Post on 27-Jun-2020
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Muskellunge AnglerSurvey Summary
2014- 2019
Illustrations by Joseph R. Tomelleri ©
• Prepared by Cory Kovacs • MDNR-Esocid Committee
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2019 Angler Survey Results • 514 trips reported • 65 individual anglers (provided contact information) • 2,494.5 total reported angler hours • On average, an angler made 7.9 trips • Average angler trip was 4.8 hours • Musky catch rate= 0.09 fish/hour • On average anglers caught .45 fish per trip
• Took more than two trips to catch at least 1 Musky • A total of 231 Musky were caught • Anglers frequented nonstocked waters 11% more than they
did at stocked waters.
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Survey Participation
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
78
237
463
560
623
514
16 12 11 3 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700 Re
spon
ses
Online
Postcards
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Participation by Residence Instate Out of state
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Effort by Region
0%
25%
50%
75%
100% Lower Peninsula Upper Peninsula
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Angler effort 3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
Hours fished
Hrs/Trip
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
6.5 6 5.5 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1
Hou
rs
Hour
s per
fish
ing
trip
1,000
500 0.5
0 0
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Angler Hours by Season 100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
Spring Summer Fall Winter
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Musky caught per hour Ca
tch
Per U
nit E
ffort
(fis
h/ho
ur)
0.14
0.12
0.1
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Angler Method 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Casting Trolling Fly Trolling Live Spearing Tip-up Jigging Other (artificial) (live bait) Sucker
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Musky caught by size category
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60% <35" (38") 35-42" (38-42") 42-49" (43-49") 50+
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Angler Effort per Year in 2019
1-10 11-20 20+ Times per year (trips)
Waters fished in 2019
Top 20 waters w/ ties
1. Thornapple Lake 60 2. Murray Lake 46 3. Campau Lake 40 4. Eagle Lake 26 4. Lower Crooked Lake 26 6. Clam Lake 25 7. Wilson Lake 24 8. Lake Bellaire 21 8. St. Marys River/Munuscong 21
10. Intermediate Lake 15 10. Lake St. Clair 15 10. Black Lake 15 13. Tahquamenon River 13 13. Ben-way Lake 13
15. Elk Lake 10 16. Mullet Lake 9 17. Sanford Lake 8 18. Lake Ovid 6 18. Brevoort Lake 6 18. Budd Lake 6
14. Hanley Lake 12
Muskellunge Angling Trips in 2019/2020
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Map by M. Tonello- DNR-GIS