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A Ten‐Year Creel Census on Lake Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Author(s) -
Thompson William H.,
Hutson Don
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1950)80[11:atccol]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fishery , catfish , acre , fish <actinopterygii> , fishing , bass (fish) , census , biology , zoology , demography , agricultural science , population , sociology
Lake Pawhuska, an artificial lake of 95 surface acres, was first open for angling June 2, 1939. Continuous creel records were kept from the opening day until December 31, 1948. Numbers of fish removed as well as numbers of fishermen were recorded during the whole period. In addition, weights of fish were kept between January 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948. During the period of approximately 10 years 23,442 fisherman‐days resulted in the removal of 44,072 fish from the lake. The four dominant groups of fishes were crappie, bluegill, black bass, and miscellaneous sunfish. From January 1, 1943, to December 31, 1948, 11,964 fishermen harvested 12,021.8 pounds of fish. This is an annual average of 21.1 pounds of fish per surface acre during the 6‐year period. In total pounds removed during this period, black bass, crappie, channel catfish, and bullhead ranked in the order noted.