5-18-2012 -  We are still in need of a resident, or pair of residents, to do our very-important lake testing for this coming summer. The first test needs to be done in mid-June.

5-5-2012 -  We are in need of a resident, or pair of residents, to fill a volunteer position in the important role of testing our lake water. In order for our record-keeping to continue, allowing us to see if our lake is improving, this testing must be done. On-lake training takes about 1-2 hours and is conducted by DNR staff in Rhinelander. Anyone who has a small amount of high school lab science experience will do a fine job. Samples need to be taken, then processed, then boxed, then sent to a Madison Lab in June, July, August, and September. One time each month this needs to be done and it takes about 1-2 hours. If interested in getting more information, contact Dennis Batchelet (click on "contact your commissioners" below left)

4-18-2012 - John Kubisiak, DNR fish biologist, is working on a possible 1-2 year introduction of 4" Bass transfers to help our fishery. One reason we have so few Bass and so many Yellow Perch, Bluegill, Crappie, and Pumpkinseed, is because the ones we have in abundance are more hardy and are better able to survive extreme winter conditions. Our aerator, while it won't altogether prevent fish kills, dramatically increases the number of fish that survive. When Bass are re-introduced to our lake, they will do a better job of keeping the more numerous fish in check and will build our game fish stock. For a lake our size, the Northern population is quite large.

4-4-2011 - See latest 2010 DNR fish study preliminary report just out from John Kubisiak, fish biologist in Rhinelander. [click on "Latest Fish Survey Report" below] There's a nice description of the fish along with recommendations for stocking Largemouth Bass and a proposal for limiting larger Northern Pike to increase the sizes of game fish.