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So Derek , tell me why you do these

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measurements and , and come into these

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lakes to do this . So , um ,

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well , we get a population estimate on

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all the fish in the lake , um , by

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doing marked recapture with a whole

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punch on the tail . Um , and then we're

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taking lengths and weights , and we

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also take a subsample of scales on each

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species , so we can , uh , age the fish

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with the scales , and then we can look

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at the length and age and compare that

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to the historical surveys , and we can

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also compare to the rest of the state

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of Wisconsin to see where our lakes

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line up . OK , and usually you do . Not

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all the lakes every spring , but select

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ones , different ones every year ,

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right ? No , we typically do 5 a year ,

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and they're just on a rotational basis .

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So for the most part they're every

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other year , and the north flowage we

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sample every year . OK . And what you

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find is some lakes . Helps you probably

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help decide the health of the lake and

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the fish and everything in there . Yep .

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And then we can also always look at ,

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depending on how our panfish and bass

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do , we can also , uh , look at our

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stocking rates and if we need to change

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as well , um , and adjust as need be .

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OK . And typically when you do one lake

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to do a , a survey , how many days does

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it take ? Uh , typically a week for a

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lake like Soup Jacksep here . Um , the

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north flowage is typically 3 to 4 weeks

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just because we catch so many more fish

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there . Yeah , and that's probably a

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lot of bass in that one , right ? Yes ,

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yep , and our bass actually those we

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typically don't get a lot of bass in

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the lakes , so we either electroshock

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with the boat for our bass or at the

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north flowage in that state we actually

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use hook and line surveys . That's how

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we get our bass estimate and look at

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body condition , OK .