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INVESTIGATIONAL REPORTS Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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No. 1 Winter Creel Census 1937-38. By Samuel Eddy. April 19, 1938. 7 pp. No. 2 Report on the Number of Eggs Produced by Walleye Pike. By Samuel Eddy. July 6, 1938. 2 pp. No. 3 Creel Census for Lake Winnibigoshish, 1939. By Jerome Stoudt. Nov. 1, 1939. 15 pp. No. 4 The Fishes of Upper Red Lake, Summer of 1939. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Dec. 1, 1939. 8 pp. No. 5 Preliminary Report on the Walleye Pike Population of Lake of the Woods. By Kenneth D.

Carlander. Jan. 1, 1940. 26 pp. No. 6 Preliminary Report on the Tullibee Population of Lake of the Woods. By Kenneth D. Carlander.

Jan. 1, 1940. 18 pp. No. 7 Preliminary Report on the Sauger Population of Lake of the Woods. By Kenneth D. Carlander.

Jan. 1, 1940. 18 pp. No. 8 Preliminary Report on the Perch Population of Lake of the Woods. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Jan. 1,

1940. 14 pp. No. 9 Creel Censuses of Minnesota Waters 1938-1939. By Samuel Eddy. Jan. 1, 1940. 12 pp. No. 10 A Biological Survey of the Upper Mississippi River System. By John B. Moyle. June 1, 1940. 69 pp. No. 11 Selectivity of Sampling Methods and the Relation to Fish Growth Studies. By Kenneth D.

Carlander and Samuel Eddy. Sept. 1, 1940. 11 pp. No. 12 Sizes of Walleye Pike in Three Spawning Runs. By Kenneth Carlander. Oct. 1, 1940. 4 pp. No. 13 The Problem of Annual Increments in Fish Growth Studies. By Samuel Eddy and Kenneth D.

Carlander. Oct. 1, 1940. 5 pp. No. 14 Experimental Gill Net Catches from Lake Vermilion, St. Louis County. By Kenneth Carlander. Oct.

1, 1940. 12 pp. No. 15 Relationships Between Scale Radius and Body-Length of Walleye Pike, Stizostedion vitreum

vitreum (Mitchill). By Kenneth D. Carlander. Feb. 7, 1944. 30 pp. No. 16 Correlations in the Rates of Growth of Various Species of Fishes from Minnesota Lakes. By

Samuel Eddy and Kenneth D. Carlander. Nov. 1, 1940. 3 pp.

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No. 17 Length-Weight Relationship of Minnesota Fish. By Samuel Eddy and Kenneth D. Carlander. Nov. 1940. 23 pp.

No. 18 Investigation of Fish Life in Certain Streams Tributary to the Red River of the North. Minnesota

Department of Health, Division of Sanitation. June 1932. 17 pp. No. 19 Coefficients for Converting Total Lengths of Fish to Standard Lengths and Vice Versa. By Kenneth

D. Carlander. 1939. 2 pp.

Revised March, 1943, and April 1944. Relationship Between Standard, Fork, and Total Lengths of Some Minnesota Fish, with appended note on: The Conversion of the Coefficient of Condition, K, to the Coefficient of Condition, C. 55 pp.

No. 20 Walleye Pike Tagging Study, 1937-1938, Chippewa National Forest. By Jerome Stoudt and

Samuel Eddy. 6 pp. No. 21 Walleye Pike Tagging Report for Lake Winnibigoshish 1939 Data. By Jerome Stoudt and Samuel

Eddy. 1939. 6 pp. No. 22 Report on Minnesota Wild Rice for 1940. By John B. Moyle. Jan. 9, 1941. 41 pp. No. 23 Tagging Returns on Lake Vermilion Walleyes, 1940. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Feb. 1, 1941. 8 pp. No. 24 Preliminary Report on the Pickerel Population of Lake of the Woods, 1939. By Kenneth D.

Carlander. Feb. 1, 1940. 23 pp. No. 25 Perch Populations 1940. By Kenneth D. Carlander. March 7, 1941. 6 pp. No. 26 A Preliminary Study of the Egg Production of Certain Minnesota Fish. By Matt F. Vessel and

Samuel Eddy. March 7, 1941. 26 pp. No. 27 A Report on the 1939 Creel Census for Lake Itasca. By Samuel Eddy. 1939. 6 pp. No. 28 Growth Rate Studies of Minnesota Fish. By Samuel Eddy and Kenneth D. Carlander. May 20,

1941. 64 pp. No. 29 The Abundance of Perch in Lake of the Woods as Shown by Gill Nets. By Kenneth D. Carlander

and Jesse E. Douglass. Aug. 4, 1941. 9 pp. No. 30 Report on the Investigation of Biological Conditions of Lakes Kabetogama, Namakan, and Crane,

as Influenced by Fluctuating Water Levels. By Robert W. Sharp. May 3, 1941. 58 pp. No. 31 The Abundance of Pickerel in Lake of the Woods as Shown by Gill Nets. By Kenneth D. Carlander

and Jesse E. Douglass. Sept. 23, 1941. 8 pp. No. 32 The Species Composition of the Commercial Fisheries of Lake of the Woods 1913-1940. By

Kenneth D. Carlander. Sept. 23, 1941. 12 pp. No. 33 Lake of the Woods and Its Commercial Fisheries. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Oct. 1941. 96 pp. No. 34 Lake of the Woods Report -- Some Statistical Analyses of Gill Net Data. 1. The Effect of Leaving the

Nets Set in the Same Location for Several Days. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Nov. 17, 1941. 20 pp.


No. 35 Bullhead Kill Due to Infection by the Water Mould, Saprolegnia Parasitica - Coke. By John B. Moyle. Nov. 24, 1941. 6 pp.

No. 36 Natural Vegetational Trends Observed in Two Recently Flooded Areas in Minnesota Marsh Lake in

Lac Qui Parle and Chippewa Counties and Thief Lake in Marshall County. By John B. Moyle. Nov. 1941. 11 pp.

No. 37 Lake of the Woods Report II -- Some Statistical Analyses of Gill Net Data. Fluctuations in the Activity

of Fish During the Various Hours of the Day. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Dec. 15, 1941. 10 pp. No. 38 Report on Ground Pine in Minnesota. By John B. Moyle. May 8, 1941. 5 pp. No. 39 The Fishes of Lake of the Woods. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Dec. 15, 1941. 11 pp. No. 40 The 1941 Minnesota Wild Rice Crop. By John B. Moyle. Feb. 15, 1942. 60 pp. No. 41 Notes on the Coefficient of Condition K, of Minnesota Fish with an Appended Note on the

Coefficient of Condition C of Minnesota Fishes. By Kenneth D. Carlander. June 1944. 40 pp. No. 42 An Investigation of Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, with Particular Reference to the Commercial

Fisheries. By Kenneth D. Carlander. 1942. (Three volumes plus Supplements 1 and 2 and Abstract). 54 pp.

Summary of Supplement No. 1 -- "Summary of Conditions in the Commercial Fisheries of Lake of the Woods, 1942 and 1943." 6 pp.

No. 43 A Biological Survey and Fishery Management Plan for the Streams of the Lake Superior North

Shore Watershed. By Lloyd L. Smith, Jr. and John B. Moyle. 1943. 228 pp. No. 44 A Creel Census on Minnesota Lakes, 1938-1942. By Laurence E. Hiner. Jan. 22, 1943. 20 pp. No. 45 Some Studies of the Distribution and Ecology of the German Carp in Minnesota, with Suggested

Control Measures. By Robert W. Sharp. Nov. 13, 1942. 25 pp. No. 46 Copper Sulphate as a Fish Poison and Algicide. By Lloyd L. Smith, Jr. Aug. 10, 1942. 19 pp. No. 47 Sizes of Spawning Walleye Pike Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchell), in Minnesota. By Kenneth C.

Carlander. 1942. 10 pp. No. 48 An Investigation of Bait Fish Problems in Minnesota. By Janus E. Ridley. 1943. 10 pp. No. 49 Experiment in Population Analysis by the Electric Shocking Method. By Lloyd L. Smith, Jr. 1944.

33 pp. No. 50 Growth Rate of the Spottailed Minnow, Notropis hudsonius (Clinton) in Minnesota Waters. By

Kenneth D. Carlander. March 4, 1943. 3 pp. No. 51 The Use of the Percentage Increment Index in Comparisons of Growth of Certain Minnesota Fish.

By Kenneth D. Carlander. Feb. 26, 1943. 10 pp.


No. 52 Factors Influencing Production of Yellow Pike-Perch Stizostedion vitreum vitreum, in Minnesota Rearing Ponds and Suggestions for Practical Management of Pike-Perch Ponds. By Lloyd L. Smith, Jr. and John B. Moyle. Oct. 26, 1943. 42 pp.

No. 53 Survival of 7-to-10 inch Planted Trout in Two Minnesota Streams. By Lloyd L. Smith, Jr. and

Beatrice S. Smith. Oct. 28, 1943. Reprinted from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 73rd Annual Volume, 1943. 9 pp.

No. 54 Fisheries Investigation and Management Report for Lake Vermilion (Identification Number 16-18),

St. Louis County, T. 62-63: R. 14-18 W. By Kenneth D. Carlander and Laurence E Hiner. Dec. 24, 1943. 175 pp.

No. 55 Report on Operation of Fishway at Lake Shetek 1943-44 (Identification Number 3-9 -- Murray County).

By Laurence E. Hiner. June 1, 1944. Revised Feb. 1, 1945 by Lloyd L. Smith, Jr. 39 pp. No. 56 Review of Methods Used in the Study of Fish Growth at the Minnesota Bureau of Fisheries

Research with Suggestions for Further Work. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Jan. 7, 1944. 45 pp. No. 57 Some Factors to Consider in the Choice Between Standard, Fork, or Total Lengths in Fishery

Investigations. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Jan. 4, 1944. 9 pp. No. 58 Some Parasites of Fish -- A Literature Review. By Kenneth D. Carlander. Aug. 20, 1944. 14 pp. No. 59 Average Gill Net Ratios, Using Standard Experimental Gill Nets in Minnesota Lakes, 1941-1943.

By Kenneth D. Carlander. March 30, 1944. 4 pp. No. 60 Report on Copper Sulphate Treatment Given Great Northern Pike Eggs to Prevent the Growth of

Saprolegnia and Related Fungi. By Laurence E. Hiner. June 1. 1944. 9 pp. No. 61 Classification of Lake Waters Upon the Basis of Hardness. By John B. Moyle. March 13, 1945.

(Published in The Minnesota Academy of Science, Proceedings, Volume Thirteen, 1945.) 5 pp. No. 62 Report on Fish Populations of Minnesota Lakes. By John Dobie and Robert Sharp. March 29,

1946. 15 pp.

Appendix 1 - Gillnet and Hoopnet Ratios for Lakes Surveyed from 1944-1946. 11 pp.

Appendix II - Gillnet Ratios by Number; Gillnet Ratios by Weight and Percentage; Average Gill Net Ratios by Number and Weight for 1941-1947; Hoopnet Ratios by Weight; Bullhead Testnet Summaries; Average Hoopnet Ratios for 1944-1947. 36 pp. Appendix III - Gillnet Ratios by Number; Gillnet Ratios by Weight; Average Gillnet Ratios by Number and Weight for 1941-1948; Hoopnet Ratios by Weight; Average Hoopnet Ratios for 1944-1948. 30 pp. Appendix IV - Gillnet Ratios by Number; Gillnet Ratios by Weight; Average Gillnet Ratios by Number and Weight for 1941-1949; Hoopnet Ratios by Weight; Average Hoopnet Ratios for 1944-1949. 28 pp.

No. 63 Further Considerations on Yield, Fertilization, and Natural Chemical Fertility of Minnesota Pike-

Perch Ponds. By John B. Moyle. July 1, 1945. 9 pp.


No. 64 Report on the Effects of Cube Root (Rotenone) on the Fish and Fish Food Organisms of Dew Lake (16-414), St. Louis County. By John Dobie and John B. Moyle. Nov. 28, 1945. 14 pp.

No. 65 Report on the Use of Copper Sulphate for Controlling Blue-Green Algae in Hall Lake (2-83) and

Connected Water Supply Lakes in Martin County. By John B. Moyle and John N. Wilson. July 1, 1946. 13 pp.

No. 66 Population Analysis of Root River Tributaries by the Electrical Shocking Method. By Raymond E.

Johnson. Nov. 1, 1946. 20 pp. No. 67 Preliminary Report on the Status of Minnesota Lake Superior Herring Fishery in 1946. By

Raymond E. Johnson and Laurence E. Hiner. January 24, 1947. 19 pp. No. 68 Creel Census Summary 1946. By Laurence E. Hiner. March 6, 1947. 9 pp. No. 69 A Biological Survey and Fishery Management Plan for the Streams of the St. Louis River Basin. By

John B. Moyle and Walter A. Kenyon. April 2, 1947. 161 pp. No. 70 Population Analysis of Three Southeastern Minnesota Trout Streams and the French River of the

North Shore Drainage Obtained by Shocker During 1946. By Laurence E. Hiner. August 1, 1947. 11 pp.

No. 71 Indices of Lake Productivity. By John B. Moyle. Jan. 1, 1947. 17 pp. No. 72 Effects of a Severe Flash Flood on Fish and Fish Foods in Crooked Creek, Houston County,

Minnesota. By Laurence E. Hiner. April 10, 1947. 7 pp. No. 73 Survival of Spring Planted Yearling and Fall-planted Fingerling Brown Trout in South Branch

Whitewater River and Gilmore Valley Creek, Winona County, Minnesota, as Determined by Creel Census and Electric Shocker. By Raymond E. Johnson and Laurence E. Hiner. Sept. 1, 1947. NO FINAL MANUSCRIPT. 54 pp.

