Section Ten Lake

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Section Ten (Wladimiraf) is a 421-acre lake located in southwestern Aitkin County. The public access is located on the east side of the lake. Most of the lake is less than 10 feet deep with a 17 foot hole located in the western bay of the lake. Substantial beds of emergent vegetation such as bulrush still exist along much of the shoreline, creating excellent habitat for bass and panfish.

People fishing Section Ten Lake will find angling opportunities for Bluegill, Black Crappie, Northern Pike and Largemouth Bass. There is also a small population of Walleyes present, which are occasionally caught by anglers, although none were sampled in this survey in spite of six years of fry stocking and two years of fingerling stocking. Walleye numbers in Section 10 Lake have never been high, and appear to be decreasing to even lower levels. It's likely that during high water periods, some Walleye migrate upstream from Lake Sissabagamah, which has a population of stocked Walleye. There has, however, been year classes of Walleye documented in Section 10 that have not corresponded to the stocking records for Lake Sissabagamah indicating that Walleyes have been able to reproduce successfully in Section 10 with some consistency.

Black Crappie abundance was above average for lakes of this type and they have been slowly increasing in abundance over survey history to a gill net catch rate of 11/net. The average size was 8.9 inches and fish up to 11 inches were observed, indicating the potential for some quality fish.

The Bluegill population appears to have decreased since the last survey as measured by trap catches. The lower abundance may allow some fish to grow larger as more food resources are available. The size structure has been improving gradually. The average size of Bluegill is about 6.6 inches. Around 23 percent of Bluegill were 7.5 inches or longer, additionally a couple fish over 8 inches were sampled for the first time in many years.

Northern Pike were below average at 4.0 fish per gill net and ranged from 14.5 to 29.3 inches in length, with a mean size of 19.7 inches. Though sample size was small the majority of pike were below the 22-26 inch statewide protected slot. Larger pike can have benefits to the rest of the fish community, and anglers are encouraged to release them.

Largemouth Bass are abundant in the lake and were caught at a rate of 2.3/ gillnet. No bass greater than 16 inches were caught in this survey, but we were unable to electrofish this year. Electrofishing is a better way to assess the population and previous surveys have noted Largemouth Bass over 19 inches.

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