Annual Meeting–May 28, 2011 at 9AM at Stone Lake Lions Club
Our annual meeting will be on May 28, 2011 at the Stone Lake Lions Club. Coffee and doughnuts at 8:30AM. The meeting starts at 9:00AM. Craig Roesler from the Hayward DNR will be there to explain his phosphorus assessment report.
Fish Limit
The 2011 daily walleye limit is two (2) fish at least 18 inches in length. The daily limit on bass is five (5) fish per day without size limit. The census data from a year ago suggests that all smallmouth bass be released and that all largemouth bass not be returned to Big Siss.
Annual memberships are as follows:
Single membership $15.00
Family membership $25.00
Memberships expire on Dec 31.
Make checks payable to and mail to:
Big Sissabagama Lake Shoreowners
P.O. Box 254
Stone Lake, WI 54876
Put 2011 membership dues in the memo portion of your check.
Ice Out
Jackie Hanson, Muskie Bay, reports the 2010–2011 ice season on Big Siss being from November 27, 2010 to April 14, 2011 for 138 days. She says the shortest season in recent history was 1998–99 at 104 days with ice from December 9 to March 23. The longest was 2007–08 from November 28 to May 1 at 155 days.
Sissabagama Lake Phosphorus Assessment, 2010
Craig Roesler, DNR–Hayward March 2011
Introduction
An initial screening of Sissabagama Lake (Sawyer Co.) indicated total phosphorus (TP) concentrations exceeded the recreational impairment threshold value for potential 303d listing. The threshold value for a deep seepage lake is 20 ug/l TP, and initial screening indicated the lake had an average TP concentration greater than 20 ug/l. An assessment was made to determine if Sissabagama Lake's inclusion on the 303d list of impaired waters is appropriate.
Tributary stream and groundwater monitoring was done in 2010 to assess background conditions in the lake's watershed. A sediment core was collected and analyzed to compare lake conditions before and after watershed development. An extensive set of existing in-lake data was also reviewed. A lake phosphorus model was developed to evaluate the relative significance of the existing phosphorus sources and the potential for phosphorus reductions.