Pike = Jericho Lake Report

[Thumber]

I sent an email to the biologist that did you lake survey of Jericho this year, this is what he had to say. His complete report will be out in 2010.


"A survey of Northern pike in Jericho Lake, Berlin was conducted in April of 2009. In two weeks of netting, 18 fish were caught representing different sizes and age classes indicative of a healthy population"

[SmellsLikeFishNH]

2 Weeks of netting and only 18 fiish??

I wonder how much tht cost the state? LOL

[Thumber]

2 Weeks of netting and only 18 fiish??

I wonder how much tht cost the state? LOL

The complete report will come out in 2010, it will list all the man hours for the survey.
Most of the surveys I believe are done with Interns filling the internships for there school which they attend along with a F&G personal. 
In each report theres a cost factor for each survey, including hours spent, labor cost.
The survey will include all fish that were netted.

[CJiceaddict]

That will be interesting to see. I don't know that I would call 18 fish over 2 weeks a "healthy population", though thats just on those numbers. The full report will tell. Maybe they will start helping out of few of these pike places and that will discourage bucket biologists and keep warm and cold water fisherman happy.

[jibbs]

if you saw the size of the place you would think that was pretty good  .....it would be hard to grow a big population of pike there.......atleast thats my opinion.....the bass fishing can be pretty good, but lots of smaller bass......

[CJiceaddict]

Thats true, a small pond wouldn't hold that many pike. Sounds a little like Wilson pond down in Keene area. Though I've always thought there are 10 pike that each get caught 3 times each winter there. Went to the high school down the road from there, that was always the joke.

[thefinlessbrown2]

i think what the bio was saying is that because there were fish from different age groups in the 18 fish..that means the fish are infact breeding and doing o.k. i don't think he was saying there is a huge population

[Thumber]

I agree