Results Of An Opening Week Creel Census And Tagging Study On Three State·Owned Lakes
The greatest concentrations of fishermen on Kentucky's state-owned lakes have been observed to occur during the first week following the opening of these lakes to fishing. To measure the impact of this surge of fishermen on an unsuspecting fish population, an opening week creel census and tagging study was conducted on 3 dissimilar state-owned lakes. In each lake bass were caught by angling and tagged. Tag returns were remarkably similar: 27%, 30.9%, and 27.5%. Evidence seemed to indicate strap jaw tags adversely affected the growth of tagged bass. In the creel census 70% of the largemouth...
