Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Rog Lake Brookies
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djwillco |
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Mocha |
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Mocha |
hopefully this will show up the map with the location of the lake. increase size of map by one or two clicks. the lake is right under the green boundary line |
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dele |
Disclaimer - I'm not saying I necessarily think stocking brook trout is bad, I'm just surprised it's happening. |
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Pinetree |
dele: "At the risk of taking the thread off topic, I'm surprised to hear that the DNR is stocking fish in the BWCA. Doesn't introducing animals violate the entire idea of wilderness? I had previously assumed, naively it appears, that all fish populations in the BWCA were naturally reproducing. That has been discussed between the MN DNR for decades with the USFS and other Clientele. At present within the BWCA stocking is pretty much limited to walleye,lake trout,brook trout and splake(brook trout x laketrout). Stocking of rainbow has been stopped. The species listed above were considered native or native at one time to the watersheds of the BWCA. You opened a big discussion think tank. Also fishing by us humans does have a effect on populations,especially ones with limited reproduction. I personally think a well managed small stocking program is a viable program and we don't have to go the extreme on this issue either way. Very very little walleye stocking takes place. A few fry stocking have had very good success in lakes with low previously fishable populations. At present that is why a few lakes were not stocked in recent years when the MN DNR brook trout stock at the hatcheries had to be destroyed due to disease. No alternate fish like rainbow were stocked in he BWCA. We just had a few years no trout were stocked. I think pre 1980's there was not much concern on what was stocked up to a point. |
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shock |
as PT stated fry them smallies up in a brook trout lake ,,,unless your name is Zwater BWAHAHAA. one might think if these smallies are feasting on brook trout maybe there's a state record hanging in Rog or Skull etc.? NOT ! and as far as rog and brook trout go i can think of a famous Quote from John Banner "i know nothing nothing" |
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Pinetree |
Skull lake out of the Moose chain use to be known for numbers of big brook trout. Not much anymore. Like Rogers the DNR is going to have to start stocking bigger brook trout to start and get away from the bass predation. |
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thegildedgopher |
Now that said... doesn’t mean they are surviving long after they’re stocked. But they haven’t given up on Rog. |