Newman Lake???

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Newman Lake???

Post by dougw » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:40 am

Anyone know if ice is broken up on Newman yet? I saw a report that Liberty Lake's ice was mostly gone. Newman can't be far behind?

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by Swgardener » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:45 pm

Newman Lake is as solid as ever minus the area at the gates. We still about 4 to 7 inches across about 95% of the lake.

I will post when we see a turn. This weekend should help bring it down a bit.
Hope this helps

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by dougw » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:46 am

Thanks much for the report!

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by dougw » Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:41 pm

Ice, your days are numbered!!!!!!!! :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by dougw » Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:16 pm

Ice is off Silver. Does that mean ice is off Newman as well?

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by dblood1974 » Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:19 am

Hey Doug...Hauser turned to all open water last weekend, and last year they were pretty close so I'm assuming it is off Newman as well. I think I might try to take a little drive out there this morning to verify. I'll re-post if I do make it out there.

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by dblood1974 » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:08 pm

I meant to reply a couple days ago....just confirming that Newman Lake is, in fact, all open water.

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by dougw » Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:36 pm

Thank you very much!

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by Swgardener » Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:31 am

Hey guys Can someone tell me why Newman Lake gets stocked. Rumors say because of the carp Thats a funny one.
An update would be cool
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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by Anglinarcher » Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:46 pm

What do you mean by "why Newman Lake gets stocked"?

If you mean why does it get stocked with Tiger Muskie, well because they don't reproduce and because they do eat undersized fish and thin them down and because there is an excess of small perch, crappie, bullhead cats, and yes, even carp. The stalking of Tiger Muskies has reduced the number of undersized fish and increased the size of the perch and crappie. They still have work to do in my opinion.

They have not stocked it with trout in some time and if you meant to say 'why doesn't Newman Lake gets stocked then I would have to say because Newman lake is not the greatest lake for trout survival and because the Tiger Muskie thin out the trout pretty fast due to the lack of deep cool water. They also don't stalk Liberty but with a token number of Browns, mostly due to the same reason.

Now, to follow up with what you said, the carp do impact the lake. They stir up the bottom pretty bad, mixing up the mud, again reducing the survival rate of the trout with the summer heat hits that fairly shallow lake.

Did this help any? :-k

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by Swgardener » Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:00 am

Yes sir you help me out a bunch Thank you for the explanation

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Re: Newman Lake???

Post by Swgardener » Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:05 am

Can you also tell me what type of fish that looks like a trout but has a black tail with a black stripe down the side. Pretty abundant and hangs out with the blue gills and crappies. They are about 8 inches but the other day I saw one about 14 inches. Thanks again

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