(Afton) Five years ago the fish population in Three Mile Lake east of Creston was renovated.
Common carp and yellow bass were targeted through a rotenone treatment. Fisheries Biologist Bryan Hayes reports fishing has been starting to pay off. “Restocked and now the lake is doing really good. Fishing has been good there for a couple of years now. There’s a large year class of walleyes there and anglers have been fishing those for a couple of years. That’s what you see with lake restoration projects. Stocking fish like walleyes into a new fishery, basically devoid of predators, you get really good survival. It can produce some really good fishing 4-5 years later. So that’s what we are experiencing at Three Mile right now.”
However, the work isn’t done. Water will be drawn down once again next year. “This is to do some shoreline and fish habitat work. Things didn’t all line up five years ago to do the fish habitat and the shoreline stabilization work at the same time as the fishery renovation. The Biologist down there has been able to put some money together to do the shoreline work and add some valuable fish habitat to that lake.”
Hayes says Bass Pro Shops is contributing $250,00 through a grant to help the project.
