Georgetown Lake winter creel census 1972
Part of the Montana State Library collection. A creel census was conducted at Georgetown Lake during the 1971-72 ice-fishing season. An estimated 10, 169 fishermen fished for 33,114 hours and harvested 54,954 fish. The total yield was 9.0 pounds per acre which is over 4.0 pounds per acre less than that taken during the 1966-67 and 1969-70 winter seasons. Although rainbow trout remained the dominant species harvested, salmon increased from 14 percent of the catch in 1969-70 to over 36 percent during this season. The average length and weight of rainbow trout increased slightly from the 1970-71 winter census. The winter census data are compared to those obtained during five previous seasons. An additional salmon limit is recommended Job progress report ;
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