DNR REGS
RESULTS FROM ILL. DNR MEETING NOV. 13, 2004
NO RULE CHANGES FOR PERCH WILL BE MADE FOR 2004
15 PERCH BAG LIMIT AND CLOSED SEASON IN JULY
REMAINS IN EFFECT
DNR IS ACCEPTING COMMENTARY ON A PROPOSED
CHANGE TO BLACK BASS REGS. ON LAKE MICHIGAN
PROPOSED:1 TROPHY BASS MAY BE KEPT OVER 21 INCHES
DATA WAS PRESENTED BY VARIOUS DNR SCIENTISTS.
BLACK BASS ASSESSMENT :
LARGEMOUTH & SMALLMOUTH ARE A STABLEFISHERY ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
SMALLMOUTH HAVE DECLINED AT CALUMET HARBOR.
LARGE MOUTH GROW SLOWER THAN SMALLMOUTH AFTER AGE 5
AVERAGE LENGTH OF LARGEMOUTH IS 12 INCHES
SMALLMOUTH IS LESS ABUNDANT THAN LARGEMOUTH BASS
SMALLMOUTH BASS RESEARCH RESULTS:
SMALLMOUTH BASS STAY IN HARBORS UNTIL WATER WARMS
TO 71 DEGREES USAGE OF BREAK WALLS AND REEFS INCREASES
AVERAGE LENGTH OF SMALLMOUTH IS 14 INCHES
YELLOW PERCH ASSESSMENT RESULTS:
YELLOW PERCH STILL SHOW POOR LARVAL SURVIVAL
THE PRIMARY PERCH CLASS IS 1998
(THESE 1998 PERCH ARE FROM 5" TO 13+" LONG)
THE POOR SURVIVAL OF LARVAL PERCH MAY BE DUE
TO THE POOR TIMING OF ZOO PLANKTON BLOOM WHEN
PERCH NEED THE FOOD & LAKE WIND DRIVEN CURRENTS
PERCH LENGTH IS NOT AN INDICATION OF AGE
EARLY SIGNS THAT 2002 YEAR PERCH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO
CATCHABLE PERCH POPULATION IN THE FUTURE
HENRY'S MEMOS
WE HARVESTED OVER 900,000 PERCH PER YEAR IN THE EARLY
TO MIDDLE 1990'S. ALSO NOTE THAT THE COMMERCIAL PERCH
NETTERS HARVESTED ANOTHER 900,000 PERCH PER YEAR IN
THE SAME PERIOD! THE SIZE RANGE REPORTED FOR 1998
PERCH IS HARD TO SWALLOW. WE ARE TO ASSUME THAT THE
1995 YEAR CLASS ALL DIED AT A MUCH YOUNGER AGE.
SECURITY ZONES INCREASED 
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ITEM #4 & #5 ARE INFORCED DIFFERENTLY
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