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Pinetree	06/29/2019 11:42AM   Zwater: "Smallies are everywhere:)" True,probably just getting their foot in the door on Kek. Interesting on the rock bass,which also have been increasing in lakes in the BWCA
lskidder	06/26/2019 05:47PM   Thank you, I had not seen that most recent DNR survey. Rock bass and smallmouth sampled for the first time--interesting. I can't imagine that there are not northerns in there too, they seem to be everywhere!
Zwater	06/26/2019 06:45PM   Smallies are everywhere:)
lskidder	06/27/2019 08:01PM   Wow--very cool! The only time we camped on Kekekabic we were in transit and I didn't spend any serious effort fishing but it's great to see there are more species than lake trout and forage fish!
lskidder	06/26/2019 09:25AM   Just a quick question: What fish species are in Kekekabic? The DNR reports list lake trout and white sucker and Furtman's book lists lake trout and, I believe perch. Are there no walleyes, northerns and smallmouth or are they just a given?
twistertail	06/26/2019 02:50PM   I fished it once, caught a lot lakers but nothing else.
Schollmeier	06/26/2019 04:11PM   You can see the most recent survey here: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/showreport.html?downum=38022600 That reported a Smallmouth Bass and nets under-represent bass so it is probably safe to say there are SM Bass in there. As for Pike, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a small population in there but likely they are rare if they don't turn up in the surveys. And Walleye, I see nothing stating that they've ever been stocked in that lake so it would be a good bet that there are none.
missmolly	06/28/2019 07:23AM   Zwater: "Smallies are everywhere:)" This might surprise you, but they don't win every inter-species tussle. I fished a lake in Ontario once. The Canadian government had done a species survey and only found smallmouth. I asked my paddling partner if he was marking fish and he said, "Yeah." "What depth?" "Everywhere." And they were everywhere, but they were all pike.
Jaywalker	06/27/2019 07:17PM   I caught this in Kek just off the island site. Was casting a silver spoon for lakers near a 10 foot deep Boulder pile as I have done before. Was very surprised.