FISH REPORT
Over the past year I have been working with Kenda
Flores (fisheries management biologist) with the Missouri department of conservation, and also
with in the past two weeks with Bob Hines from Country Fish Farm out of Salem
Mo. With the help of the two people, we have come up with a plan to stock the
lake, starting with 1000 (one thousand) channel cat that was delivered by Country Fish Farm on
March 17. These fish were 8” to 12” long, they average 10”. These fish were purchased
at a price of $.67 a piece. I was told this was a good deal because they
usually run at a higher price than that. We also got a cheaper rate because we
bought so many. The price came down from $.72, we saved $50.00. The delivery fee was $35, because
we combined our load with another that was being delivered up this way. A copy
of the bill for these fish will be in the fish folder for the lake. Mr. Harold
Fraley and his brother Art accompanied the people who delivered the fish to the
point on that day. Someone had to be there to have the fish delivered. Harold
and Art were kind enough to help out the board with this.
The plan now is to have the lake shocked in the early
part of May (depending on the weather). This will give us an idea of what kind
of fish are in the lake and the amount of these fish. From there Kenda will
advise the board on what needs to be done for the lake. As of right now both
Kenda and Bob has told me that we need to get some of the grass carp that are
in the lake out. There are too many in there. I reported this at the annual
meeting in 2004, but the people voted not to take them out. We are also working
to put cover in the lake. Mr. Dan Kelly, Mr. Larry Daniels and myself put some cover in the lake last fall, but more needs
to be put in, we are working on that.
We were also approached from Osage fish hatcheries out
of
Chris Boyer
Board Member