Fish Transfer Completed

The 2010 fish transfer has been completed. We again transferred 300 bluegills and 300 crappies from Copper Penny Lake into Copper Dollar Lake. All the fish were healthy and big enough that they won't be eaten by all the bass in the lake. We are hoping that with this latest stocking that we will help increase the numbers and size of the panfish in Copper Dollar Lake. The results are in the hands of the residents. Please refrain from taking the fish out of the lake. They should grow fast in Copper Dollar and next near they will spawn if given the chance. If you have to catch bluegills and/or crappies for meals, please take them from Copper Penny Lake. They are more abundant there and taking a few more out will actually help increase the size of the ones that are left. Please pass this information on to people that do not have access to this blog. Also, please report any trespassers you see to one of the Board members. Thanks.

White Perch

I already have a post dedicated to white perch but it was written quite awhile ago. Things haven't changed much since then so a couple of people have asked that I write another one. White perch are found in Copper Dollar Lake. We assume they were introduced into the lake by pumping water in from the creek below. Although this is an edible fish, it is also an undesirable fish to have in our lakes. They can quickly overpopulate and in some instances lakes have had to be completely killed off and started new with the stocking of desirable game fish. We ask that anybody that catches white perch to not return them into the lake. Also please report the numbers and sizes of the fish you catch to a F&W Committee member. We will then share that information with the Nebraska Game & Parks department and abide by their recommendations. At this time they are recommending that we return all bass and of course we are trying to build up the bluegill and crappie populations again so not too many of those should be harvested either. Here is a website to learn a little more about this type of fish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_perch