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Ole1kanobe 
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Posted on: Sep. 03 2003,9:15 pm |
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Definitely, would have to be 100% payout (that way it would bring in the most people), after expenses for things like the scale to weigh-in (rent-able? I think it would have to be a state certified scale). Off-site parking would also have to be arranged, with people to work the parking lots, but the more people in town, more money can be spent in town; food, rooms, booze, gas, whatever, as long as money comes to town and is spent. I would think that Cabela's would be a good first pick to hit up for sponsorship. Maybe donate a nice fat grand prize?
For fish species, I would say Bass, Northern and Walleye. The basic game fish, maybe a booby prize for the biggest carp? 
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Tiger
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Posted on: Sep. 04 2003,8:47 am |
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I think the lake needs to be stocked with game fish first. You would need a lot of "booby" prizes if the prize is going for carp and bullheads!!
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Ole1kanobe
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Posted on: Sep. 04 2003,10:03 am |
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LOL! 
That is why we would have to limit it to the largest carp.
Actually, there are a lot more game fish right now in AL Lake than most people think. This is the first time in 10 years or more that the game fish population has been over 1%.
If you know the right places to go, you can catch plenty of 5 pound or larger notherns as well as some nice size walleyes.
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Posted on: Sep. 04 2003,3:40 pm |
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Tiger, I think you would be surprised by the number of game fish in AL Lake. Take a look at the last lake survey, it was pretty impressive.
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Ole1kanobe
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Posted on: Sep. 04 2003,8:23 pm |
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Here's part of a survey I found at the DNR web site.
A fish population assessment was conducted on Albert Lea Lake in the summer of 2000. This assessment was completed by using twenty-one overnight trap-net sets, seven in each of three major lake basins, as defined by the lake improvement committee. In addition, eight shoreline areas were sampled with boat-mounted electrofishing gear in mid September. This assessment was conducted to update information on resident fish populations, and, in part, because of increased local interest in rehabilitating the lake. Similar population assessments were conducted in 1984 and in 1992.
Gamfish populations have generally increased over the last sixteen years. Northern pike and largemouth bass are the only gamefishes native to Albert Lea Lake. The pike population has increased by five-fold since 1992, although it is still at only half the level of abundance recorded in 1984. Northern pike can reach trophy sizes (to 40 inches) and about one-fourth of the fish captured were thirty inches in length or larger. Although about half of the largemouth bass were captured in trap-nets, these data taken together with the daytime electrofishing sample indicate a relatively low population. Both of these species are often associated with vegetative or woody cover, both of which are generally lacking in Albert Lea Lake.
Walleye and channel catfish populations are apparently increasing in lake, due to continued stocking of these species in upstream Fountain Lake. Both the relative abundance and rate of growth of walleye are above average for lakes like Albert Lea Lake. Approximately one-third of the fish sampled in this assessment were fifteen inches or larger. Because the observed pattern of growth is similar to that for the Fountain Lake walleye population and each age-class of walleye found in this survey can matched to a specific stocking record in Fountain Lake, the presence of walleye in Albert Lea Lake is due to immigration of Fountain Lake fish via the Shellrock River.
Similarly, channel catfish are increasing in abundance despite never having been stocked directly into Albert Lea Lake. Due to similar size distributions between the Albert Lea and Fountain Lake populations and that roughly three quarters of channel catfish captured in trap-nets were caught in a single net located at the mouth of the Shellrock River, channel catfish are present only as immigrants from Fountain Lake.
Black and white crappie populations have dramatically increased in Albert Lea Lake. Black crappie were the most abundant species observed in the trap-net catch and accounted for nearly one-half of the total weight of this sample. White crappie were the third most common species and showed a quality size structure with nearly one-third of the adult population reaching sizes of twelve inches or larger.
Although black and white crappie are the most abundant panfishes in Albert Lea Lake, bluegill and yellow perch were also sampled. The bluegill population has remained relatively stable since 1992. Although overall abundance is low, bluegills are average sized for lakes with growth conditions like Albert Lea Lake. In contrast, the yellow perch population is at a historic low level, declining by about 90 percent in the trap-net sample and by 73 percent in the electrofishing sample.
Beyond the apparent increase in abundance of the major gamefishes and the explosion of the crappie populations, the decline in relative abundance of most rough fish species is another major shift in community structure. With the exception of buffalo and white sucker, all rough fish populations were measured at or near historic low levels of abundance. This was particluarly true for carp, which are currently at about five percent of the maximum abundance observed in 1984.
Overall fish distribution within the lake varied by species. Larger bodied species (e.g., walleye, channel catfish and carp) tended to occur in the west basin of Albert Lea Lake where there is on average more deeper water than elsewhere in the lake. Also Foutain Lake empties into the west basin of Albert Lea Lake via th Shellrock River. Fountain Lake is the source of walleye and channel catfish. Bluegill and orangespotted sunfish, in contrast, were more often found in the north basin where most of the submergent and emergent aquatic vegetation exists. Black crappie and black bullhead were concentrated in the central and west basins, respectively.
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Ole1kanobe
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Posted on: Sep. 13 2003,2:00 am |
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Now here's a fish story that ain't no lie!
533-pound Halibut
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The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
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Some of what is said here (myself included) is about as tolerable as listening to someone vacuum a cat.
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Posted on: Sep. 19 2003,7:14 pm |
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i hear u can catch four bad county commissioners, and one really lousy county admintistrator, by violating the article 19 law. u know what the difference between four bad county commissioners and a horses ass county administrator and a bull head is? ones a fish and the rest have crooked whiskers and smell!
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Ole1kanobe
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Posted on: Sep. 23 2003,12:12 am |
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Going up north for one last fishing trip for the year. Leaving Thursday about 3:30 AM.
Going to go up North of Grand Rapids and hit a few lakes, drink a bunch of beer and swap fish stories.
I hear that it has already gotten down to freezing up that far, anyone here know what the weather has been up there as far as rain?
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The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
-Albert Einstein-
Some of what is said here (myself included) is about as tolerable as listening to someone vacuum a cat.
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