No. 74 Comparison of Seine and Electric Shocker in Collecting Fish for Taxonomic and Distribution

Studies. By Raymond E. Johnson. Sept. 1, 1947. (Prefinal draft) 7 pp. No. 75 Physical and Chemical Properties of Taconite Tailings and the Effect of Their Disposition on the

Fishes of Lake Superior. By John B. Moyle. Sept. 4, 1947. 14 pp. No. 76 The Use of Copper Sulphate for Algal Control and Its Biological Implications. By John B. Moyle.

Dec. 1947. 11 pp. No. 77 Food Scarcity as a Factor Affecting Fish Stunting and Goodness of Fishing. By John B. Moyle.

Feb. 1948. 17 pp. No. 78 a. Report on the Investigations of the Algal Growths in Lakes in the Vicinity of Detroit Lakes,

Becker County, Minnesota, May-August 1948. By John B. Moyle and John N. Wilson. May-Aug. 1948. 18 pp.

b. Report on the Investigations of the Algal Growths in Lakes in the Vicinity of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Nov., Dec. 1951. By John B. Moyle and D.E. Cozart. Nov., Dec. 1951. 32 pp.

No. 79 Fish Population Studies in Clear Lake, Sherburne County. By Jerome H. Kuehn. Sept. 1, 1948. 8 pp.


No. 80 Fish Population and Catch Data From Minnesota Lakes With Notes on Efficiency and Errors of Sampling Gear. By John B. Moyle, Jerome H. Kuehn and Charles R. Burrows. Nov. 15, 1948. 46 pp.

No. 81 A Reconnaissance of the Blue Earth River to Determine Present Status of Smallmouth Bass and to

Evaluate Present Environmental Conditions. By Jerome H. Kuehn. Nov. 15, 1948. 9 pp. No. 82 A Reconnaissance of the Cottonwood River to Determine Present Status of Smallmouth Bass. By

Jerome H. Kuehn. Nov. 15, 1948. 6 pp. No. 83 Trout Population Studies of 1948, Including Use of Marked Fish, Creel Census Returns, and

Electrical Shocker in Five Southeastern and Four Northeastern Minnesota Streams. By Jerome H. Kuehn. Nov. 15, 1948. 14 pp.

No. 84 Preliminary Report on Minnow Populations of the Platte River, Morrison County, With Comments on

Their Utilization by Commercial Minnow Dealers. By Raymond E. Johnson. Dec. 1, 1948. 7 pp. No. 85 Investigation of Catches Made by Nets During Tullibee and Herring Season, 1948. By Raymond

E. Johnson. April 1, 1949. 16 pp. No. 86 Fish Population Estimates Based on 1948-49 Winter Rough Fish Seining Operations. By Jerome

H. Kuehn. April 10, 1949. 47 pp. No. 87 A Biological Survey and Fishery Management Plan for the Streams of the Root River Basin. By

Raymond E. Johnson, John B. Moyle and Walter A. Kenyon. July 20, 1949. 129 pp. No. 88 Preliminary Report on Abundance and Life History of the Burbot Lota lota maculosa, in Bass Lake (14-

29) and Moose Lake (14-600) Itasca County. John G. Appelget. March 28, 1949. 6 pp. No. 89 Elimination of a Rough Fish Population From Surprise Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota, and an

Estimate of the Total Population. By John G. Appelget. Sept. 28, 1949. 5 pp. No. 90 Natural Reproduction in Minnesota Game Fish Lakes During 1949. By Raymond E. Johnson.

Dec. 15, 1949. 12 pp. No. 91 Experimental Testnetting at Various Times of Year in Two Anoka County Lakes Containing

"Known" Fish Populations. By Jerome H. Kuehn. Jan. 15, 1950. 12 pp. No. 92 Progress Report: Comparison of Red-gil With Standard Feeds in Minnesota Trout Hatcheries.

Recommendations for Increasing Trout Hatchery Operating Efficiency. By Robert E. Schumacher. Nov. 1, 1950. 15 pp.

No. 93 A Brief Reconnaissance of the Upper St. Croix River to Determine Quality of Smallmouth Bass

Angling, Bass Abundance, and Reasons for an Alleged Decline in Fishing Success. By W.J. Scidmore. July 1, 1949. 12 pp.

No. 94 Possible Effects of the Proposed Twelve-foot Channel on Fish Life in the Upper Mississippi River.

By D.W. Kelley. Aug. 6, 1949. 7 pp. No. 95 Notes on the Present Status of the Walleye in Minnesota Waters. By John B. Moyle. Jan. 15,

1950. 9 pp.


No. 96 Dark House Spearing on Ball Club and Cut-Foot Sioux Lakes, Itasca County, Minnesota, During the 1949-50 Season. By John G. Appelget and Bernard R. Jones. April 10, 1950. 7 pp.

No. 97 Summary of the Literature on the Relationship of Plant Growth to Water Levels, Compiled as an

Aid to the Determination of Past Water Levels of Minnesota Lakes. By John B. Moyle. May 15, 1950. Revised April 1959. 9 pp.

No. 98 Investigation of the Quality and Gas Content of Waskish Walleye Hatchery Well Water. By John B.

Moyle. May 22, 1950. 3 pp. No. 99 Second Annual Progress Report of Fisheries Investigations Conducted in Connection With

Taconite Beneficiation Activities at Beaver Bay, Minnesota. By Charles R. Burrows. Jan. 30, 1950. 15 pp.

No. 100 Lake Minnetonka: The Lake and Its Management for Fish and Wildlife by the Fisheries Research

Unit and Pittman-Robertson Game Research Unit. By John B. Moyle. April 1950. 55 pp. No. 101 Catch of Lake Trout in Clearwater and Mountain Lakes, Cook County Sept. 18-30, 1950. By John

G. Hale. Oct. 10, 1950. 5 pp. No. 102 An Evaluation of the Fall Planting Program for 18-Month-Old Brown Trout in Fillmore County,

Minnesota, Including Data of the 1948 and 1949 Investigations. By John G. Hale. Oct. 25, 1950. 41 pp.

No. 103 Little Elk Lake, Sherburne County (T.35, R.26-27, 30-31; 36) Summary of Test Netting 1946-1950.

By Jerome H. Kuehn. Nov. 15, 1950. 6 pp. No. 104 Procedure in Calculation and Analysis of Commercial Fishing Statistics. By Charles R. Burrows.

Nov. 20, 1950. 56 pp. No. 105 Trout Populations and Catches During 1950 in Three Northeastern Minnesota Trout Streams,

Including Comparisons in Catch From Beaver Ponds, Improved and Unimproved Sectors. By John G. Hale. Nov. 27, 1950. 16 pp.

No. 106 Status of the Lake of the Woods Fisheries, 1938 Through 1949, With Special Reference to the

Walleye. By Charles R. Burrows. Jan. 4, 1951. 19 pp. No. 107 Calculation of the Size of the Minnesota Fish Population and Harvest. By John B. Moyle, Feb. 8,

1951. 7 pp. No. 108 A Report on the Year Classes of Walleyes Taken by Anglers From Winnibigoshish Lake and

Connecting Waters During the 1950 Angling Season. By John G. Appelget. April 12, 1951. 11 pp. No. 109 Further Observations on Forest Invasion and Succession on Basins of Drained Lakes in Northern

Minnesota. By John B. Moyle and Etlar L. Nielsen. May 15, 1951. 9 pp. No. 110 1950 Nemadji River Survey. By Jerome H. Kuehn. June 27, 1951. 27 pp. No. 111 Some Aspects of the Chemistry of Minnesota Surface Waters as Related to Game and Fish

Management. By John B. Moyle. June 22, 1951..Final Report Investigational Report No. 151, June 1954. 60 pp.

No. 112 A Method for Calculating Fish Rearing Pond Production. By John Dobie. June 27, 1951. 10 pp.


No. 113 Chemical Analyses for Biological Studies on Minnow Ponds. By John Dobie. July 23, 1951. 22 pp. No. 114 Weeds and Weed Control in State Walleye Ponds. By John B. Moyle. July 30, 1951. 13 pp. No. 115 Notes on Ground Water in and Near Old Beaver Impoundments on the Minnesota North Shore of

Lake Superior. By John B. Moyle. Aug. 9, 1951. 2 pp. No. 116 The Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Pond No. 6, St. Paul Hatchery, as Related to the

Rearing of Brook Trout. By Robert E. Schumacher. Nov. 16, 1951. 6 pp. No. 117 Notes on the Use of Median Growth Indices for Comparisons of Fish Growth. By Donald R.

Franklin. Dec. 13, 1951. 3 pp. No. 118 Results From Plantings of Marked Yearling Brown Trout Salma trutta fairo Linnaeus in the Sucker

River and the West Branch of the Split Rock River, and Marked Yearling Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchell in Sucker River, Minnesota, 1951. By John G. Hale. Jan. 8, 1952. 11 pp.

No. 119 Fishing Success on Koronis and Osakis Lakes During the Summer of 1951. By D.W. Kelley.

March 1952. 5 pp. No. 120 Report on Winter Spearing Census, 1951-1952. By John B. Moyle. March 21, 1952. 10 pp. No. 121 Results of an Investigation to Determine the Relative Efficiency of Trap and Hoop Nets in Taking

Game and Rough Fish Species. By John G. Appelget. May 9, 1952. 5 pp. No. 122 Summary of Walleye Fingerling Rearing 1945-1950. By Raymond E. Johnson. May 12, 1951. 4 pp. No. 123 A Report on the Year Classes of Walleyes Taken by Anglers From Winnibigoshish Lake and

Connecting Waters During the 1951 Angling Season. By John G. Appelget. May 13, 1952. 4 pp. No. 124 Report on Winter Angling Census -- 1951-52. By John B. Moyle. June 13, 1952. 29 pp. No. 125 Conditions in Abandoned Granite Quarries Near St. Cloud, Minnesota -- Preliminary Report.

Continued Investigations of Abandoned Granite Quarries Near St. Cloud, Minnesota. By D.W. Kelley. Oct. 15, 1951. 10 pp.

No. 126 Notes on the Vegetation of the Roseau Refuge. By John B. Moyle. Aug. 18, 1951. 2 pp. No. 127 1951 Summer Creel on Lake Itasca. By Jack Erickson. July 5, 1952. 5 pp. No. 128 Some Aspects of the Chemistry of Minnesota Surface Waters as Related to Fish and Game

Management. By John B. Moyle. Nov. 7, 1952. Final Report Investigational Report No. 151, June 1954. 60 pp.

No. 129 Seasonal Fluctuation of Experimental Trap Net Catches From the Upper Mississippi River. By

D.W. Kelley. December 8, 1952. Published by U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Report: Fisheries No. 101. 38 pp.

No. 130 Preliminary Report on Bald Eagle Lake Winter Creel Census. By Jerome H. Kuehn. Nov. 6, 1951.

7 pp. No. 131 An Opinion Survey of a Sportsmen's Club. By Thomas H. Copeland, Jr. Jan. 23, 1953. 10 pp.


No. 132 An Investigation of Survival to the Creel From Three Plantings (April, June, July) of Marked Yearling Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill, Catch of "Resident" Fish and of Trout Populations in the West Branch of the Split Rock River, 1952. By John G. Hale. December 1952. 11 pp.

No. 133 Report on: Designated Minnow Lakes 1952. By John Dobie. March 1953. 16 pp. No. 134 Use of Pectoral Fin Rays to Determine Age of the White Sucker. By W.J. Scidmore and A.W.

Glass. April 21, 1953. 4 pp. No. 135 Creel Census of 23 Minnesota Lakes -- 1952. By John B. Moyle, D.R. Franklin, C.R. Burrows,

R.E. Schumacher, J.E. Maloney, D.W. Kelley, F.H. Johnson, J.G. Erickson, E.J. Longtin, R.G. Lorenz, W.J. Scidmore, D.E. Olson. March 1, 1952. 71 pp.

No. 136 Walleye Pike Ponds 1952. By John Dobie. March 1953. 17 pp. No. 136A Drainable Walleye Pike Ponds -- Preliminary Report - 1953. By John Dobie. Nov. 20, 1953. (See

Investigational Report No. 150) 10 pp. No. 137 Survival, Growth and Food of Fin-Clipped Walleye Pike Fingerlings in Maloney Pond, Cass

County, Minnesota. By John E. Maloney. April 1953. 5 pp. No. 138 Size of Harvest and Present Status of the Walleye Fishery in Cutfoot Sioux Lake, Itasca County,

Minnesota. By Fritz H. Johnson. April 1953. 7 pp. No. 139 Plans and Forms for Lake Survey 1953. By John B. Moyle. June 16, 1953. 4 pp. No. 140 Aerial Darkhouse Census on Minnesota Lakes 1951-52, 1952-53. By Robert E. Schumacher.

Aug. 1953. 9 pp. No. 141 A Study of the Suitability of Abandoned Granite Quarries Near St. Cloud, Minnesota, for Put-and-

Take Fishing of Brown and Rainbow Trout. By D.W. Kelley. Nov. 5, 1953. 9 pp. No. 142 Results of Fortifying Standard Minnesota Hatchery Diet With Aureomycin and Thiamin

Hydrochloride on the Growth of Brown Trout. By Robert E. Schumacher. Nov. 9, 1953. 5 pp. No. 143 Beaver-Trout Relations of the North Shore of Lake Superior Watershed. By John Hale and Oliver

Jarvenpa. Dec. 5, 1950. 12 pp. No. 144 Report of Investigations on Walleye Egg Survival and Fish Populations Rainy River and Tributaries

in 1953. By Edward J. Longtin. Nov. 25, 1953. 12 pp. No. 145 Notes on Mortality of Walleye Fingerlings During and Following Fin-Clipping. By Fritz H. Johnson.

