SUMMARY 



Gale Lake, at one time a railroad water supply reservoir of 10 acres, was subjected to 

 oxygen deficiencies below the Ice In the winter of 1944-45. As a result 4,000 pounds of dead fish 

 were collected after the Ice went out In March. Species represented were largemouth bass, white 

 crapple, blueglll, green sunflsh, carp, buffalo, bullhead, and golden shiner. 



Eighteen months later, when the lake was censused. It contained 5,275 pounds of fish 

 (527.45 pounds per acre). The population was made up of a relatively small number of large fishes 

 that survived the winter of 1944-45 and a very large number of small fishes representing the spawn 

 of 1945. No largemouth bass were collected In the census and only one blueglll was taken. Other 

 species present were white crapple, green sunflsh, carp, buffalo, bullhead, and golden shiner. The 

 lake had furnished practically no fishing since the winterkill of 1944-45, although the weight of 

 the fish population at the time of the census was estimated to equal the carrying capacity of the 

 water. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Greenbank, John 1946. Llmnologlcal conditions In ice-covered lakes, especially as related to 

 winter-kill of fish. Ecol. Mono. 15(4): 343-92. 34 figs., blbllog. 



