NOTICE

Sonic Tagged Walleyes in Lake Puckaway

The Lake Puckaway Protection and Rehabilitation District in cooperation with the Wisconsin DNR has placed Sonic Transmitters in 20 adult walleyes in early April, 2010. There were 10 placed in males and 10 in females. These fish are being monitored to track their movement should they leave the lake. There are receivers in the river on either end of the lake. The fish have a green floy tag behind the dorsal fin and a small incision with 2 or 3 stitches in the belly of the fish (see photos below). Should you catch one of these fish we would appreciate it if you would release the fish near the place you caught it, if possible. If you keep the fish, please return the transmitter, they are very expensive. We would also appreciate if you would contact the DNR at the address on the tag with the tag number, date you caught it and where you caught it. They will send you the information on the fish that they have recorded. Thank you for your assistance and cooperation with this walleye project.

 In September the receivers were checked for the movement of these 20 Walleyes.

One fish went to Winnebago and never came back.

One other fish was caught and the transmitter was returned to the DNR.

In October that transmitter was placed in another Walleye.

All of the other Walleyes stayed in the Lake and did not move upstream or downstream.

The next reading will be taken in June of 2011

Attention Sportsman

As part of a DNR Grant that the Lake Puckaway Protection and Rehabilitation District has received, a Carp Study was initiated in November 2011 with collection of length, weight, sex and stage maturity, and age data from carp captured in the rough fish removal operations, and with the surgical implanting of sonic tags in 19 adult carp. The data will eventually allow DNR fisheries staff to estimate age composition, and growth and mortality rates of carp in Lake Puckaway. The sonic tags last 10 years and will help the DNR monitor the movement of the carp within Lake Puckaway and the Fox River System ultimately defining the stock range of carp in Lake Puckaway. This is a unique Carp Study, few others if any like this being done in the country, and is extremely important for increasing our understanding of carp population dynamics in Lake Puckaway which in turn will provide better insight into long-term management options.

The sonic tag is implanted into the belly of the fish.

Floy tags have been put in the area of the dorsal fin for easy identification of the carp with a sonic tag. These floy tags don’t have any numbers or information on them, but show this fish has a sonic tag inside of it. If you have the opportunity to see one of these fish in the lake or river, please leave them alone and don’t remove them from the system. If you should find one of these fish dead, please pick it up and contact the LPPRD or Dave Bartz, Fish Biologist, DNR at 920-787-3016 for them to pick up. The sonic tags are good for 10 years and they would be able to install it in another Carp.

Thank you for your cooperation, LPPRD & WDNR