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Angling by Stream Size


Smaller Streams with Low Baseflows
Mid-sized Streams with Low Baseflows
Smaller Streams with Moderate Baseflows
Mid-sized Streams with Moderate Baseflows
Small to Very Small Streams with Very Low Baseflows


Smaller Streams with Low Baseflows

Number of Fish Species

  Target Similar Sites LPM Currently Rouge
Potential Specie
Indicator Species:
  • Creek Club
  • Northern Pike
  • Green Sunfish

18-32

20-21

15-18

Angling Opportunities
  • Bullhead
  • Sunfish
  • Northern Pike

1-4

2-3

1

 

Target Temperature Regimes F
July Average Weekly

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Indicator Species
  • Northern Pike
  • Green Sunfish


65.1
63.9


79.5
77.98


72.1
70.9

1994 Mean at Rouge Sites

67.1

77

72.0


Mid-sized Streams with Low Baseflows

Number of Fish Species

  Target Similar Sites LPM Currently Rouge
Potential Specie
Indicator Species:
  • Rock Bass
  • Northern Pike
  • Golden Redhorse
  • Channel Catfish

29-45

35

7

Angling Opportunities
  • Bullheads
  • Sunfishes
  • Suckers
  • Rock Bass
  • Northern Pike
  • Smallmouth Bass
  • Walleye
  • Carp
  • Channel Catfish

10

10

1

 

Target Temperature Regimes F

July Average Weekly

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Indicator Species
  • Golden Redhorse
  • Channel Catfish


67.1
67.6


80.4
72.6


73.6
73.4

1994 Mean at Rouge Sites

67.8

76.8

71.8


Smaller Streams with Moderate Baseflows

Number of Fish Species

  Target Similar Sites LPM Currently Rouge
Potential Specie
Indicator Species:
  • Mottled Sculpin
  • Creek Chub

5-17

12

6-15

Angling Opportunities
  • Bullheads
  • Sunfishes
  • Brown Trout

0-2

1

0-1

 

Target Temperature Regimes F

July Average Weekly

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Indicator Species
  • Mottled Sculpin
  • Brown Trout


59.2
58.6


73.0
70.7


67.8
64.6

1994 Mean at Rouge Sites
  • D03, U01
  • M01


60.6
68.4


70.7
79.7


65.7
73.8


Mid-sized Streams with Moderate (YCUA augmented) Baseflows

Number of Fish Species

  Target Similar Sites LPM Currently Rouge
Potential Specie
Indicator Species:
  • Northern Pike
  • Smallmouth Bass
  • River Chub
  • N. Hogsucker

29

23

3-12

Angling Opportunities
  • Sunfishes
  • Suckers
  • Rock Bass
  • Northern Pike
  • Smallmouth Bass
  • Walleye

7

6

?

 

Target Temperature Regimes F

July Average Weekly

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Indicator Species
  • Northern Pike
  • Smallmouth Bass


65.1
65.5


79.5
76.8


49.84
71.2

1994 Mean at Rouge Sites

NA

NA

NA


Small to Very Small Streams with Very Low Baseflows

Number of Fish Species

  Target Similar Sites LPM Currently Rouge
Potential Specie
Indicator Species:
  • Central Mudminnow
  • Brook Stickleback

2-8

---

7-10

Angling Opportunities
  • None

0

---

---

 

Target Temperature Regimes F

July Average Weekly

Minimum

Maximum

Median

Indicator Species
  • Central Mudminnow


60.8


79.3


69.3

1994 Mean at Rouge Sites

64.4

73.4

68.7


Last Updated: 8/31/01

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The Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project is funded, in part, by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grants #XP995743-01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -08 and C-264000-01.