Sterling Lake
Muskie Status Report Info
The following is an excerpt from the IL DNR's
"STATUS OF MUSKIE FISHERY IN ILLINOIS 2004"
STERLING LAKE - This small 74.4 acre lake is managed cooperatively with the Lake County Forest Preserve District. It has received intermittent muskie (pure) fingerling stockings from either Muskie Inc. or the IDNR since 1990. An electrofishing (April, 2000) catch per unit effort (CPE) of 4 fish per hour exceeded the stocking evaluation goal of 1 fish/hour warranting continuation of the stocking program. Trap net data also exceeded stocking criteria of 0.3 fish per trap net night at 1.5 muskie per trap net night. The largest fish collected during the 2000 survey was 36.5 inches and 10.0 lbs., but this fishery is still in it’s infancy and is a difficult lake to sample do to its steep sides. In spring of 2000 a fishermen brought a fish to Bass Pro (Gurnee) that he said was caught in Sterling Lake. After several months in their tank, they contacted the District Biologist who returned the fish to Sterling Lake, the fish was 47 inches long at release. In 2001, a 48 inch length limit and 1 fish per day creel was established on this lake.
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