2. Because of proximity of small and large lakes, FWP cannot ensure that undesirable species 

 won't be replanted in Cibid Lake if it is rehabilitated. 



Preferred Manaypmpnt Option; 



Management actions considocd included maintaining current stocking and management, chemical 

 rdiab and restock with trout, or chemical rehab, stock with trout, and manage as a trophy lake. 

 Cibid Lake received 48 comments. 



Under the preferred management option, the current rainbow stocking would continue on Cibid 

 Lake with the additi(m of dther cutthroat or brook trout. Rehabilitation should remain an option 

 for the future. Fishing regulations to produce larger trout will be considered. 



CAD LAKE 



Tjike IVsfriptinn; 



Cad Lake is a small closed-basin lake west of Crystal Lake. It has a maximum depth of 31 feet 

 and a surface area of i^jproximately 4 acres. FWP did not estimate fishing pressure for Cad Lake 

 in 1992 although angler accounts suggest that Cad Lake supports more than 50 anglers per year. 



Tjikp Managpmpnf Sfatiis; 



Management of Cad Lake commenced in 1972 when approximately 4,000 cutthroat trout were 

 planted (Table 15). There is no natural reproduction of trout in Cad Lake so the population was 

 supported wholly by hatchery supplementation. Prior to 1972, unauthorized introductions 

 established populations of yellow perch and pumpkinseeds. 



In 1975, FWP chemically rehabilitated Cad Lake with rotenone, and in 1976 cutthroat trout were 

 planted in the lake. Cad Lake is currently managed as a small lake flshery planted on a two-year 

 rotating basis to maximize growth. Stocking has rotated between rainbow and westslope cutthroat 

 trout. Stocking was switcl^d to rainbow trout in 1990 because westslope cutthroat were in short 

 supply at the time and rainbow trout produce a slightly larger trout. 



Gillnetting in 1992 indicated that Cad Lake still has only trout in it. The population appears to 

 be strong (12 per net) and healthy with larger trout approaching 18 inches. Cad Lake currently 

 is the only small lake in the TCL that was rehabilitated and still shows no indications of having 

 any unauthorized plants (Banana Lake was rehabilitated in 1992). 



51 