Dec. 7, 1953. 6 pp. No. 146 Creel Census of 12 Minnesota Lakes Dec. 1, 1952 to Dec. 1, 1953. By John B. Moyle and Donald

R. Franklin. March 10, 1954. 35 pp. No. 147 Records of Fishing Success by Members of the Monmouth Miltona Club in Douglas County,

Minnesota, During the Years 1894 to 1897. By John B. Moyle. Feb. 25, 1954. 19 pp. No. 148 Investigations on Trout Catch and Populations in the West Branch of the Split Rock River, Lake

County, Minnesota, 1951 to 1953. By John G. Hale. March 5, 1954. 12 pp.


No. 149 Regeneration of Pelvic Fins on Fingerling Brook Trout Following Fin Clipping. By John G. Hale. March 5, 1954. 3 pp.

No. 150 Analysis of Conditions in Drainable Walleye Ponds – 1953. By John Dobie. 26 pp. No. 151 Some Aspects of the Chemistry of Minnesota Surface Waters as Related to Game and Fish

Management. By John B. Moyle. June 1, 1954. (See Investigational Reports No. 111 and 128). Reprinted from The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 20, No. 3, July, 1956 under title, "Relationships Between the Chemistry of Minnesota Surface Waters and Wildlife Management." 60 pp.

No. 152 Rainbow Trout Mortality and Carrying Capacity of a Rehabilitated Trout Lake in Minnesota. By

Fritz H. Johnson. Dec. 20, 1954. 7 pp. No. 153 Fish Populations of Five Small Northern Minnesota Lakes as Determined by Rotenone Poisoning

and Netting. By Arthur Peterson. Feb. 1955. 6 pp. No. 154 Walleye Ponds 1954. By John G. Dobie. Feb. 8, 1955. 22 pp. No. 155 A Study of the Lake Trout, Salvelinus Namaycush in Three northeastern Minnesota Lakes. By

John G. Hale. Feb. 1955. 10 pp. No. 156 Summary of Some Aspects of the 1946 Test Netting Operations Northern Section. By John B.

Moyle. March 1, 1955. 23 pp. No. 157 Uses of Marsh Plants. By John B. Moyle. March 16, 1955. 4 pp. No. 158 Notes of the Size Structure and Mortality Rates of the Walleye Populations of Lake Sallie. By

Donald E. Olson. March 1955. 7 pp. No. 159 Creel Census of 12 Minnesota Lakes Dec. 1, 1953 to Dec. 1, 1954. By John B. Moyle and Donald

R. Franklin. March 1955. 35 pp. No. 160 Dusche Creek Tagged Trout Study -- 1954. By Robert E. Schumacher. April 1955. 10 pp. No. 161 Notes on the 1948 Test Netting Northern Section. By John B. Moyle. March 1955. 7 pp. No. 162 Notes on the Fish Population Structure of a Typical Rough Fish-Crappie Lake of Southern

Minnesota. By Warren J. Scidmore. May 15, 1955. 11 pp. No. 163 Quantitative Creel Census on 12 Minnesota Lakes. By John B. Moyle and Donald R. Franklin.

May 1955. 19 pp. No. 164 Comparative Harvest of Northern Pike by Summer Angling and Winter Darkhouse Spearing From

Ball Club Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota. By Fritz H. Johnson and Arthur R. Peterson. June 15, 1955. 14 pp.

No. 165 Fisheries Survey of North Branch of Zumbro River, Rice, Goodhue, and Wabasha Counties, July

22-29, 1955. By John B. Moyle. Sept. 20, 1955. 11 pp. No. 166 Notes on Trapnet Catches in Two Ponds and Their Relationship to the Fish Populations Present.

By Warren J. Scidmore. Oct. 13, 1955. 3 pp.


No. 167 Field Observations on the Use and Cost of Application of Powered Rotenone. By Warren J. Scidmore. Dec. 1, 1955. 7 pp.

Supplement: Notes on Recovery of Aquatic Vegetation in Ponds After Removal of Fish With Rotenone. By Warren J. Scidmore. Nov. 2, 1956. 2 pp.

No. 168 Two Year Trout Stream Creel Census of Four Southeastern Minnesota Streams -- 1955-1956. By

Roger C. Lorenz. Dec. 30, 1955. 3 pp. No. 169 Walleye Ponds 1955. By John Dobie. Jan. 1956. 19 pp. No. 170 Notes on the Harvest and Fishing Mortality of Rainbow Trout in a Rehabilitated Minnesota Lake.

By Fritz H. Johnson. Jan. 25, 1956. 6 pp. No. 171 Aerial Car Counts on Trout Streams Southeastern Minnesota April 30, May 1, 1955. By Robert E.

Schumacher. Jan. 26, 1956. 6 pp. No. 172 Development of an Introduced Fish Population in a Small Northern Minnesota Lake With Notes on

Survival of Stocked Walleye Pike Young-of-the-Year. By John E. Maloney. Jan. 25, 1956. 7 pp. No. 173 Life Histories and Inter-Relationships of Yellow Walleye and Yellow Perch, Especially During Their

First Summer, in Two Minnesota Lakes. By J.E. Maloney and Fritz H. Johnson. Feb. 1956. 14 pp. No. 174 Annual Report of Statewide Creel Census of 14 Minnesota Lakes, Under Dingell-Johnson Project

F-4-R-3, Dec. 1, 1954, to Nov. 30, 1955. By Merle W. Johnson and Jerome H. Kuehn. March 1956. 32 pp.

No. 175 Preliminary Report on Possible Influence of Pollution on Walleye Pike Reproduction in the Pine

River, Cass and Crow Wing Counties. By Bernard R. Jones and John E. Maloney. Nov. 20, 1956. 4 pp.

No. 176 Dusche Creek Creel Census -- Population Study for 1954-1955. By Robert E. Schumacher. July

23, 1957. 32 pp. No. 177 An Investigation of Carbon Dioxide, Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulphide as Factors Contributing to

Fish Kills in Ice-Covered Lakes. By W.J. Scidmore. Nov. 27, 1956. 9 pp. No. 178 Status of the Northern Pike Fishery in Minnesota. By Merle W. Johnson, Warren J. Scidmore,

Jerome H. Kuehn, Charles R. Burrows. Feb. 1, 1957. 20 pp. No. 179 Walleye Ponds 1956. By John Dobie. March 11, 1957. 20 pp. No. 180 A Comparison of Aerial Car Counts Made on Certain Southeastern Minnesota Trout Streams in

Two Successive Years. By Jerome H. Kuehn. April 26, 1957. 3 pp. No. 181 Experimental Feeding of Pelleted Trout Food to Large Fingerling and Yearling Trout 1955-56. By

Robert E. Schumacher. June 4, 1957. 15 pp. No. 182 A Study of the Relative Efficiency and Selectivity of Linen and Nylon Experimental Gill Nets. By

W.J. Scidmore and Zane Scheftel, Aug. 9, 1957. Revised May 20, 1958 and reprinted in Minnesota Game and Fish Investigations No. 1 under title, "Relative Efficiency and Selectivity of Linen and Nylon Gill Nets." 12 pp.


No. 183 Annual Report of Statewide Creel Census of 14 Minnesota Lakes under Dingell-Johnson Project F-4-R, April 1, 1956 to March 31, 1957. By Merle W. Johnson. Aug. 1957. 34 pp.

No. 184 Semi-Annual Report of Statewide Creel Census of 14 Minnesota Lakes under Dingell-Johnson

Project F-4-R, Dec. 1, 1955 to March 31, 1956. By Jerome H. Kuehn and Merle W. Johnson. Aug. 1956. 21 pp.

No. 185 Radiation Associated With Atomic Reactors and Wildlife Resources. By John B. Moyle. Oct. 30,

1957. 14 pp. No. 186 Preliminary Report on a Two-Year Census on Four Southeastern Minnesota Trout Streams. By

Jerome H. Kuehn and Robert E. Schumacher. Dec. 1, 1957. 41 pp. No. 187 Walleye Rearing Ponds 1957. By John Dobie. Feb. 20, 1958. 13 pp. No. 188 Statistics of a Walleye Sport Fishery in a Minnesota Lake. By Donald E. Olson. March 1958.

Reprinted from Volume 87, Transaction of the American Fisheries Society. 22 pp. No. 189 Effects of Management and Winter Oxygen Levels on the Fish Population of a Large Prairie Lake.

By John B. Moyle and William D. Clothier. Abstract reprinted from Volume 88, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 8 pp.

No. 190 An Economic Evaluation of the Sport Fishery of Minnesota. By Zane Scheftel.

Part I, May 13, 1958. 10 pp. Part II, Sept. 19, 1958. 8 pp. Part III, June 23, 1958. 7 pp. Appendix 4 pp.

No. 191 A Test of Dry Corn Fermentation Solubles as a Substitute for Corn Distillers Dried Solubles in

Pelleted Trout Food. By Robert E. Schumacher. June 26, 1958. 9 pp. No. 192 Creel Census Report for Twin Lake Special Grayling Season, September 21-29, 1957. By Robert

C. Micklus. Dec. 1957. 7 pp. No. 193 A Stomach Sampler for Live Fish. By Keith Seaburg. July 1957. 9 pp. No. 194 A Study of Mortality Associated With Walleye Rearing Pond Harvest and Stocking Operations. By

Richard Lound and John Dobie. Dec. 1958. 6 pp. No. 195 The Effects of Sodium Arsenite on Bullheads Exposed to and Infected With Columnaris Disease.

By Philip R. Economon. Sept. 23, 1958. 6 pp. No. 196 A Five-Year Creel Census of Moose Lake, Itasca County (1952-1956). By Howard Clementson.

Jan. 1959. 16 pp. No. 197 The Effectiveness of Toxaphene at Low Temperatures. By Merle W. Johnson. Jan. 1959. 3 pp. No. 198 Evaluation of Panfish Removal as a Means of Improving Growth Rates and Average Size of

Stunted Fish. By W.J. Scidmore. Feb. 1959. 10 pp. No. 199 A Four-Year Creel Census of Pike Lake, Cook County (1954-1957). By Robert C. Micklus. Jan.

1959. 7 pp.


No. 200 Mapping Minnesota's Lakes. By Jerome H. Kuehn and Dayton Lovelien. March 1959. 5 pp. No. 201 Final Report of a Three Year Creel Census of a Lake Trout Sport Fishery on Clearwater Lake,

Cook County. By Robert C. Micklus. Feb. 1959. 8 pp. No. 202 A Study of the Walleye Catch in Two West-Central Minnesota Panfish Lakes under Dingell-

Johnson Project F-4-R. By Gerald W. Larson. March 1959. 7 pp. No. 203 A Comparison of the Sport Fisheries of 1937 and 1957 on Seagull Lake, Cook County. By Robert

C. Micklus. March 1959. 7 pp. No. 204 Some Aspects of the Life History of the Smelt Osmerus mordax in Western Lake Superior. By

John Hale. June 1959. 22 pp. No. 205 Project No. 56-5, Uniformity of Dispersion of Sulfamerazine in Pelleted Trout Food. By Philip P.

Economon and Robert E. Schumacher. Jan. 1, 1959. 3 pp. No. 206 A Five-Year Study of the Population and Catch of a Central Minnesota Bass Panfish Lake, Nokay

Lake, Crow Wing County. By Dennis H. Schupp. June 1959. 18 pp. No. 207 Final Report of a Three Year Creel Census of a Lake Trout Sport Fishery on Mountain Lake, Cook

County. By Robert C. Micklus. June 1959. 8 pp. No. 208 A Creel Census of Long Lake, Becker County, With Emphasis on the Results of Walleye Fingerling

Stocking. By Merlyn L. Wesloh. July 1959. 3 pp. No. 209 Confidence Limits Associated With Means and Medians of Series of Net Catches. By John B.

Moyle and Richard Lound. July 1959. 6 pp. No. 210 A Two Year Creel Census on Grace Lake in Beltrami County to Evaluate the Effect of Perch

Removal on Walleye Fishing. By Merlyn L. Wesloh. July 1959. 4 pp. No. 211 Walleye Pike Rearing Ponds -- 1958. By John Dobie. March 6, 1959. 17 pp. No. 212 A Three Year Creel Census of Lake Mazaska, Rice County, With Evaluation of the Harvest of

Stocked Year-Classes of Walleyes. By James F. Groebner. Oct. 1959. 13 pp. No. 213 Three Years of Creel Census on White Sand Lake, Crow Wing County, Dingell-Johnson Project F-

4-R. By Dennis H. Schupp. Oct. 1959. 6 pp. No. 214 Rainbow Trout Production in a Non-Rehabilitated Minnesota Lake. By Arthur H. Peterson and Fritz

H. Johnson. Jan. 1959. 6 pp. No. 215 Survival of Stocked Walleye Fingerlings in Moose Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota. By Fritz H.

Johnson. Dec. 1957. 6 pp. No. 216 Evaluation of a Method Used to Estimate the Abundance of Bottom Fauna in Rearing Ponds. By

Richard Lound and John Dobie. Jan. 1960. 7 pp. No. 217 Qualitative Creel Census of Mille Lacs Lake, April 1958 to March 1959. By Dennis H. Schupp.

