Fort Loudoun Spring Sport Fish Survey Results

 201420132012201120102009200820072006
Hours electrofished 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Total number of black bass 798 957 728 950 959 1415 1808 1034 730
Percent harvestable (over 10 inches) 78.6% 60.43% 85.62% 74.80% 77.80% 79.47% 54.23% 67 83.6
Number of largemouth bass 743 910 668 868 864 1262 1630 925 608
Number of smallmouth bass 55 47 60 80 95 152 178 109 92
Number of spotted bass 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Number of crappie 417 549 207 246 211 243 321 374 150
Number of white crappie 269 445 147 150 160 170 219 277 137
Number of black crappie 148 104 60 96 51 73 102 97 13
Electrofishing catch rate (per hour) 44.3 53.1 40.4 52.7 53.2 78.6 100.4 57.4 40.5
Average weight (pounds) 1.5 1.46 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.26 1.4 1.4
Largest black bass (pounds) 5.6 6.4 5.7 7.6 6.4 7.5 6.4 7.5 6.7
Disease/parasites 7.7% 6.26% 8.33% 11.30% 7.60% 12.50% 18.70% 8.83% 4.3%
Number weighing more than 5 pounds 4 9 3 5 8 6 5 6 6
Number weighing more than 4 pounds 24 25 19 15 29 18 19 22 18
Number weighing more than 3 pounds 51 51 43 61 58 37 48 65 36