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Article: WHAT'S NEXT? DNR HATCHING PLAN TO REFILL, IMPROVE LAKE DELTON FISHERY.(ADVENTURE)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2008
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Byline: BARRY ADAMS badams@madison.com 608-252-6148
LAKE DELTON -- Most of the water is gone and so are most of the fish.
But when Dell Creek eventually fills this 267-acre chasm of mud and stumps, the fishing may be better than ever.
The Department of Natural Resources is working on a plan that would not only restock Lake Delton, but improve the fish habitat.
Devised by Tim Larson, the lake's fish biologist and fish supervisor for the Lower Wisconsin River Basin, the plan could involve adding rock reefs in deeper water, rock close to some of the shoreline and poisoning Dell Creek to rid it of carp, drum and other rough fish.
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