Rock Ramp

Rock Ramp

Fyke Net

36" Northern Pike

In 2005, I worked with several agencies to put in rock ramp (fish passage structure) below a lake level control structure (dam). In order to determine if the structure was actually passing fish during high spring flows, we put in a fyke net just upstream of the dam for about a week in late March. I think we missed the Northern Pike run, however, over 11 different species of fish (both strong swimmers and jumpers and weak swimmers and jumpers) made it over the dam. The largest fish was a 36" Northern Pike and the most suprising was a 21" walleye. Over 201 White Suckers were also netted. No fish were harmed during the documentation of what made it over the dam!