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Show Fishing surveys to assist in opening forecast Before the June , the 1967 fishin;. there will be several people asking how th ?f will be on their favor!, spot opening day. To answer this quo the fishermen and of the biological info! needed to canage the resources, Department and Game personnel 1 conducting surveys " : streams and lakes prior u emng day. 1 Throughout the win. been taking oxygen sampC many lakes to deterl the fish are doing durii critical time when the V are covered with ice and a- As spring breaks, atw is turned to streams electrofishing gear, com. called as hocker, is sj b termine fish populations ," cies of fish present and' size prior to stocking to,'",, summer's fishing. When lakes and men,,-become men,,-become ice free, they checked by using gill net; obtain a sample of the var, species of fish present ) see what size of fish over and will be available ,: the angler when June 3 Sr." arrives. These gill nets are pa: the lake or reservoir in I places and set to van' depths so all kinds of sizs- fish are caught. The fish n caught as they attempt tosr ci through the net, but g& it only slightly more than 11: ei head through, they attempt: ir back out and are caught by ' S gills. The biologist brings fc in and carefully releases i s fish after getting the intra-:: ai tion on size and sepcies. These spring surveys are : important part of the Csb ( management job |