Jan. 1950. 11 pp.


No. 218 Creel Census of a Reclaimed Trout Lake in Northeastern Minnesota, Hare Lake, Lake County. By Robert C. Micklus. Jan. 1960. 3 pp.

No. 219 Sport Fishing Success and Yield From a Natural Trout Lake, Echo Lake, Lake County. By Robert

C. Micklus. Jan. 1960. 4 pp. No. 220 A Three Year Creel Census of Soft-Water Walleye Population in Northeastern Minnesota --

Caribou Lake, Cook County. Nov. 1959. By Robert C. Micklus. 4 pp. No. 221 Some Observations on Competition Between Several Species of Fish for Summer Foods in Four

Southern Minnesota Lakes in 1955, 1956 and 1957. By W.J. Scidmore and Donald E. Woods. Sept. 1, 1959. 12 pp.

No. 222 Sport Fishing Harvest of Lake Trout Fishing on West Pike Lake, Cook County. By Robert C.

Micklus. Nov. 1959. 7 pp. No. 223 Fishing Harvest and Population Estimate for Brook Trout, Duck Lake, Lake County. By Robert C.

Micklus and John Hale. Dec. 1959. 6 pp. No. 224 Walleye Egg Survival and Fry Production on Different Bottom Types in Lake Winnibigoshish and

Connecting Waters. By Fritz Johnson. June 1960. 26 pp. No. 225 Appraisal of the Sport Fishery Catch in a Bass Panfish Lake in Southern Minnesota, Francis Lake,

LeSueur County, 1952-1957. Aug. 1960. By James Groebner. 17 pp. No. 226 A Three Year Study of the Fish Population and Catch in Splithand Lake, Itasca County. By Robert

C. Micklus and Howard A. Clementson. Aug. 1960. 6 pp. No. 227 A Creel Census of a Minnesota Northern Pike-Centrarchid Lake, Linwood Lake, Anoka County,

1951-1957. By Earl H. Huber and Hartford Kittel. Jan. 1961. 11 pp. No. 228 A Creel Census of Lake Mina, Douglas County. By Gerald Larson. Feb. 1961. 3 pp. No. 229 A Creel Census of Lake Andrew, Douglas County. By Gerald Larson. Feb. 1961. 3 pp. No. 230 The Effects of Compressed Air on Winter Oxygen Levels in a Fertile Southern Minnesota Lake. By

Donald E. Woods. Jan. 1961. 14 pp. No. 231 Determination of Fishing Success Satisfaction by Means of a Post Card Questionnaire, Whitefish

Chain, 1960. By Thomas J.H. Bonde. March 1961. 10 pp. No. 232 Report on a Survey of the Pine River, Cass and Crow Wing Counties, April and May 1957. By

Bernard R. Jones. March 1961. 13 pp. No. 233 Aquatic Invertebrates Related to Larger Water Plants and Waterfowl. By John B. Moyle. March

1961. 24 pp. No. 234 A Preliminary Investigation of Rainy Lake, 1959. By Thomas J.H. Bonde (Game and Fish

Research) and C.A. Elsey and Bruce Caldwell (both of Ontario Department of Lands and Forests). April 1961. 43 pp.

No. 235 Sport Fishery at Toad Lake, Becker County, 1954 to 1956. By Merlyn L. Wesloh. May 1961. 9 pp.


No. 236 A Six Year Study of the Population and Catch on a West Central Minnesota Bass Panfish Lake, Maple Lake, Douglas County. By Gerald W. Larson. May 1961. 15 pp.

No. 237 Limnological Study of Hare and Echo Lakes in Superior National Forest, Lake County, Minnesota.

By Robert C. Micklus. Dec. 1961. 26 pp. No. 238 The Effects of Rough Fish Removal on Four Southern Minnesota Lakes. By W.J. Scidmore and

D.E. Woods. June 1961. 25 pp. No. 239 A Biological Reconnaissance of the Upper St. Croix. By Jerome H. Kuehn, Wallace Niemuth and

Arthur R. Peterson. Aug. 1961. 47 pp. No. 240 A Test of the Compressed Air Techniques for Marking Fish. By W.J. Scidmore. Nov. 1961. 8 pp. No. 241 A Fisheries Survey of Basswood Lake, 1960. By W.J. Scidmore, Bruce Caldwell, and C.A. Elsey.

Dec. 1961. 12 pp. No. 242 The Growth and Harvest of Stocked Yearling Northern Pike Esox lucius Linnaeus in a Minnesota

Walleye Lake. By Merlyn Wesloh and Donald E. Olson. March 1962. 9 pp. No. 243 Report on First Season's Operation of a Trawl Fishery in Lake of the Woods, 1961. By W.J.

Scidmore. March 1962. 8 pp. No. 244 The Influence of Beaver on Trout Streams With Special Reference to Streams of the Minnesota

North Shore of Lake Superior. By John G. Hale. June 15, 1966. 25 pp. No. 245 The Largemouth Bass Populations and Harvest, Gladstone Lake, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

(with Appendix). By J.E. Maloney, Dennis R. Schupp and W.J. Scidmore. March 1962. 11 pp. No. 246 The Fish Fauna of the Mississippi River Above St. Anthony Falls as Related to the Effectiveness of

This Falls on a Migration Barrier. By Samuel Eddy, James C. Underhill and John B. Moyle. April 1962. 5 pp.

No. 247 A Record of Six Years of Angling on Many Point Lake, Becker County, Minnesota With Special

Reference to the Effect of Walleye Fingerling Stocking. By Donald Olson and Merlyn Wesloh. June 1962. 7 pp.

No. 248 Evaluation of Fishing Pressure on 30 Minnesota Stream Trout Lakes with Associated Angling

Catches, Summer 1961. By Merle W. Johnson and Robert C. Micklus. July 1962. 10 pp. No. 249 Relationship of Cottus and Stream Trout in Minnesota Streams. By Clarence F. Dineen. 1947. 45

pp. No. 250 A Probe Technique for Sexing Some Fresh-water Fishes. By A.W. Glass, Bruce Carlson and W.J.

Scidmore. Sept. 1962. 10 pp. No. 251 Experimental Treatment of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis of Brook Trout With

Polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine. By Philip P. Economon. Sept. 1962. 2 pp. No. 252 Possible Effects of Size Limits for Northern Pike. By W.J. Scidmore. Oct. 1962. 7 pp.


No. 253 Populations of Plankton Animals and Residual Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Soils of Six Minnesota Ponds Treated for Control of Mosquito Larvae. By Bernard R. Jones and John B. Moyle. Oct. 31, 1963. 12 pp.

No. 254 Homing Tendency of Spawning White Suckers in Many Point Lake, Minnesota. By Donald E.

Olson and Warren J. Scidmore. Oct. 1962. 13 pp. No. 255 A Biological Reconnaissance of the Upper Mississippi River. By Arthur R. Peterson. Sept. 1962.

50 pp. No. 256 Rearing Suckers for Bait in Minnesota. By John Dobie. Nov. 1972. 34 pp. No. 257 Homing Behavior of Spawning Walleyes. By Donald E. Olson and W.J. Scidmore. Reprinted from

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Vol. 91, No. 4. Oct. 1962. Pages 355-361. 7 pp. No. 258 Aquatic Plants on Parade. By Laurence R. Jahn and John B. Moyle. Prepared for U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Services book on waterfowl. Dec. 1962. 23 pp. No. 259 Net Evaluation Report. By Arthur R. Peterson. Feb. 1963. 12 pp. No. 260 This report was rewritten and posted as Investigational Report No. 280 (Contribution of Northern

Pike Fingerlings to the Catch, Lake George, Anoka County, Minnesota. By James F. Groebner. Feb. 1963. 4 pp.)

No. 261 Notes on Experiment on Dissolved Oxygen Levels and Survival and Hatching of Walleye Eggs. By

John B. Moyle. March 1963. 2 pp. No. 262 Trace Minerals in Biological Processes. By Robert E. Schumacher. March 1963. Presented in

seminar series of Minnesota Section of Wildlife Society. 1960. 11 pp. No. 263 Contribution to the Fishery of a Northern Pike Year Class of Known Strength, 1962. By Donald E.

Woods. March 1963. 4 pp. No. 264 State-wide Aerial Fish House Count -- 1963. By Jerome H. Kuehn and Thomas J.H. Bonde.

March 1963. 7 pp. No. 265 Role of the White Sucker in Minnesota Waters. By Donald E. Olson. March 1963. 6 pp. No. 266 Experimental Commercial Trawl Fishing, Lake of the Woods, 1961-1962. By W.J. Scidmore.

March 1963. 24 pp. No. 267 Carp Go Home. By John B. Moyle and Jerome H. Kuehn. March 1963. Prepared for publication,

"Waterfowl Tomorrow." 12 pp. No. 268 An Investigation of the Reproduction Abundance and Population of the Walleye in the Whitefish

Chain of Lakes. By Thomas J. H. Bonde. June 1963. 24 pp. No. 269 Observations on the Walleye Spawning Run in the Tamarac River and its Tributaries, Upper Red

Lake, Minnesota, 1963. By J.W. Fraune and W.J. Scidmore. Oct. 1963. 12 pp. No. 270 A Selected Bibliography on Information from the Upper Mississippi River Basin in Minnesota That

Pertains to the Game and Fish Management Aspects of Water and Land Resource Planning. By Arthur Peterson. Oct. 1963. 8 pp.


No. 271 Food and Feeding Habits as Related to the Life Histories of Some Minnesota Warm-Water Fishes. By Keith G. Seaburg and John B. Moyle. Oct. 1963. Reprint published under title, "Feeding Habits, Digestive Rates and Growth of Some Minnesota Warmwater Fishes." 17 pp.

No. 272 The Status of the Smelt Osmerus mordax (Mitchill) and Native Fish Populations in Kennedy Lake,

Itasca County, Four Years After the First Appearance of Smelt. By Fritz Johnson. Dec. 1963. 6 pp. No. 273 A Five-Year Study of the Sport Fishery of Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, 1958-1962. By Merle W.

Johnson. March 1964. 16 pp. No. 274 A Method of Creel Census Applicable to Large Lakes. By Dennis H. Schupp. April 24, 1964. 10 pp. No. 275 A Biological Reconnaissance of the Snake River. By Donald C. Reedstrom. April 1964. 66 pp. No. 276 Use of Yearling Northern Pike in the Management of Minnesota Fish Lakes. By W.J. Scidmore.

Sept. 24, 1964. 9 pp. No. 277 Angler Creel Census of Pools 4 & 5 of the Mississippi River, Goodhue and Wabasha Counties, MN

in 1962-1963. By Stanley Daley and John Skrypek. Aug. 1964. 49 pp. No. 278 An Electro-fishing Survey in the Middle Branch of the Root River. By James F. Groebner. Sept.

14-18, 1964. 14 pp. No. 279 Preliminary Results From Experimental Introduction of Rainbow Trout as an Additional Game Fish

in Large Minnesota Lakes. By Robert E. Schumacher. Oct. 9,1964. 42 pp. No. 280 Contributions to Fishing Harvest From Known Numbers of Northern Pike Fingerlings. By James J.

Groebner. Dec. 29, 1964. 24 pp. No. 281 A Fisheries Survey of Lac La Croix, 1963. By Thomas J. Bonde, C.A. Elsey and Bruce Caldwell.

10 pp. No. 282 A Fisheries Survey of Namakan Lake, 1962-1963. By Thomas Bonde, C.A. Elsey and Bruce

Caldwell. 24 pp. No. 283 Fisheries Survey of Lake St. Croix from Oak Park Heights, Minnesota to Vicinity of Hudson,

Wisconsin 1964. By Duane Shodeen. Jan. 1965. 23 pp. No. 284 A Second Rainy Lake Report, 1957-1963. By Thomas J. Bonde, C.A. Elsey and Bruce Caldwell.

44 pp. No. 285 Comparison of Two Types of Gillnets Used for Lake Survey Purposes in Minnesota-Ontario

Boundary Waters. By Thomas H. Bonde. April 1965. 11 pp. No. 286 Three Years of Winter Catfish Angling on Lake Pepin, 1962-1965. By John L. Skrypek. April

1965. 7 pp. No. 287 An Evaluation of the Management of Reclaimed Trout Lakes. By Merle Johnson and Robert

Micklus. May 1965. 48 pp. No. 288 Economic Survey of Mille Lacs Lake Sport Fishery, 1961-62. By Dennis Schupp. Oct. 1965. 18 pp.


No. 289 Over-winter Mortality and Contribution to the Creel by Fall-stocked Catchable Size Trout in Minnesota. By Robert E. Schumacher. Nov. 1965. Presented at the 18th Midwest Wildlife Conference at Lansing, Michigan, Dec. 1956. 8 pp.

No. 290 Preliminary Observations on the Use of Estrone for Inducing Sex-Reversal in Rainbow Trout. By

W.J. Scidmore. Jan. 1966. 8 pp. No. 291 Winter Anglers Use of 36 Lake Trout Lakes in or Adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in

Northeastern Minnesota During the Winter of 1965. By Robert E. Schumacher, Leonard Wroblewski, and Charles R. Burrows. Feb. 1966. 12 pp.

No. 292 Status of Rainy Lake Walleye Fishery, 1965. By Fritz H. Johnson, R.D. Thomasson, Bruce

Caldwell. April 1966. 22 pp. No. 293 Food and Feeding Habits of the Walleye, Stizostedion v. vitreum, and Associated Game and

Forage Fishes in Lake Vermillion, Minnesota Special Reference to the Tullibee, Coregonus (Leucichthys) artedi, by John Dobie. May 1966. 222 pp.

