Fishery Reset for Pelican Lake Depends on Water Levels

by | Feb 24, 2017 | News | 0 comments

While the Division of Wildlife Services plans to reset the fishery at Pelican Lake with a rotenone treatment this fall, the plan ultimately depends on water levels. According to DWR aquatics manager Trina Hedrick, the uncertainty is difficult to deal with but if water levels are too high, the treatment will be too expensive to take on. “To do the treatment,” shares Hedrick, “we have a target water elevation we need to achieve. We’ll work with the irrigation district to see if that water level will happen this year. There’s also a lot of snow on the mountain right now. We’ll be waiting to see how that snow translates to water levels in Pelican Lake over the upcoming year.” The reset is to eliminate non-native carp from the lake that are overrunning the bluegill population. In the meantime, the bag limits at Pelican Lake have been increased. There is no limit on the number of bluegill that can be kept and the largemouth bass limit has been doubled to 12 fish a day.

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