North Dakota
Fish reproduction surveys play vital role in North Dakota lake management
BISMARCK — North Dakota Recreation and Fish fisheries biologists spend plenty of time in fall surveying district lakes and the Missouri River System in North Dakota in search of pure fish replica, spring fish stocking success and forage situations.
On this week’s section of North Dakota Outdoor, Mike Anderson takes us to Lake Sakakawea the place fisheries biologists are conducting their annual fish replica surveys.
“Principally, we’re how the 12 months went for replica of fish, every little thing from sport fish right down to forage species. So it provides us a snapshot of how nicely issues have been for the fish replica that 12 months,” says fisheries supervisor Dave Fryda.
On a statewide stage, fish replica and stocking success have been above common on most lakes surveyed this fall.