No. 294 Some Effects of Increased Angling Pressure on Lake Trout Populations in Four Northeastern

Minnesota Lakes. By Robert E. Schumacher. Dec. 1960. Presented at the 22nd Midwest Wildlife Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Dec. 1960. 23 pp.

No. 295 Status of the Rainy Lake Fishery, 1966. By Fritz Johnson. June 1967. 16 pp. No. 296A The Effects of Habitat Alteration of Trout Streams with Special Reference to Streams of

Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior. By John G. Hale. Sept. 1967. 24 pp. No. 296B Abstract Reprinted in Minnesota Fisheries Investigations, No. 5, July 1969 under the title, "An

Evaluation of Trout Stream Habitat Improvement in a North Shore Tributary of Lake Superior." 14 pp. No. 297 Daily and Seasonal Activity and Movement of Perch in Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota. By John E.

Maloney. June 1968. 22 pp. No. 298 Growth of Walleye and Sucker Fingerlings in Minnesota Rearing Ponds. By John Dobie. June

1968. Reprinted from the International Congress of Limnology, Jerusalem. Aug. 1968. 21 pp. No. 299 Characteristics of Four Marl Lakes of Central Minnesota as Related to Biological Productivity. By

J.E. Maloney, J. Dobie and John B. Moyle. Jan. 1968. Reprinted from the Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Volume 35, Numbers 2 and 3, 1969. 5 pp.

No. 300 Status of the Fish Population of Lake Vermillion in 1968 with Special Emphasis on the Walleye

Stizostedion vitreum. By F.H. Johnson. Dec. 1968. 16 pp. No. 301 Environmental and Species Association of the Walleye in Lake Winnibigoshish and Connected

Waters, Including Observations on Food Habits and Predator-Prey Relationships. By F.H. Johnson. Dec. 1968. Abstract reprinted in Minnesota Fisheries Investigations, No. 5, July 1969, pp 5-36. 34 pp.

No. 302 Marking Walleye Fingerlings with Oxytetracycline Antibiotic. By W.J. Scidmore and D.E. Olson.

Dec. 1968. Reprinted in The Progressive Fish-Culturist, pp 213-216. 4 pp. No. 303 Sex Ratios of Young-of-the-Year Walleyes in Minnesota Rearing Ponds and Lakes. By D.E.

Olson. Oct. 1968. 8 pp.


No. 304 Management of a Large Shallow Winterkill Lake in Minnesota for the Production of Pike Esox lusius. By F. Johnson and John B. Moyle. March 1969. Reprinted from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 98, No. 4, Oct. 1969, pp 691-697. 15 pp.

No. 305 Investigations of Douglas County, Minnesota, Bass Lakes Conducted During the Summer of 1968.

By Huon Newburg. March 1969. 26 pp. No. 306 Angler Creel Census of Pools 4 and 5 of the Mississippi River, Goodhue and Wabasha Counties,

Minnesota in 1967-1968. By Richard B. Sternberg. May 1969. 53 pp. No. 307 Differences in the Composition of the Fish Population in Pool 2 and Other Areas of the Mississippi

River as Related to Waste From the Twin City Metropolitan Area -- 1964. By John Skrypek. Nov. 1969. 17 pp.

No. 308 Factors Affecting Abundance of Lake Herring Coregonus artedii LeSueur, in Western Lake

Superior. By E.D. Anderson and L.L. Smith, Jr. Dec. 1969. 62 pp. No. 309 Inter-relationships Between the Walleye and Smallmouth Bass in Northeastern Minnesota Lakes.

By F.H. Johnson and J.G. Hale. 1970. Preliminary draft. 31 pp. No. 310 Improvement of Artificial Fertilization Methods at a Walleye Hatchery. By D. Olson. April 1971.

Distributed in-state. 7 pp. (probably a preliminary version) An Improved Method of Artificial Fertilization of Walleye Eggs. By Donald E. Olson, 1971. 10 pp. No. 311 Mississippi River Spring Creel Census in the Tailwaters of Pools 4 and 5, 1968-1970. By Richard

B. Sternberg. Jan. 1971. 31 pp. No. 312 Characteristics of the 1957-58 and 1939 Sport Fishery of Lake Winnibigoshish and Connecting

Waters with Special Emphasis on the Walleye Population and Catch. By F. Johnson and M. Johnson. 1971. 31 pp.

No. 313 Report by Donald E. Olson -- given a different number. No. 314 Survival of Stocked Walleye Fingerlings in Northern Minnesota Lakes as Estimated from the Age-

Composition of Experimental Gillnet Catches. By F. Johnson. 1971. 17 pp. No. 315 Numerical Abundance, Sex Ratios, and Size-Age Composition of the Walleye Spawning Run at

Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Minnesota, 1942-1969, with Data on Fecundity and Incidence of Lymphocystis. By F. Johnson. 1971. 20 pp.

No. 316 Experimental Control of Neascus in Pleasant Lake, Crow Wing County. By John E. Maloney.

1970. 31 pp. No. 317 The Walleye Fishery of Leech Lake Minnesota. By Dennis H. Schupp. Feb. 1972. 11 pp. No. 318 Angling Pressure on Five Minnesota Lake Trout Lakes 1971-72. By Merle W. Johnson. June

1972. 14 pp. No. 319 Annual Report of the Statewide Creel Census on 80 Lakes and 38 Trout Streams in Minnesota,

May 1971 - Feb. 1972. B. Hawkinson and Howard F. Krosch. Dec. 1972. 73 pp. No. 320 Mail Survey of Minnesota Resident Fishermen – 1972. By W. J. Scidmore and Leonard

Wroblewski. Feb. 1973. 11 pp.


No. 321 Evaluation of Potential Use of Pulsed Direct Current Electrofishing Gear in Some Fish Management Activities. By Huon Newburg. March 1973. 18 pp.

No. 322 A Biological Trickling Filter System for Water Reuse in Trout Rearing. Dennis Anderson. April

1974. 26 pp. No. 323 Impact of Oil Refinery Wastes on a Small Trout Stream. By William G. Johnson and R.L. Glazer.

Jan. 1974. Sent to limited distribution. 21 pp. No. 324 The Fish Population Structure and Angling Harvest of Lake of the Woods, Minnesota 1968-1970.

By Dennis Schupp. March 1974. 20 pp. No. 325 Evaluation of Fintrol as a Fish Toxicant in Deep Softwater Lakes. By Richard Hassinger and Don

Woods. Feb. 1974. Completion Report, Study 202, D-J Report F-26-R. 13 pp. No. 326 Algae Control in Fish Ponds Through Chemical Control of Available Nutrients. By Farrell Bandow.

July 1974. 13 pp. No. 327 Effects of Elevated Temperatures and Fry Density on Initiation of Feeding by Walleye Fry. By D.

Olson. Oct. 1974. 8 pp. No. 328 Evaluation of Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch as a Sport Fish in Minnesota. By Richard

Hassinger. Oct. 1974. 26 pp. No. 329 .... No. 330 Evaluation of Diets, Water Quality and Disease Problems in Chinook Salmon Culture in a

Minnesota Hatchery. By William Thorn. Aug. 1974. 15 pp. No. 331 Angler Creel Census of Pools 4 and 5 of the Mississippi River, 1972-1973. By Richard Sternberg.

Oct. 1974. 15 pp. No. 332 Assessment of Continuous Walleye - Sauger Fishing at Lock Dam No. 3 and 4 of the Mississippi

River, 1968-74. By Richard Sternberg. Dec. 1974. 27 pp. No. 333 Food Habits of Walleye in a Southern Minnesota Lake. By Robert Davis. Jan. 1975. 15 pp. No. 334 Design and Evaluation of Method for Utilizing Hypolimnetic Lake Water to Reduce Outlet Stream

Temperatures. By Dennis Anderson. Feb. 1975. 33 pp. No. 335 Review of Selected Literature on Largemouth Bass Life History, Ecology and Management. By

Huon J. Newburg. Sept. 1975. 75 pp. No. 335a Analysis of the Composition of Fish Populations in Minnesota's Rivers and Streams. By A.R.

Peterson. Sept. 1975. 32 pp. No. 336 Prevention of Winterkill of Fish in Southern Minnesota Lake Through Use of a Helixor Aeration and

Mixing System. By R. Johnson and John Skrypek. Nov. 1975. 14 pp. No. 337 Interactions of Three Species of Bullheads (Under Commercial Exploitation) and Associated

Panfishes in a Eutrophic Lake. By D.E. Olson and L.J. Koopman. March 1976. 46 pp.


No. 338 Interspecific Relationships of Walleye, White Sucker and Associated Species in a Northeastern Minnesota Lake with an Evaluation of White Sucker Removal for Increased Walleye Yield. By F.H. Johnson. Nov. 1975. 46 pp.

No. 339 Annual Report of the Statewide Creel Census on 83 Lakes and 35 Trout Streams in Minnesota,

April 1972 - Feb. 1973. By B.L. Torp, T.A. Kucera and B.W. Hawkinson. Jan. 1977. 102 pp. No. 340 Evaluation of an Improved Walleye Stizostedion vitreum Spawning Shoal with Criteria for Design

and Placement. By Huon J. Newburg. Nov. 1975. 39 pp. No. 341 Some Effects of Controlled Levels of Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Selected Salmonids and

Other Fishes. By William Thorn, C. Lessman and R. Glazer. July 1976. See Investigational Report No. 347. 19 pp.

No. 342 Annual Report of the Statewide Creel Census Program on 83 Lakes and 36 Trout Streams in

Minnesota, April 27, 1973 - Feb. 28, 1974. By T.A. Kucera and B.L. Torp. March 1976. 112 pp. No. 343 Annual Report of the Statewide Creel Census on 75 Lakes and 30 Trout Streams in Minnesota,

May 3, 1974 - Sept. 28, 1975. By T. Kucera, B.L. Torp and G. Clymer. May 1976. 111 pp. No. 344 Annual Report of the Statewide Creel Census on 90 Lakes and 32 Trout Streams in Minnesota,

May 5, 1974 - Feb. 28, 1975. By T. Kucera and B.L. Torp. April 1976. 124 pp. No. 345 Use of Winter-Rescue Northern Pike in Maintenance Stocking. By J. Maloney and Dennis Schupp.

July 1977. Completion Report, Study 101, D-J Project F-26-R. 29 pp. No. 346 Experimental Management of a Small Reclaimed Lake in Northern Minnesota for Walleye

Stizostedion vitreum vitreum (Mitchill). By F.H. Johnson (deceased) and Thomas C. Osborn, April 1977. Completion Report, Study 104, D-J Project F-26-R. 41 pp.

No. 347 Some Effects of Controlled Levels of Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Selected Salmonids and

Other Fishes. By William Thorn, C. Lessman and R. Glazer. Feb. 1978. 22 pp. No. 348 An Evaluation of Reduced Limits and a Shorter Season on Sport Fishing in Two Lakes Managed

for Rainbow Trout. By M.W. Johnson. Jan. 1978. Completion Report Study 212 D-J Project F-16-R. 27 pp.

No. 349 Analysis and Summary of the Statewide Creel Census that Extended from 1971 thru 1975. By

Arthur R. Peterson. Jan. 1978. 47 pp. No. 350 Water Quality Monitoring Program on Representative Fish Lakes 1973. By William G. Johnson

and R.L. Glazer. June 1974. Environment Section. Formerly listed as Special Publication No. 106. 21 pp.

No. 351 Water Quality Monitoring Program on Representative Fish Lakes 1974. By Larry F. Gates and

Howard F. Krosch, Ecological Services Section. Jan. 1975. Formerly listed as Special Publication No. 111. 19 pp.

No. 352 Water Quality Monitoring Program on Representative Fish Lakes 1975. By Dave B. Zappetillo and

Howard F. Krosch, Ecological Services Section. Feb. 1976. Formerly listed as Special Publication No. 114. 24 pp.


No. 353 Water Quality Monitoring Program on Representative Fish Lakes 1976. By Dave B. Zappetillo and Howard F. Krosch, Ecological Services Section. Jan. 1976. Formerly listed as Special Publication No. 116. 42 pp.

No. 354 Water Quality Monitoring Program on Representative Fish Lakes 1977. By Dave B. Zappetillo and

Howard F. Krosch, Ecological Services Section. April 1978. Formerly listed as Special Publication No. 126. 42 pp.

No. 355 Mercury Levels in Fish From Eleven Northeastern Minnesota Lakes, 1977. By R. Glazer and D.

Bohlander, Environment Section. 35 pp. No. 356 Mercury Levels in Fish Collected in Rainy and Crane Lakes in Aug. 1976. By R. Glazer. 22 pp. No. 357 Annual Report of Mercury Levels in Fish in the Mississippi, Red and St. Louis Rivers, Minnesota,

1976. By R. Glazer. 20 pp. No. 358 Annual Report of Mercury Levels in the Mississippi, Red and St. Louis Rivers, Minnesota, 1975.

By R. Glazer. 23 pp. No. 359 Annual Report of Mercury Levels in the Mississippi, Red and St. Louis Rivers, Minnesota, 1977.

By R. Glazer. 28 pp. No. 360 A Statistical Comparison of Incomplete and Complete Angler Trip Catch Rates. By Harlan L.

