MICHIGAN (Cont. ) 



10. Trout Management, Pine River, Lake County. 



Creel census, population checks, and growth analysis are employed to 

 determine the effect of a 10-inch size limit. 



Pine River, Lake County; began Spring 1952, planned for 5 years; $5, 568; 

 D. S. Shatter, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, as in No. 1 above. 



11. Birch Lake Fish Management. 



The project is designed to determine value and effects of planting trout and 

 smallmouth bass, effect of cisco gill netting, need for screen in outlet, and 

 effect of May 15 opening, by creel census, marked plantings, two-way weir in 

 outlet, etc. 



Birch Lake, Cass County; began 1937, continuing; $2, 376; A. S. Hazzard, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, as in No. 1 above. 



12. Deep Lake Fish Management. 



Periodic fish collections are taken to study survival and growth of species 

 planted since lake was poisoned in 1941. Present population is composed of 

 bluegills, largemouth bass, rainbow trout. 



Deep Lake, Oakland County; began 1952, continuing; Walter R. Crowe, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, as in No. 1 above. 



13. Fingerling Trout Planting, Pigeon River Lakes. 



Survival to the creel of fingerling brook trout planted in the fall is deter- 

 mined by creel census. 



Pigeon River Lakes, Otsego and Montmorency Counties; began 1952, con- 

 tinuing; $1,188; E. L. Bacon, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, as in No. 1 above. 



14. Relative Survival of Wild Versus Hatchery Reared Fingerlings. 



The project expects by creel census and population estimates through two 

 to three years of stream life to determine survival of wild versus hatchery 

 reared fingerlings. 



Pigeon River, Otsego and Cheboygan Counties; began August 1951, planned 

 to 1954; $1,485; E. L. Bacon, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, as in No. 1 above 



15. Experimental Planting of Sub-legal Trout. 



Plantings of sub-legal brook and brown trout are being made in a section of 

 trout stream where natural reproduction is limited to determine the benefits of 

 this type of stocking. 



Pigeon River, Otsego County; began 1952, planned to 1954; $594; E. L. 

 Bacon, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, as in No. 1 above. 



16. Management of Special Trout Ponds. 



Various stocking programs are tested by creel census and counts of residual 

 populations after draining. 



Hillsdale Ponds, Hillsdale County; began 1946, continuing; $2,376; K. G. 

 Fukamo, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, as in No. 1 above. 



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