We can help by pulling your boat from the water, winterizing your motor, and shrink wrapping your boat. Just call Dixie Birkbeck at , ext. Please remember all boats must be out of the water by Dec. Thank you for patience, support Despite the overwhelming rush of patrons and visitors to the Marina, everyone has been a joy to work with this season. Thank you all for your patience and understanding as we navigate the unexplored waters we are in now and those on the horizon we are sailing toward.
LMEC has been hard at work this summer. Collection of creel census data, electrofishing surveys and construction and deployment of fish structure have been a huge challenge this year as we work to aggressively manage and improve our fishery in a safe and efficient manner. Lake cleanup, fishing contests, fish stocking, paddle sports and educational events require a lot of planning and work to be successful. Dredging, shoreline erosion control, streambank stabilization and water quality testing are all topics discussed and acted upon regularly to maintain and improve Lake Galena.
Thanks to all the wonderful, diverse members of LMEC who devote time and sweat to make it among the most beautiful and productive lakes in the Midwest. Cast a line With winter fast approaching, you may want to take a few minutes to drop by and cast a line in the morning mist before the heavy frost sets in.
The bass are filling their bellies in anticipation of long cold nights ahead. Three daylight runs provided great data to compare with sampling from years past. Night sampling gave us a look at different fish in different locations, valuable information we need to move forward with our fishery management plan.
The quantity, quality and variety of fish indicate our fishery is in spectacular shape. We collected yellow perch, bluegill, black crappie, redear sunfish, tiger muskie, walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass in daylight and night runs.
Night runs resulted in several young of the year walleye and channel catfish, something we never see during daylight collections. All of these sportfish and panfish are represented by many classes indicating we will have a great fishery now and for years to come. Many largemouth bass were recorded in the 10 to inch range with several well-fed bass in the 90th percentile of the weight to length ratio.
The really important information, however, is collected from hundreds of fish under 3-inches in length. These smaller fish we weigh, measure and count all of them are proof that there is adequate recruitment of the next generation and adequate food for the current generation. The information gathered here and in our creel census survey is instrumental in helping us make the best management decisions possible to keep our fishery among the best in the Midwest.
We take pride in having a great balance in our fishery. Having a great sport fishery with trophy tiger muskie, walleye and bass is very difficult to do while maintaining a great panfish fishery.
An even more incredible feat, we have solved the problem of maintaining a great smallmouth and largemouth bass population within our limited waters. All of this is made possible by using the tools that include fish stocking, habitat construction, bathometric mapping, aquatic vegetation management, stream bank stabilization, shoreline erosion control, creel and slot limits, dredging, and lake and stream water monitoring.
There is a cost associated with the use of any of these tools, which can also be a challenge, weighing the cost versus the benefit of each to achieve the desired goal: Big fish and lots of them!
Notes and reminders Make sure your boat is out of the water before Dec 1. Fill out your creel surveys, even on the ice. Look for new bluegill creel limits for Trout are back, keep three per day. Ice Fishing contest Jan. And, as always, enjoy the holidays with family and friends.
Stay warm, see you on the ice! New models of ice houses, ice augers, poles, lures, and baits are available to help get the fish on the same side of the ice that you are. This fall marketing campaigns focus on electronic gadgets and very small jigs. Fishing frenzy This unusual summer lead to a fishing frenzy that cleared the Bait Shop shelves of all variety of tackle. Soft, hard, spinner and topwater baits as well as poles, reels, nets and terminal tackle. Some proven effective and other, newer product lines developed to catch your eye and hopefully some fish.
Do you have a product in mind you would like us to carry? Send me an email at sbirkbeck thegalenaterritory. Remember your proximity cards When you or your guest stop at Lake Galena to enjoy some ice fishing remember to bring your proximity cards, one per person, and have a properly displayed parking pass on your vehicle. Before you head home take a minute to fill out a creel form. This information is invaluable when it comes to managing our fishery. Forms can be found at several lake access points and at thegalenaterritory.
At the recommendation of our fish biologist several slot and length limits have been reduced over the last few years. These creel limits are modified occasionally to ensure everyone gets a chance to keep a wide variety of really nice fish.
The slot for largemouth bass will remain a little narrower. Please keep bass that are 11 to 13 inches. Walleye can go home with you if they reach 18 inches long, yellow perch can be taken at 9 inches. Crappie, however, still need to be 10 inches to qualify for the skillet. In , big bluegill will be protected in an attempt to move the entire population into the next weight class. Anglers will be permitted to keep five bluegill 8 inches and over with a daily limit of 20 per angler. Drop locations are strategically chosen to provide our piscine pals both food and shelter.
LMEC members were not able to get together as much as we wanted to in but we still completed 16 Georgia cubes, stuffed them with cedar and dropped them in Lake Galena. The location of this structure has been recorded and a chart of the GPS coordinates along with a map are available on the Lake Galena page of the GTA website.
You can also obtain this information directly by contacting me. The information in this report, along with data compiled from a day and night electrofishing survey conducted in , will enable us to make critical management decisions to ensure our fishery is vibrant and robust now and into the distant future.
Keep up the good work and encourage your friends and family to participate by filling out a creel census sheet today. See you on the ice! Two major concerns are the state of water quality and the diversity and productivity of our fishery. Our LMEC members volunteer a great deal of time gathering and evaluating data in an effort to develop and implement effective protocols that will not only maintain but significantly enhance the water quality and the fishery in Lake Galena.
The disk consists of a weighted metal or plastic plate, 8 inches in diameter which is painted black and white in alternate quadrants and attached to a calibrated rope or measuring line.
The disk is lowered into the lake and the depth at which it is no longer visible is noted. This color relates directly to and assists in identifying the precise species of algae growth present as well as the existing suspended solids in the water column. It is most useful to document changes in the transparency of lake water over a period of years to develop meaningful trends in transparency. Monitoring is conducted twice a month from May through October, typically at three in-lake sites.
The volunteer also records a series of field observations relating to other important environmental characteristics of the lake, such as water color, weather conditions during monitoring and in the previous 48 hours, presence and amount of aquatic plants at each site and the lake as a whole, presence or absence of aquatic exotic plants or animals, site depth and watershed activities.
The volunteer also documents recent lake management activities, such as, dredging or applying chemicals and notes any recreational lake usage that could impact the lake. The VLMP volunteers also collect water samples from each of the three sites.
The water quality sample is taken at 1 foot below the surface of the water, is poured off into the appropriate containers and shipped to the laboratory where it is analyzed for ammonia, nitrate-nitrite nitrogen, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, alkalinity, chloride, total suspended solids and volatile suspended solids.
A further sample is collected by dropping a container through the water column to twice the Secchi depth and retrieving a consistent, representative sample of water within the column. This sample is filtered and sent to the lab for chlorophyll enumeration and identification. Additionally, dissolved oxygen and temperature readings are taken at 2-foot depth intervals all the way to the bed of the lake at all three sampling locations.
After about 1. The second parking lot is less than a mile further down New Galena Road and is the main parking lot and has bathroom facilities. Made possible by. Photos About Review Comments Location. About Summary Lake Galena, a acre lake surrounded by Peace Valley Park, is a great place for flat water paddling, fishing, and even walking your dog.
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