Evergreen Lake

Crappie spp.

Good

The crappie fishery was once dominated by White Crappie, but since 2006 the Black Crappie population has been more prevalent in fish surveys and anglers’ creels. During the most recent electrofishing survey, approximately 29% of the White Crappie collected were larger than 10 inches. Approximately 7% of the Black Crappie collected were larger than 10 inches. Site Regulation: 15 fish daily limit; Only 5 fish greater than or equal to 10".

Walleye x Sauger (Saugeye)

Excellent

The saugeye is a hybrid made by crossing female Walleye with male Sauger. The Saugeye appear to have adapted quite well to Evergreen Lake. Stocking of this hybrid started in 1992 and the lake has been stocked every year since. The most recent night electrofishing survey resulted in a catch rate of 32 Saugeye per hour and was like the previous survey but was much less than the average catch rate of 71.3 for the past 8 surveys. The survey had the second highest catch rate of legal Saugeye. Even with the recent reduction in catch rates, Evergreen has an excellent Saugeye fishery. During the most recent spring netting survey, 5 Saugeye were collected per net-night. The 15-survey average is 5.5 Saugeye per net-night. Of the Saugeye collected over 10 inches, 100% were longer than 14 inches and 49% were over 18 inches. The largest Saugeye collected in 2018 weighed 10.6 pounds and a Saugeye collected in 2021 weighed 10.2 pounds (current state record is 9.68 pounds). Site Regulation: 3 fish daily limit; 18" minimum length limit.

Largemouth Bass

Good

The most recent bass survey resulted in a catch rate of 77.5 bass per hour and was below the management objective of 100 bass per hour. Of the bass collected over 8 inches, 34% of the bass collected were larger than 12 inches and 11% were longer than 15 inches. Evergreen Lake has an average bass fishery. Site Regulation: 3 fish daily limit; 15" minimum length limit.

Muskellunge

Excellent

Evergreen Lake was first stocked with Muskie in 1990. During the most recent spring netting survey, 3.7 Muskie per net-night were collected with 20 net-nights of effort and the 15-survey average is 4 Muskie per net-night. Approximately 53% of the Muskie collected were large than 38 inches and 26% were larger than 42 inches. The largest Muskie collected in 2019 was just under 48 inches and weighed 39.3 pounds (current State Record is 38.5 pounds). Evergreen has an excellent Muskie fishery. Site Regulation: 1 fish daily limit; 48" minimum length limit.