Great Falls Spring Sport Fish Survey Results

 2011
2009
2007200620042003
Hours electrofished 6 6 6 6 6 6
Total number of black bass 200 306 367 425 99 153
Percent harvestable (over 10 inches) 72.39% 56.02% 43.38 58.4 64.8 50.9
Number of largemouth bass 163 266 325 358 54 104
Number of smallmouth bass 0 0 1 2 3 0
Number of spotted bass 37 40 41 65 42 49
Number of crappie 53 198 16 46 0 11
Number of white crappie 47 165 13 39 0 9
Number of black crappie 6 33 3 7 0 2
Electrofishing catch rate (per hour) 33.3 51 61.2 70.8 16.5 25.5
Average weight (pounds) 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.1
Largest black bass (pounds) 5.6 4.5 5.4 4.4 3 5.1
Disease/parasites 11.50% 5.20% 1.40% 3.5% 1% 6.5%
Number weighing more than 5 pounds 1 0 1 0 0 2
Number weighing more than 4 pounds 1 3 1 4 0 3
Number weighing more than 3 pounds 1 4 4 9 0 NA