Name: Musquash

Nearest Town: Grand Marais Primary County: Cook

Survey Date: 07/28/2008 Inventory Number: 16010400

Public Access Information

Ownership	Type	Description
US Forest Service	Carry-In	Carry-down access off FR 1422 to southeast bay of lake. Road is very rough. Parking for two or three vehicles at trail.

Lake Characteristics

Lake Area (acres): 130.79 Littoral Area (acres): 66.3 Maximum Depth (ft): 26 Water Clarity (ft): 12

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

Fish Sampled for the 2008 Survey Year

Species	Gear Used	Number of fish per net		Average Fish Weight (lbs)	Normal Range (lbs)
		Caught	Normal Range
Splake	Gill net	14.50	N/A	0.74	N/A
White Sucker	Gill net	63.75	1.7 - 12.5	0.64	0.7 - 2.3

Length of Selected Species (Trapnet, Gillnet) Sampled for the 2008 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
splake	0	16	10	20	12	0	0	0	58
white sucker	0	87	85	39	44	0	0	0	255

Fish Stocking Activity

Fish Stocked by Species for the Last Ten Years

Stocking Fish Sizes
Fry - Newly hatched fish that are ready to be stocked usually called "swim-ups". Walleye fry are 1/3 of an inch or around 8 mm.
Fingerling - Fingerlings are one to six months old and can range from a size of one to twelve inches depending on the species. Walleye fingerlings range from three to eight inches each fall.
Yearling - Yearling fish are at least one year old. A one-year-old fish can range from three to twenty inches depending on the species. Walleye yearlings average from six to twelve inches.
Adult - Adult fish are fish that have reached maturity. Depending on the species, maturity can be reached at two years of age. Walleye reach maturity between the ages of four and six years.

Fish Consumption Guidelines

These fish consumption guidelines help people make choices about which fish to eat and how often. Following the guidelin es 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

General Population

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

Contaminants listed were measured at levels that trigger advice 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 07/28/2008)

Splake were abundant in Musquash Lake in 2008, although not as abundant as they have been in the past. Although fish as old as five years were taken, most of the catch consisted of one or two-year-old fish from the 2007 or 2006 fingerling stockings. Fish from the 2007 stocking were seven to nine inches long by July 2008, while fish from the 2006 stocking (identified by adipose fin clips) were 11 to 16 inches long. Despite competition from a very large white sucker population, splake growth had been about average for this area. Splake may have been able to maintain reasonable growth rates because of the presence of fairly high numbers of young-of-year white sucker and fathead minnows.

For more information on this lake, contact: Area Fisheries Supervisor 1356 Hwy 61 E Grand Marais, MN 55604 Phone: (218) 387-3056 E-Mail: GrandMarais.Fisheries@state.mn.us	Lake maps can be obtained from: Minnesota Bookstore 660 Olive Street St. Paul, MN 55155 (651) 297-3000 or (800) 657-3757 To order, use C0312 for the map-id.
For general DNR Information, contact: DNR Information Center 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4040 TDD: (651) 296-6157 or (888) MINNDNR Internet: www.dnr.state.mn.us E-Mail: info.dnr@state.mn.us	Turn in Poachers (TIP):     Toll-free: (800) 652-9093