Fierstine, Joe L. Geis and S.P. Gustafson. Oct. 1978. 8 pp. No. 361 Water Quality Monitoring Program on Representative Fish Lakes 1978. By Dave B. Zappetillo,

H.L. Fierstine. Feb. 1979. 38 pp. No. 362 A Recreational Use Survey of Pool 5 Upper Mississippi River. Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1978. By L.D.

Watson and B.W. Hawkinson. 23 pp. No. 363 The Use of Antimycin to Reduce Stunted Sunfish Populations in Hardwater Lakes, March 1979.

By R. David. 23 pp. No. 364 Evaluation of Intensive Inbreeding for Selection of Trout Brook Stock. By Dennis Anderson and

Donald Woods. March 1979. 31 pp. No. 365 Observation of a Wintertime Concentration of Catfish in the Mississippi River. By B. Hawkinson

and G. Grunwald. Oct. 1979. 13 pp. No. 366 Summary and Analysis of the Water Quality Monitoring Program from 1973 to 1978. By A.R.

Peterson and N. Potthoff. Oct. 1979. 42 pp. No. 367 Minnesota Live Bait Industry Assessment Report. By Dirk L. Peterson and Floyd A. Hennagir.

Feb. 1980. 89 pp. No. 368 The Walleye Sport Fishery in Three Upper Mississippi Reservoir Lakes: Cass, Andrusia, and Big

Wolf, 1971-75. By Robert Strand. March 1980. 38 pp. No. 369 Effects of Winterkill and Chemical Eradication of Fish on a Lake Ecosystem. By Farrell Bandow.

April 1980. 40 pp.


No. 370. The Summer Sportfishery in Voyageurs National Park and Surrounding Waters for 1977 and 1978. By Dennis Ernst and Thomas C. Osborn. April 1980. 37 pp.

No. 371. Comparison of Marks on Scales and Dorsal Spine Sections as Indicators of Walleye Age. By D.E.

Olson. Dec. 1980. 17 pp. No. 372. Evaluation of Madison, Donaldson and Kamloops Strains of Rainbow Trout Salmo gairdneri in

Lake Superior. By Tracy Close and Richard Hassinger. March 1981. 17 pp. No. 373. Experimental Incubation of Fish Eggs in a Moist-Air Environment. By D. Olson. July 1981. 13 pp. No. 374. The Effects of Water Levels and Other Factors on Walleye and Northern Pike Reproduction and

Abundance in Rainy and Namakan Reservoirs. By Thomas C. Osborn, Dennis B. Ernst, and Dennis H. Schupp. July 1981. 46 pp.

No. 375 Management of Ponds for Bait-Leeches in Minnesota. By Dirk L. Peterson. July 1982. 43 pp. No. 376 Factors Affecting Brown Trout Reproduction in Southeastern Minnesota Streams. By Dennis

Anderson. May 1983. 36 pp. No. 377 Identification of Principal Spawning Areas and Seasonal Distribution and Movement of

Muskellunge in Leech Lake, MN. By Robert Strand. Reprint from AFS Spec. Publ. 15:62-73. 12 pp.

No. 378 Effects of Continuous Fishing on the Walleye and Sauger Population in Pool 4, Mississippi River.

By William Thorn. Aug. 1984. 52 pp. No. 379 Interaction of Lake Trout and Rainbow Smelt in Two Northwestern Minnesota Lakes. By Richard

Hassinger and Tracy Close. Aug. 1984. 40 pp. No. 380 Chinook Salmon in the Minnesota Sport Fishery of Lake Superior. By Tracy Close, Richard

Hassinger and Steve Colvin. Oct. 1984. 31 pp. No. 381 Long-Term Changes in the Lake Winnibigoshish Walleye Sport Fishery. By Thomas Osborn and

Dennis Schupp. May 1985. 41 pp. No. 382 Growth and Fecundity of Chinook Salmon in Western Lake Superior. By Steve Colvin and Tracy

Close. May 1985. 7 pp. No. 383 The Role of Research in Minnesota Fisheries Management. By Robert Davis. July 1985. 15 pp. No. 384 Evaluation of Flathead Catfish as a Predator in a Minnesota Lake. By Robert Davis. June 1985.

24 pp. No. 385 Kamloops, Madison and Donaldson Strains of Rainbow Trout in an Oligotrophic Lake. By Tracy

Close, Steve Colvin and Richard Hassinger. Nov. 1985. 25 pp. No. 386 Evaluation of Winter Lake Aeration Techniques in Minnesota. By Farrell Bandow. April 1986. 48 pp. No. 387 Fish Community Responses to Northern Pike Stocking in Horseshoe Lake, Minnesota. By Dennis

Anderson and Dennis Schupp. July 1986. 38 pp.


No. 388 Shoreline Seining for Young-of-the-Year Largemouth Bass as a Method of Predicting Recruitment to the Anglers Catch. By Huon Newburg and Dennis Schupp. July 1986. 25 pp.

No. 389 Status and Simulation Model of Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, Walleye Fisheries. By Ronald

Payer, Donald Pereira, M. Larson, Jerry Younk, R. Frie, Dennis Schupp and Thomas Osborn. April 1987. 160 pp.

No. 389 Appendix. Status and Simulation Model of Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, Walleye Fishery. By

Ronald Payer, Donald Pereira, M. Larson, Jerry Younk, R. Frie, Dennis Schupp and Thomas Osborn. May1987. 33 pp.

No. 390 Hooking Mortality of Walleye Caught on Live and Artificial Baits. By Ronald Payer, Rodney Pierce

and Donald Pereira. July 1987. 15 pp. No. 391 Comparisons of Catches by Standard Lake Survey Nets with Catches by Modified Nets. By

Robert Davis and Dennis Schupp. Sept. 1987. 24 pp. No. 392 Vital Statistics of a Largemouth Bass Population in Minnesota from Electrofishing and Angler-

Supplied Data. By Mark Ebbers. Oct. 1987. 8 pp. (Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management.)

No. 393 Fluorescent Pigment Marking of Seven Minnesota Fish Species. By Farrell Bandow. Dec. 1987.

38 pp. No. 394 Evaluation of Habitat Improvement for Brown Trout in Agriculturally Damaged Streams of

Southeastern Minnesota. By William Thorn. Jan. 1988. 31 pp. No. 395 Brown Trout Habitat Use in Southeastern Minnesota and its Relationship to Habitat Improvement.

By William Thorn. May 1988. 28 pp. No. 396 Walleye-Sauger Bibliography. By Mark Ebbers, P. Colby, and C. Lewis. July 1988. 202 pp. No. 397 Under-ice Distribution of Rotenone with Lake Aeration Equipment. By Farrell Bandow. Sept.

1989. 33 pp. No. 398 The Role of Low Flow Habitat and Interspecific Competition in Limiting Anadromous Parr

Abundance in North Shore Streams. By Tracy Close, D. Belford, Steve Colvin, and Charles Anderson. Sept. 1989. 37 pp.

No. 399 Limnological Characteristics of Mine Pit Lakes in Northeast Minnesota. By Rodney Pierce and

Cynthia Tomcko. Nov. 1989. 52 pp. No. 400 Sport Fisheries Trends Shown by an Annual Minnesota Fishing Contest Over a 58-Year Period.

By D. Olson and P. Cunningham. March 1990. 11 pp. No. 401 Evaluation of Special Regulations for Trout in Southeast Minnesota Streams. By William Thorn.

Aug. 1990. 66 pp. No. 402 Long Term Retention of Fluorescent Pigment Marking of Chinook Salmon. By Mary Negus, D.

Belford and Steve Colvin. Aug. 1990. 19 pp. No. 403 Evaluation of Fishing Quality Indices and Sizes of Brown Trout Preferred by Anglers in Southeast

Minnesota. By J. Wiechman. Aug. 1990. 36 pp.


No. 404 Fish Community Responses to Manipulation of Yellow Perch and Walleye Abundance. By Timothy Goeman, Dennis Anderson and Dennis Schupp. Nov. 1990. 23 pp.

No. 405 The Distribution of Crayfishes in Minnesota. By J. Helgen. Dec. 1990. 108 pp. No. 406 Microhabitat Preferences of Selected Stream Fishes and a Community-Oriented Approach to

Instream Flow Assessments. By Luther Aadland, Chantel Cook, Mary Negus, Henry Drewes and Charles Anderson. June 1991. 139 pp.

No. 407 Use of Channel Catfish to Create an Urban Fishery in Lions' Lake, Mankato, Minnesota. By

Timothy Cross, Taylor Polomis, and Robert Davis. June 1991. 11 pp. No. 408 Fluorescent Chemical Marking of Walleye Larva with a Selected Literature Review of Similar

Investigations. By Jerry Younk and Mark Cook. June 1991. 18 pp. No. 409 Walleye Mortality During a Live-Release Tournament on Mille Lacs, Minnesota. By Timothy

Goeman. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 1991. 5 pp.

No. 410 Sex Ratios of Young-of-the-Year Walleye from Rearing Ponds and Lakes in Minnesota. By P.

Eiler. Nov.1991. 22 pp. No. 411 Genetic Description of Walleye Stocks in Minnesota. By Michael McInerny, R. Glazer, G. Zarling,

J. Fulton, J. Otis, and K. Guise. Nov.1991. 19 pp. No. 412 The Walleye Sport Fishery of the St. Louis River Estuary, 1980-1982. By Thomas Osborn, Tracy

Close, Steve Colvin, and Donald Pereira. Nov. 1991. 13 pp. No. 413 The Role of Research in Minnesota Fisheries Management: An Update. By Peter Jacobson and

R. Davis. Nov.1991. 13 pp. No. 414 Evaluation of Bioenergetics Modeling in the Study of Predator-Prey Dynamics in Minnesota Waters

of Lake Superior. By Mary Negus. March 1992. 68 pp. No. 415 Macrophyte Removal to Enhance Bluegill, Largemouth and Northern Pike Populations. By

Timothy Cross, Michael McInerny, and R. Davis. June 1992. 25 pp. No. 416 Fish Community Responds to Manipulation of Northern Pike and Yellow Perch Densities in a

Minnesota Centrarchid Lake. By Timothy Goeman and P. Spencer. July 1992. 15 pp. No. 417 An Ecological Classification of Minnesota Lakes with Associated Fish Communities. By Dennis

Schupp. Aug. 1992. 27 pp. No. 418 Performance Evaluation of Four Muskellunge Esox Masquinony Strains in Two Minnesota Lakes.

By Jerry Younk and Robert Strand. Sept. 1992. 22 pp. No. 419 Survival, Growth, Sexual Maturation, and Angler Harvest of Three Lake Trout Strains in Four

Northeastern Minnesota Lakes. By Gary Siesennop. Sept. 1992. 45 pp. No. 420 Applications of an Angler Diary for Muskellunge Esox Masquinongy. By Jerry Younk and Mark

Cook. Sept. 1992. 21 pp.


No. 421 Effect of Size at Stocking on Harvest of Rainbow Trout in Bad Medicine Lake. By P. Cunningham and Charles Anderson. Oct. 1992. 17 pp.

No. 422 Opinions of Anger Groups and Fisheries Professionals in Minnesota. By P. Cunningham and

Charles Anderson. Nov. 1992. 22 pp. No. 423 Validation of a Trout Habitat Model for Planning Stream Habitat Improvement Projects. By William

Thorn. Dec. 1992. 19 pp. No. 424 Analysis of Factors Affecting Growth of Northern Pike in Minnesota. By Peter Jacobson. Jan.

1993. 25 pp. No. 425 Weight-Length Relationships, Proximate Body Composition, and Winter Survival of Stocked

Walleye Fingerlings. By Farrell Bandow and Charles Anderson. Feb. 1993. 23 pp. No. 426 Potential Interactions Between Lake Trout and Smallmouth Bass in Lakes of Northeastern

Minnesota. By Paul Eiler and Tom Sak. April 1993. 25 pp. No. 427 Dispersal, Density-Dependent Growth, and Survival of Stocked Steelhead Fry in Lake Superior

Tributaries. By Tracy L. Close and Charles S. Anderson. June 1993. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management. Volume 12, No. 4, Fall 1992. 9 pp.

No. 428 Summer Habitat Requirements of Large Brown Trout in Southeast Minnesota Streams. By William

C. Thorn and Charles S. Anderson. Sept. 1993. 15 pp. No. 429 Population Dynamics and Harvest of Maintained Walleye Populations in Two Lakes of the

Southern Minnesota Agricultural Region. By Farrell Bandow, K.J. McKeag, Mark F. Cook, Christie L. Nixon and Bradford G. Parsons. Oct. 1993. 26 pp.

No. 430 A Comparison of Summer Gill Netting and Trap Netting to Fall Trap Netting for Sampling Crappie

Populations in Minnesota Lakes. By Michael McInerny, Timothy Cross and Dennis Schupp. Nov. 1993. 19 pp.

No. 431 Factors Influencing Satisfaction of Anglers on Lake Miltona, Minnesota. By Paul Spencer. Nov.

1993. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 13:201-209. 9 pp. No. 432 The Relation of Male Bluegill Reproductive Strategies to Exploitation and Population Size Structure

in Twelve Minnesota Lakes. By Cynthia Tomcko and Rodney Pierce. Feb. 1994. 9 pp. No. 433 Effectiveness of Liberalized Bag Limits as Management Tools for Altering Northern Pike

Population Size Structure. By Timothy Goeman and Paul Spencer. March 1994. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 13:621-624. 1993. 4 pp.

No. 434 Tag Loss and Handling Mortality for Northern Pike Marked with Plastic Anchor Tags. By Rodney

Pierce and Cynthia Tomcko. March 1994. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 13:613-615. 1993. 3 pp.

