the 2016 Fall Walleye Index Report is ready to go. Please email me at Michael.Schmuck@dfw.wa.gov with the subject 'Walleye Report' (without the quotes) and I will send you a copy of the report. BTW, the Alder Street Fill in Moses Lake should be getting good soon. I was there yesterday ...

Hey guys, the 2015 report had a longer-than-average review time but should be posted soon.

in the meantime, if anyone would like a copy please email me at Michael.Schmuck@dfw.wa.gov and I will send you a copy.

Mike

We are looking for volunteers to assist with our Fall Walleye Index Netting on 3 lakes this fall. Billy Clapp will be conducted Oct. 19 and possibly 20. Moses Lake will be conducted Oct. 21-23. Potholes will be conducted Oct. 26-27. This sampling involves the use of gill nets to evaluate the walleye...

I am not the best person to speak on FDR Walleye. I recommend talking to Marc Divens in Region 1 as he is in charge of the FWIN surveys on FDR. I can only comment on population trends based on the data we collect, which is presented in the FWIN reports.

Our 2014 Fall Walleye Index Netting (FWIN) report is available. It is not yet online but if you shoot me an email I will send you a PDF copy of the report. If you write 2014 FWIN Report in the subject line of your email I will get you a copy as soon as I am able. Cheers, Mike Schmuck WDFW Fisheries ...

Below is a map of our 2014 net locations for Moses Lake (now with numbers of Walleye per net).

That is an excellent question. 300 Walleye gives us a lot of good data on growth, maturity, length frequency. But setting only 8 nets does not give us great data on CPUE (walleye per net). As your sample size increases your variance goes down. Variance is an indication of how precise your average is...

Guys, My pleasure. If I had to recommend ONE Walleye lake for 2015, however, I would send people to Moses Lake. We conducted the 2014 Moses Lake FWIN survey October 14–15. A total of eight FWIN nets were set throughout the lake and 512 Walleye were collected. The average Walleye CPUE in 2014 on Mose...

Walleye collected during FWIN on Banks Lake averaged nearly 15 inches in 2014. This was an increase from 2013 (14 inches) and was consistent with the long-term average. The majority of Walleye collected were in the 12–16 inch range (FIGURE 11), and were primarily age–2 fish (FIGURE 12). Only 17% of ...