Lonely Lake Drain Spawning Project 2003
LONELY LAKE FISH HATCHERY
The 2003 Pickerel Spawning Project was carried out at the Mobile hatchery set up at Lonely Lake Drain, directed by Ken Sigurdson, assisted by John Sigurdson, Kel Loch, Jeff Sigurdson, and two trainees from the Manitoba Metis Federation, Jim Desjarlais & Darren Desjarlais. The trainees were sponsored by the Metis Federation.
Lonely Lake Drain Spawning Project 2003
April 24 Net set in Drain
April 25 Net lifted, no pickerel
April 26 Caught 4 Walleye females, 20 males 0 spawned
April 27 Caught 6 Walleye females, 15 males 0 spawned
April 28 Caught 2 Walleye females, 3 males 9 females & 4 males
spawned
April 29 Caught 4 Walleye females, 6 males 4 females & 2 males
spawned
April 30 Caught 6 Walleye females, 10 males 2 females & 1 male
spawned
May 1 Caught 8 Walleye females, 7 males 10 females & 5 males
spawned
May 2 Caught 30 Walleye females, 20 males 26 females &13 males
spawned
May 3 Caught 78 Walleye females, 20 males 24 females & 11 males
spawned
May 4 Caught 111 Walleye females, 40 males 70 females & 32 males
spawned
May 5 Caught 88 Walleye females, 15 males 80 females & 43 males
spawned
Total Caught 337 Walleye females, 156 Males, 80 females & 43
males spawned
May 3 - got 5,000,000 eggs from Lundar
May 4 - got 3,000,000 eggs from Lundar
Total 8,000,000 eggs from Lundar
Hatchery started on May 11, 2003.
Hatchery finished on May 17, 2003.
Hatchery packed up May 17 and 19.
Total number of eggs inoculated 13,400,000
Total number of eggs hatched 8,300,000
Total number of fish caught 543
Total number of fish stripped 336
Total number of fish not stripped 207
Distribution:
Lonely Lake Drain, Lake Ebb & Flow 3,000,000
Kinosota 850,000
John Sigurdson Bay 400,000
Reykjavik 600,000
Big Island 1,600,000
Toutes Aides 1,100,000
Narrows 750,000
TOTAL 83,000,000
6 million eggs dumped at hatchery.
5 million given to Westbourne.
Lost approximately 6,000,000.