No. 435 Evaluation of Walleye Fingerling Stocking in Three West-Central Minnesota Lakes. By Brad

Parsons, Donald Pereira, and Paul Eiler. June 1994. 34 pp. No. 436 Population Dynamics of Large Walleye in Big Sand Lake. By Peter C. Jacobson. Aug. 1994. 22 pp.


No. 437 Indirect and Direct Estimates of Gill-Net Size Selectivity for Northern Pike. By Rodney Pierce, Cynthia Tomcko, and Todd Kolander. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14:170-177, 1994. 8 pp.

No. 438 Hooking Mortality of Lake Trout Angled Through Ice by Jigging and Set-Lining. By Steven E.

Persons and Steven A. Hirsch. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14:664-668, 1994. 5 pp.

No. 439 Comparison of Absolute Fishing Effort and Hourly Instantaneous Angler Counts in a Small Lake.

By Rodney B. Pierce and Andrew G. Bindman. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14:447-448, 1994. 2 pp.

No. 440 Bioenergetics Modeling as a Salmonine Management Tool Applied to Minnesota Waters of Lake

Superior. By Mary T. Negus. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:60-78, 1995. 19 pp.

No. 441 Influences of Watershed Parameters on Fish Populations in Selected Minnesota Lakes of the

Central Hardwood Forest Ecoregion. By Timothy Cross and Michael McInerny. 1995. 20 pp. No. 442 The Effects of Chemical Control of Submerged Vegetation on the Fish Community of a Small

Minnesota Centrarchid Lake. By Paul J. Radomski, Timothy J. Goeman, and Paul D. Spencer. 1995. 17 pp.

No. 443 Seasonal Variation in Trap-Net Catches of Bluegill in Minnesota Lakes. By Timothy K. Cross,

Michael C. McInerny, and Dennis H. Schupp. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:382-389, 1995. 8 pp.

No. 444 Estimating Minimum Instream Flow Requirements for Minnesota Streams from Hydrologic Data

and Watershed Characteristics. By D.T. O’Shea. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:569-578, 1995. 10 pp.

No. 445 Exploitation of Northern Pike in Seven Small North-Central Minnesota Lakes. By Rodney B.

Pierce and Cynthia M. Tomcko. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:601-609, 1995. 9 pp.

No. 446 Measuring and Correcting for Size Selection in Electrofishing Mark-Recapture Experiments. By

Charles S. Anderson. Reprint from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 124:663-676, 1995. 14 pp.

No. 447 A Compact, Inexpensive, Automatic System to Deliver Water at Alternating Temperatures for

Hatchery Studies. By Mary T. Negus and D.J. Dexter. Reprint from The Progressive Fish-Culturist 57:315-319, 1995. 5 pp.

No. 448 The Two-Story Rainbow Trout Fishery and Its Effect on the Zooplankton Community in a

Minnesota Lake. By L. Wang, K. Zimmer, Paul Diedrich, and S. Williams. Reprint from Journal of Freshwater Ecology Volume 11, Number 1:67-80. 28 pp.

No. 449 Seasonal Habitat Use and Movements of Muskellunge in the Mississippi River. By Jerry A. Younk,

Mark F. Cook, Timothy J. Goeman, and Paul D. Spencer. July 1996. No. 450 Trophy and Consumptive Value-per-Recruit Analysis for a Walleye Fishery. Peter C. Jacobson.

North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 16:75-80, 1996. 6 pp.


No. 451 Seasonal and Diel Variation in Electrofishing Size-selectivity and Catch-per-hour of Largemouth Bass in Minnesota Lakes. By Michael McInerny and Timothy Cross. Nov. 1996. 12 pp.

No. 452 Observations of Predation on Small Bluegill in a Minnesota Centrarchid Lake. Jeffrey Reed and

Bradford Parsons. Nov. 1996. 12 pp. No. 453 Comparative Survival of Naturalized Steelhead, Feral Kamloops, and Their Hybrids During Egg

and Fry Stages. By Mary T. Negus. Nov. 1996. 22 pp. No. 454 Initial Effects of Slot Length Limits for Northern Pike in Five North-Central Minnesota Lakes.

Rodney Pierce and Cynthia Tomcko. Jan. 1997. 24 pp. No. 455 An Indexed Bibliography of Creel Surveys, Fishing License Sales, and Recreational Surface Use

of Lakes and Rivers of Minnesota. By Mark F. Cook, Jerry A. Younk, and Dennis H. Schupp. Feb. 1997. 91 pp.

No. 456 Multiple Catches of Smallmouth Bass in a Special Regulation Fishery. By Michael C. Hayes, Larry

F. Gates, and Steven A. Hirsch. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:182-187, 1997. 6 pp.

No. 457 Thermal Marking of Lake Trout Otoliths, and Evaluation of Methods for Stocking Fry. By Mary T.

Negus. May 1997. 18 pp. No. 458 Bluegill Growth Rates in Minnesota. By Cynthia M. Tomcko. Oct. 1997. 24 pp. No. 459 A Comparison of Bluegill Reproductive Strategies and Growth among Lakes with Different Fishing

Intensities. By Melissa T. Drake, J.E. Claussen, D.P. Phillip, and Donald L. Pereira. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:496-507, 1997. 12 pp.

No. 460 Variable Catchability and Bias in Population Estimates for Northern Pike. By Rodney B. Pierce.

Reprint from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:658-664, 1997. 7 pp. No. 461 Evaluation of Lake Trout Index Netting Methods in Ten Northeastern Minnesota Lakes. By Gary D.

Siesennop. Feb. 1998. 44 pp. No. 462 Factors limiting juvenile steelhead survival in streams, tributary to Minnesota waters of Lake

Superior. By Tracy L. Close and Charles S. Anderson. Oct. 1997. 12 pp. No. 463 Effects of discontinuing walleye stocking on fish populations in Lake Thirteen. By Rodney B.

Pierce. April 1998. 37 pp. No. 464 A historical examination of creel surveys from Minnesota’s lakes and streams. By Mark F. Cook

and Jerry A. Younk. Feb. 1998. 59 pp. No. 465 Dispersal of walleye fingerlings after stocking. By Bradford G. Parsons and Donald L. Pereira.

Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:988-994, 1997. 7 pp. No. 466 A review of trout management in southeast Minnesota streams. By William C. Thorn, Charles S.

Anderson, W.E. Lreenzen, Deserae L. Hendrickson, and James W. Wagner. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:860-872, 1997. 13 pp.


No. 467 Use of limnetic zooplankton sampling in assessments of fish community structure in Minnesota bass-panfish lakes. By Julie E. Westerlund, Peter C. Jacobson, Henry K. VanOffelen, and Jodene K. Hirsch. 1998.

No. 468 Angler exploitation of bluegill and black crappie in 4 west-central Minnesota lakes. By Bradford G.

Parsons and Jeffrey R. Reed. June 1998. 35 pp. No. 469 Growth of lake trout captured during spring, summer, and fall index gill netting in 10 northeast

Minnesota lakes. By Gary D. Siesennop. Oct. 1998. 29 pp. No. 470 Partitioning total size selectivity of gill nets for walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) into encounter,

contact, and retention components. By Charles S. Anderson. Reprint from Canadian Journal of Fish Aquat. Science 55: 1854-1863. 10 pp.

No. 471 Angler noncompliance with slot length limits for northern pike in five small Minnesota lakes. By

Rodney B. Pierce and Cynthia M. Tomcko. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 18:720-724, 1998. 5 pp.

No. 472 Note. Evaluation of stocking methods for lake trout fry. By Mary T. Negus. Reprint from

International Assoc. for Great Lakes Research. 24(4):969-973. No. 473 Spawning Interactions of Hatchery and Naturalized Anadromous Form Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss in a Lake Superior Tributary. By Tracy L. Close. May 1999. 12 pp. No. 474 Effects of Lake Productivity, Climate Warming, and Intraspecific Density on Growth and Growth

Patterns of Black Crappie in Southern Minnesota Lakes. By Michael C. McInerny and Timothy K. Cross. Reprint from Journal of Freshwater Ecology, Vol. 14, Number 2, June 1999. 10 pp.

No. 475 Thermal Marking of Otoliths in Lake Trout Sac Fry. By Mary T. Negus. Reprint from North

American Journal of Fisheries Management, Vol. 19, No. 1, Feb. 1999. 10 pp. No. 476 Angler opinions of bluegill management and related hypothetical effects on bluegill fisheries in four

Minnesota lakes. By Jeffrey R. Reed and Bradford G. Parsons. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 19:515-519, 1999.

No. 477 Influence of Walleye Fingerling Production on Wetland Communities. By Jeffrey R. Reed and

Bradford G. Parsons. Sept.1999. 20 pp. No. 478 Attitudes of Minnesota residents about fishing issues. By Peter C. Jacobson, Tracy L. Close,

Charles S. Anderson, and T.J. Kelly. Nov. 1999. 18 pp. No. 479 Comparison of three mark-recapture sampling designs for estimating population size of largemouth

bass. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 19:758-764, 1999. By Timothy K. Cross and Michael C. McInerny. 7 pp.

No. 480 Survival traits of naturalized, hatchery, and hybrid strains of anadromous rainbow trout during egg

and fry stages. By Mary T. Negus. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 19:930-941, 1999. 12 pp.

No. 481 Season distribution, habitat use, and spawning locations of walleye Stizostedion vitreum and

sauger S. canadense in Pool 4 of the Upper Mississippi River, with special emphasis on winter distribution related to a thermally altered environment. By Brian S. Ickes, Allen G. Stevens, and Donald L. Pereira. Jan. 2000. 30 pp.


No. 482 Seasonal movements, habitat use, and spawning areas of walleye Stizostedion vitreum and sauger S. canadense in Pool 2 of the Upper Mississippi River. By R. Scott Gangl, Donald L. Pereira, and Richard J. Walsh. Feb. 2000. 24 pp.

No. 483 Recreational darkhouse spearing for northern pike in Minnesota: historical changes in effort and

harvest and comparisons with angling. By Rodney B. Pierce and Mark F. Cook. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 20:239-244, 2000. 6 pp.

No. 484 Comparison of methods for sampling flathead catfish in the Minnesota River. By Kevin W. Stauffer

and Bradley D. Koenen. Reprint from American Fisheries Society Symposium 24:329-339, 1999. 11 pp.

No. 485 Effects of sampling time, intraspecific density, and environmental variables on electrofishing catch

per effort of largemouth bass in Minnesota lakes. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 20:328-336, 2000. By Michael C. McInerny and Timothy K. Cross. 9 pp.

No. 486 Determination of smolt status in juvenile anadromous rainbow trout and chinook salmon. By Mary

T. Negus. Oct. 2000. 44 pp. No. 487 Estimating potential yield and harvest of lake trout Salvelinus namaycush in Minnesota’s lake trout

lakes, exclusive of Lake Superior. By Gary D. Siesennop. Dec. 2000. 43 pp. No. 488 Comparison of Two Methods of Habitat Rehabilitation for Brown Trout in a Southeast Minnesota

Stream. By William C. Thorn and Charles S. Anderson. September 2001. 16 pp. No. 489 Consequences of Human Lakeshore Development on Emergent and Floating-Leaf Vegetation

Abundance. By Paul Radomski and Timothy J. Goeman. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 21:46-61, 2001. 16 pp.

No. 490 The Relationship of Bluegill Growth, Lake Morphometry, and Water Quality in Minnesota. By

Cynthia M. Tomcko and Rodney B. Pierce. Reprint from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:317-321, 2001. 5 pp.

No. 491 Creel Limits in Minnesota: A Proposal for Change. By Mark F. Cook, Timothy J. Goeman, Paul J.

Radomski, Jerry A. Younk, and Peter C. Jacobson. Reprint from Fisheries Volume 26, Number 5:19-26, 2001. 8 pp.

No. 492 Methods to Reduce Stress and Improve Over-winter Survival of Stocked Walleye Fingerlings. By

Bradford G. Parsons and Jeffrey R. Reed. September 2001. No. 493 A Recalculation of the Annual Statewide Recreational Fishing Effort and Harvest in Minnesota

Lakes. By Mark F. Cook and Jerry A. Younk. September 2001. 12 pp. No. 494 Spatial Habitat Influences on Inshore Fish Communities in a Selected Minnesota Ecological Lake

Class. By Timothy K. Cross and Michael C. McInerny. October 2001. 60 pp. No. 495 Relationship Between Walleye Stocking and Year-class Strength in Three Minnesota Lakes. By

Bradford G. Parsons and Donald L. Pereira. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 21:801-808, 2001.

No. 496 What does Mount Pinatubo have to do with walleyes? By Dennis H. Schupp. Reprint from North

American Journal of Fisheries Management, 22:1014-1020, 2002. 7 pp.


No. 497 Development of a fish-based index of biotic integrity for small inland lakes in Central Minnesota. By Melissa T. Drake and Donald L. Pereira. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 22:1105-1123, 2002. 19 pp.

No. 498 An examination of Minnesota’s muskellunge waters. By Jerry A. Younk and Donald L. Pereira.

April 2003. 30 pp. No. 499 Interrelationships among production, density, growth, and mortality of northern pike in seven North

Central Minnesota lakes. By Rodney B. Pierce and Cynthia M. Tomcko. 11pp. Reprint from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:143-153, 2003.

No. 500 Population dynamics, trophic interactions, and production of northern pike in a shallow bog lake

and their effects on simulated regulation strategies. By Rodney B. Pierce, Cynthia M. Tomcko, and Melissa T. Drake. 16pp. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:323-330, 2003.

