Largemouth population?

[Smalls]

On 2/12/2018 at 2:58 PM, Chance_Taker4 said:

St. Claire was the exact water I was thinking when I wrote my post. During events I normally get my limit of smallies on the lake and then run to the Detroit River to cull largies.

 

BTW 2K Jigs are top notch.

As a shore angler, I seem to catch an equal amount of largemouth as I do brown guys off the river. They seem to love the shallow current breaks some of my spots offer. Caught my biggest in just above 4 ft of water, mid afternoon. 

[Subaqua Adinterim]

I have fished in some of the NY city reservoirs in Delaware County that you are inquiring about.  The NYS DEC conducts gill net surveys of almost every body of water in the state that is big enough to put a boat in.  They do this periodically (not every year), say every ten years or so.

You can learn roughly what percentage of each species exist in a lake or reservoir, however, it will not tell you what the total is, as it is just a sample.  Google: NYS DEC gill net survey for the body of water you are researching to see if a report exists online. If you don't find it online, call or email the DEC region where the reservoir is located and request the information.

I was fishing on a small lake in the ADKs a few years ago when they were pulling a gill net out and doing a survey count.  It was quite interesting, as most of the fish were suckers and perch.  There were very few trout and bass in this lake, however, there were whitefish which I never knew were there until I saw them in the nets and the biologists told me what they were. 

Best of luck with your research, I'm hoping that you will find that NY has collected the data for the reservoir you are interested in.

[ww2farmer]

NYS DEC cares next to nothing for managing bass fisheries.........which IMHO is good thing. If you live here, you'd know that everything the state touches turns to crap real fast.

[Dan C]

12 hours ago, RichPenNY said:

I have fished in some of the NY city reservoirs in Delaware County that you are inquiring about.  The NYS DEC conducts gill net surveys of almost every body of water in the state that is big enough to put a boat in.  They do this periodically (not every year), say every ten years or so.

You can learn roughly what percentage of each species exist in a lake or reservoir, however, it will not tell you what the total is, as it is just a sample.  Google: NYS DEC gill net survey for the body of water you are researching to see if a report exists online. If you don't find it online, call or email the DEC region where the reservoir is located and request the information.

I was fishing on a small lake in the ADKs a few years ago when they were pulling a gill net out and doing a survey count.  It was quite interesting, as most of the fish were suckers and perch.  There were very few trout and bass in this lake, however, there were whitefish which I never knew were there until I saw them in the nets and the biologists told me what they were. 

Best of luck with your research, I'm hoping that you will find that NY has collected the data for the reservoir you are interested in.

That is very helpful, thank you.