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    • 05/25/2024
    • 12/31/2024
    • Spider Chain of Lakes

    SPIDER LAKE PIKE PROJECT: NEW 2024 DAILY LIMIT IS 10 PER PERSON!


    Northern pike are an invasive species in the Spider Chain of Lakes. Our goal in 2024 is to remove 750 of this invasive fish from the Spider Chain of Lakes. Have fun ALL YEAR, and help make a sizable dent in this pesky population.  The NEW 2024 DAILY LIMIT is 10 Northern Pike Per PERSON!  All fish must be legally caught.

    The Spider Lake Pike Project during Memorial Day weekend was a success! Over three days, 107 pike (13”-26” ea) were caught and removed from the Spider Chain of Lakes. Each pike was measured and recorded by volunteers collecting data for the WDNR Musky Research Project.  Large Pike were filleted and donated to a local food shelf, small pike were donated to a local organization.  Thank you VOLUNTEERS, for building community by serving coffee, donuts to anglers and visitors, for filleting and preparing fish, and for helping Musky, Bass, and Walleye!

    For more information and to record your catch go to SpiderLakePikeProject.com



    • 06/26/2024
    • 12/31/2026
    • Spider Chain of Lakes

    WDNR Musky Research Project to Benefit Spider Lake Fishery

    Max Wolter, WDNR Senior Fisheries Biologist and Colin Dassow, WDNR Research Biologist for Sawyer County have developed and launched a comprehensive response to northern pike on the Spider Chain of Lakes.  The project incorporates a sophisticated receiver network to monitor tagged pike and muskellunge in the Spider Chain over a three-year period.  The technology has been used for other species but has not been applied to this issue.

    Results of the project will lead to well informed strategies for improving the Spider Chain fishery.  These could include targeted northern pike removals, protection of high priority muskellunge spawning areas, and enhanced musky stocking.  The work will include habitat mapping, genetic analyses of musky, and data about the plant community useful for AIS management.

    The Goals for the Fishery Are:

    • Abundant muskellunge, with natural reproduction and above average angler catch rate
    • Low-density northern pike, with pike that anglers catch typically being large
    • Minimal impacts on other fish and the larger aquatic community

    The WDNR is asking for pledges to help fund this project.  Two key sponsor levels fund tags for northern pike and for musky:

    • Sponsor a Pike for $500 (a tag for one northern pike)
    • Sponsor a Musky for $1,000 (a tag for one musky)

    Contact Max Wolter: Max.Wolter@Wisconsin.gov  (715-492-1309) with questions and to make a pledge (and to set up a "ride-along" to see the research process in action).

    Contact Steve Salisbury for more details: SSalisbury57@gmail.com (715-651-2505)

    This is not a program of Spider Chain of Lakes Association.  It is a WDNR project that SCLA endorses as a way to enhance the fishery of the Spider Chain of Lakes.  For a copy of the article by Max Wolter and Colin Dassow in the 2024 issue of Spring SpiderLines click here.


    • 07/01/2024
    • 08/31/2024

    Details to follow

    • 07/08/2024
    • 10/15/2024
    • Zoom
    Picnic Island Restoration: Volunteers Needed in July

    Stay tuned for dates and work planned for the first Picnic Island Restoration work in July.

    For more information go the the Shoreline Stewardship and Picnic Island Project pages of the SCLA website.


    Click here for WDNR Lake Biologist Scott Van Egeren and Nile Merton, Restoration Contractor presentation of June 18, 2024.

    SCLA volunteers are excited to restore damage to Picnic Island on Big Spider from storms over the past decade. We will implement 3 of the 5 best practices recommended by the Wisconsin Healthy Lakes organization. You’ll have a chance to learn more about the 5 Shoreland best practices, the Score My Shore survey and our summer plans to contain erosion on beloved Picnic Island.


Spider Chain of Lakes Association
PO Box 1082 • Hayward, WI 54843
spiderchainoflakes@gmail.com
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