No. 501 Density dependence in growth and size structure of northern pike populations. By Rodney B.

Pierce and Cynthia M. Tomcko. 9pp. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:331-339, 2003.

No. 502 Evaluation of walleye spawning habitat improvement projects in streams. By Donna L. Dustin and

Peter C. Jacobson. 19 pp. No. 503 Variation in gill-net and angling catchability with changing density of northern pike in a small

Minnesota Lake. By Rodney B. Pierce and Cynthia M. Tomcko. 9pp. Reprint from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:771-779, 203.

No. 504 Determination of smoltification status in juvenile migratory rainbow trout and Chinook salmon in

Minnesota. By Mary T. Negus. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:913-927, 2003.

No. 505 Effects of walleye stocking on the fish community of Lake Thirteen. By Rodney B. Pierce and

Cynthia M. Tomcko. 36 pp. No. 506 Effects of prohibiting harvest of largemouth bass on the largemouth bass and bluegill fisheries in

two Minnesota lakes. By Steven M. Shroyer, Farrell L. Bandow, and Dale E. Logsdon. 47 pp. 2003.

No. 507 Biological performance indicators for evaluating exploitation of Minnesota’s large-lake walleye

fisheries. By R. Scott Gangl and Donald L. Pereira. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1303-1311, 2003. 9 pp.

No. 508 A perspective on challenges to recreational fisheries management: summary of the symposium on

active management of recreational fisheries. By Donald L. Pereira and Michael J. Hansen. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1276-1282, 2003. 7 pp.

No. 509 Oviduct insertion of radio transmitters as a means of locating northern pike spawning habitat. By

Rodney B. Pierce. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:244-248, 2004. 5 pp.

No. 510 Using underwater video to directly estimate gear selectivity: the retention probability for walleye

(Sander vitreus) in gill nets. By Gerold C. Grant, Paul Radomski, and Charles S. Anderson. Reprint from Canadian Journal of Fish. Aquatic Science 61:168-174, 2004. 7 pp.


No. 511 Trends in abundance and mean size of fish captured in gill nets from Minnesota lakes, 1983-1997. By Gerold C. Grant, Yaniv Schwartz, Sanford Weisberg, and Dennis S. Schupp. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:417-428, 2004. 12 pp.

No. 512 Retention and Nonlethal external detection of Calcein marks in rainbow trout and Chinook salmon.

By Mary T. Negus and Fred T. Tureson. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:741-747, 2004. 7 pp.

No. 513 Application of a bioenergetics model for brown trout to evaluate growth in southeast Minnesota

streams. By Douglas J. Dieterman, William C. Thorn, and Charles S. Anderson. November 2004. 26 pp.

No. 514 Factors affecting black crappie recruitment in four west-central Minnesota lakes. By Bradford G.

Parsons, Jeffrey R. Reed, Howard G. Fullhart, and Vaughn A. Snook. December 2004. 45 pp. No. 515 Density and biomass of native northern pike populations in relation to basin-scale characteristics of

North-Central Minnesota lakes. By Rodney B. Pierce and Cynthia M. Tomcko. Reprint from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:231-241, 2005. 11 pp.

No. 516 Evaluation of alternative interpolation techniques for the mapping of remotely-sensed submersed

vegetation abundance. By Ray D. Valley, Melissa T. Drake, and Charles S. Anderson. Reprint from Aquatic Botany 81 (2005) 13-25.

No. 517 Bluegill recruitment, growth, population size structure, and associated factors in Minnesota lakes.

By Cynthia M. Tomcko and Rodney B. Pierce. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:171-179, 2005. 9 pp.

No. 518 Woody debris and steelhead. By Tracy L. Close. June 2005. 9 pp. No. 519 Could BT-engineered pest resistant trees be hazardous to aquatic invertebrates? By Tracy L.

Close. July 2005. 7 pp. No. 520 An evaluation of mark-recapture estimates of black crappie population size determined by trap-

netting during fall and spring in Minnesota lakes. By Michael C. McInerny and Timothy K. Cross. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:475-490, 2005.

No. 521 Movement of black crappies and bluegills among interconnected lakes in Minnesota. By Bradford

G. Parsons and Jeffrey R. Reed. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:689-698, 2005.

No. 522 Expulsion of miniature radio transmitters along with eggs of northern pike and muskellunge – a

new method for locating critical spawning habitat. By Rodney B. Pierce, Jerry A. Younk, and Cynthia M. Tomcko. 15 pp.

No. 523 Spatial habitat dynamics affecting bluegill abundance in Minnesota bass-panfish lakes. Reprint

from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1051-1066, 2005. 14 pp. No. 524 Validation and application of a fish-based index of biotic integrity for small central Minnesota lakes.

By Melissa T. Drake and Ray D. Valley. 17 pp. No. 525 Development of a prototype video-based fisheries assessment unit. October 2005. 5 pp.


No. 526 Effect of t-bar anchor tags on growth of black crappies. By Bradford G. Parsons and Jeffrey R. Reed. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1591-1595, 2005. 5 pp.

No. 527 Accuracy and precision of hydroacoustic estimates of aquatic vegetation and the repeatability of

whole-lake surveys: field tests with a commercial echosounder. By Ray D. Valley and Melissa Drake. Dec. 2005. 12 pp.

No. 528 Evaluation of three blacklight sources for the detection of post-ocular visible implant elastomer in

Kamloops rainbow trout. By Tracy Close. Dec. 2005. 4 pp. No. 529 Nutrient excretion by fish in wetland ecosystems and its potential to support algal production. By

Kyle B. Zimmer, Brian R. Herwig, Leah M. Laurich. Reprint from Limnol. Oceanogr., 51(1), 206, 197-207.

No. 530 Development of a hydroacoustic design to quantify prey fish abundance in the Minnesota waters of

Lake Superior. By Tom Hrabik, Don Schreiner, Matt Balge, and Steve Geving. 23 pp. No. 531 Interactions between stocked walleyes and native yellow perch in Lake Thirteen, MN: A case

history of percid community dynamics. By Rodney B. Pierce and Cynthia M. Tomcko. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:97-107, 2006. 11 pp.

No. 532 Effects of a low-dose fluridone treatment in submersed aquatic vegetation in a eutrophic Minnesota

lake dominated by Eurasian water milfoil and coontail. By Ray D. Valley, W. Crowell, C. H. Welling, and N. Proulx. Reprint from Journal of Aquatic plant management. 44:19-25. 7 pp.

No. 533 Effects on landscape-scale factors on wetland biomanipulations. Jeffrey R. Reed. June 2006. 9 pp. No. 534 Hydroacoustic methods to estimate stream trout abundance in Minnesota lakes. By Tracy L.

Close, Dan Yule, Gary D. Siesennop. 14 pp No. 535 Contribution of fry stocking to the recovery of the walleye population in the Red lakes. By Dale E.

Logsdon. 2006. 41 pp. No. 536 Factors affecting trap-net catchability of black crappie in natural Minnesota lakes. By Michael C.

McInerny and Timothy K. Cross. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:652-664. 2006.

No. 537 Relationships between aquatic plant cover and fish populations based on Minnesota lake survey

data. By Timothy Cross and Michael McInerny. Nov. 2006. 30 pp. No. 538 The relationship of bluegill population dynamics and submerged aquatic vegetation in Minnesota

lakes. By Cynthia M. Tomcko and Donald L. Pereira. Nov. 2006. No. 539 Summer habitat associations of large brown trout in southeast Minnesota streams. By Douglas J.

Dieterman, William C. Thorn, Charles S. Anderson, and Jeffrey L. Weiss. Dec. 2006. 25 pp. No. 540 Catchability of larval and juvenile northern pike in quatrefoil light traps. By Rodney B. Pierce,

Steve Shroyer, Bruce Pittman, Dale E. Logsdon, and Todd D. Kolander. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:908-915. 2006.

No. 541 Historical trends in creel limits, length-based limits, and season restrictions for black basses in the

United States and Canada. Reprint from Fisheries. Vol. 32, No. 2. 11 pp.


No. 542 Bioenergetic Evaluation of the Fish Community in the Western Arm of Lake Superior in 2000 and 2004. By Mary T. Negus, Donald R. Schreiner, Theodore N. Halpern, Stephen Schram, Michael J. Seider, and Dennis M. Pratt. Oct. 2007. 78 pp.

No. 543 Factors influencing hooking mortality of walleyes by recreational anglers on Mille Lacs, MN. By

Keith A. Reeves and Richard R. Bruesewitz. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:443-452, 2007. 10 pp.

No. 544 Optimal stocking densities of walleye fingerlings in Minnesota lakes. By Peter C. Jacobson and

Charles S. Anderson. Reprint from North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:650-658, 2007. 9 pp.

No. 545 A program for successful muskellunge management - A Minnesota success story. By Paul J.

Wingate and Jerry A. Younk. Reprint from Environ. Biol. Fish (2007) 79:163-169, 7 pp. No. 546 Expulsion of miniature radio transmitters along with eggs of muskellunge and northern pike – a

new method for locating critical spawning habitat. By Rodney B. Pierce, Jerry A. Younk, and Cynthia M. Tomcko. Reprint from Environ. Biology Fish (2007) 79:99-109. 21 pp.

No. 547 Induced winterkill as a management tool for reclaiming Minnesota walleye rearing ponds. By

Steven M. Shroyer. July 2007. 47 pp. No. 548 Population ecology and prey consumption by fathead minnows in prairie wetlands: importance of

detritus and larval fish. By B.R. Herwig and K.D. Zimmer. Reprint from Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2007:16:282-294. 13 pp.

No. 549 An examination of Minnesota’s muskellunge waters. By Jerry A. Younk and Donald L. Pereira.

Reprint from Environ Biol Fish (2007) 79:125-136. 12 pp. No. 550 Light trap sampling of juvenile northern pike in wetlands affected by water level regulation. By

Rodney B. Pierce, Larry W. Kallemeyn, and Philip J. Talmage. August 2007. 12 pp. No. 551 Length at age estimates of black crappie and white crappie among lake classes, reservoirs,

impoundments, and rivers in Minnesota. By Michael C. McInerny and Timothy K. Cross. May 2008. 30 pp.

No. 552 Can minimum length limits improve size structure in Minnesota black crappie populations? By Dr.

Daniel A. Isermann and Andrew J. Carlson. March 2009. 12 pp. No. 553 Evaluation of an 11-in maximum length limit for smallmouth bass populations in northeastern

Minnesota. By Dr. Daniel A. Isermann, Kevin S. Page, Paul Radomski, and Melissa Drake. March 2009. 12 pp.

No. 554 Statewide evaluation of length-based fishing regulations, introduction and summary of results. By

Andrew J. Carlson and Daniel A. Isermann. Nov. 2009. 15 pp. No. 555 Recovery of thermally marked otoliths from lake trout stocked as fry in Lake Superior. By Mary T.

Negus. Nov. 2009. 9 pp. No. 556 Long-term evaluations of northern pike experimental regulations in Minnesota lakes. By Rodney

B. Pierce. Feb. 2010. 36 pp.


No. 557 Investigation of the use of Osmotic Induction to Reduce the Immersion Period for Marking Early Life Stages of Walleye with Fluorescent Chemicals. By Dale E. Logsdon. May 2012. 23 pp.

No. 558 Curly-Leaf Pondweed Trends and Interrelationships with Water Quality. By Steven Heiskary and Ray D. Valley. August 2012. 36 pp. No. 559 Temperatures and Depths Used by Large Versus Small Northern Pike in Three Minnesota Lakes.

By Rodney B. Pierce, Andrew J. Carlson, Bruce M. Carlson, Dallas Hudson, and David F. Staples. June 2013. 26 pp.

No. 560 Abundance and Presence of Fish in Restored Vegetation in North-Central Minnesota Lakes. By

Cynthia M. Tomcko and David F. Staples. Sept. 2014. 25 pp. No. 561 Evaluation of Standard Fishery Assessment Techniques For Use in Long-Term Monitoring. By

Michael C. McInerny. Nov. 2014. 138 pp. No. 562 Large-scale Habitat Factors Affecting Fish Populations in Minnesota Lakes and a Proposed

Habitat Classification. By Timothy K. Cross. Nov. 2018. 52 pp. No. 565 Compilation and Assessment of Historical Minnesota Late-Summer and Fall Walleye Electrofishing

Data. By Steven M. Shroyer, Bradford G. Parsons, and David F. Staples. May 2019. 23 pp. No. 566 Temporal variation in trap net catch per effort of Black Crappie in seven Minnesota lakes. By

Michael C. McInerny, Timothy K. Cross, and David F. Staples. October 2020. 19 pp. No. 567 Evaluation of age estimates made with scales, dorsal spines, and whole otoliths as surrogates for

ages estimated with halved otoliths of Smallmouth Bass and Largemouth Bass in Minnesota. By Michael C. McInerny, Joseph D. Stewig, Nathaniel C. Hodgins, and R. John H. Hoxmeier. March 2017. 26 pp.

No. 568 Trophic Interactions and Regulators of Abundance of Largemouth Bass in Northeastern

Minnesota. By Bethany J. Bethke and Patrick J. Schmalz. December 2020. 24 pp. No. 569 Impacts of Walleye fry stocking on year-class strength in lakes with Walleye spawn-take

operations. By Dale E. Logsdon and Charles S. Anderson. April 2018. 42 pp. No. 570 Cisco Population Genetic Structure in Minnesota. By Loren M. Miller, Jennifer L. Cruise, Nichole

Niezgocki, Jordyn Prell, and Peter C. Jacobson. June 2021. 21 pp.

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