Below are the catch rates for selected species from Hinckley area lake surveys completed in 2016. The numbers given are numbers per gill net for northern pike (NOP), walleye (WAE), and yellow perch (YEP); numbers per trap net for black crappie (BLC) and bluegill (BLG); and number per hour of electrofishing for largemouth bass (LMB). Please feel free to contact the Hinckley Area Fisheries Office if you have any questions (320-384-7721; [email protected] )
| Lake | Species | Number/gear used | Average length | Largest |
Seventeen (30-0059) | ||||
| 5/10/2017 (trap nets only) | BLB* | 44.4/trap net | not measured | |
| *black bullhead | BLC | 21.3/trap net | 7.3 inches | 13.3 inches |
| BLG | 16.7/trap net | 5.1 inches | 9.2 inches | |
| NOP | 1.4/trap net | 21.0 inches | 32.8 inches | |
| YEP | 6.1/trap net | 6.2 inches | 9.1 inches | |
Little (13-0033) | ||||
| 6/5/2017 | BLC | 2.2/trap net | 10.8 inches | 12.5 inches |
| BLG | 10.8/trap net | 6.1 inches | 9.5 inches | |
| LMB | 25.5/hour electrofishing | 12.0 inches | 16.3 inches | |
| NOP | 6.8/gill net | 21.0 inches | 37.4 inches | |
| WAE | 2.7/gill net | 17.0 inches | 18.2 inches | |
| YEP | 5.0/gill net | 8.5 inches | 10.0 inches | |
North Center (13-0032-01) | ||||
| 6/12/2017 | BLC | 7.9/trap net | 8.2 inches | 11.0 inches |
| BLG | 52.5/trap net | 6.4 inches | 8.7 inches | |
| LMB | 137/hour electrofishing | 11.7 inches | 17.9 inches | |
| NOP | 14.3/gill net | 21.6 inches | 37.4 inches | |
| WAE | 4.5/gill net | 16.7 inches | 26.1 inches | |
| YEP | 8.5/gill net | 6.5 inches | 9.7 inches | |
Horseshoe (13-0073) | ||||
| 6/19/2017 | BLC | 0.7/trap net (33/gill net) | 8.0 inches | 11.2 inches |
| BLG | 36.8/trap net | 6.4 inches | 8.0 inches | |
| LMB | 73/hour electrofishing | 12.4 inches | 20.2 inches | |
| NOP | 3.7/gill net | 23.4 inches | 35.3 inches | |
| YEP | 3.2/gill net | 7.9 inches | 10.0 inches | |
Kroon (13-0013) | ||||
| 6/26/2017 | BLC | 1.1/trap net | 7.9 inches | 11.2 inches |
| BLG | 11.8/trap net | 5.4 inches | 8.2 inches | |
| LMB | 65/hour electrofishing | 13.4 inches | 20.3 inches | |
| NOP | 9.2/gill net | 20.0 inches | 35.3 inches | |
| YEP | 0.2/gill net | 5.6 inches | 5.6 inches | |
Fish (33-0036) | ||||
| 7/10/2017 | BLC | 9.7/gill net (1.25/trap net) | 8.5 inches | 10.6 inches |
| BLG | 12.4/trap net | 6.1 inches | 9.3 inches | |
| (channel catfish) | CCF | 4.7/gill net | 20.7 inches | 32.1 inches |
| NOP | 5.5/gill net | 23.7 inches | 36.0 inches | |
| WAE | 1.5/gill net | 17.2 inches | 24.8 inches | |
| YEP | 7.7/gill net | 6.8 inches | 9.2 inches | |
Sturgeon (58-0067) | ||||
| 7/17/2017 (gill nets only) | BLC | 2.3/gill net | 8.7 inches | 12.3 inches |
| BLG | 3.9/gill net | 5.8 inches | 7.4 inches | |
| LMB | 3.8/gill net | 12.8 inches | 17.7 inches | |
| NOP | 15.0/gill net | 16.8 inches | 29.6 inches | |
| WAE | 1.5/gill net | 15.8 inches | 22.1 inches | |
| YEP | 0.3/gill net | 6.0 inches | 6.1 inches | |
Oak (58-0048) | ||||
| 8/14/2017 (gill nets only) | BLC | 21.3/gill net | 5.6 inches | 9.6 inches |
| BLG | 5.8/gill net | 4.8 inches | 10.9 inches | |
| LMB | 0.2/gill net | 17.7 inches | 17.8 inches | |
| NOP | 4.0/gill net | 23.2 inches | 34.6 inches | |
| WAE | 2.2/gill net | 17.8 inches | 24.4 inches | |
| YEP | 1.2/gill net | 6.1 inches | 6.6 inches | |