The Fish of Sweet Arrow Lake
These are the fish captured during the 1996 night electrofishing and 1997 trapnet surveys in Sweet Arrow Lake, Schuylkill County.
Scientific Name-- Common Name
Cyprinus carpio --Common Carp
Notemigonus crysoleucas --Golden Shiner
Catostomus commersoni-- White Sucker
Ameiurus natalis-- Yellow Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus --Brown Bullhead
Lepomis auritius-- Redbreast Sunfish
Lepomis gibbosus --Pumkinseed
Lepomis macrochirus-- Bluegill
Micropterus salmoides --Largemouth Bass
Pomoxis annularis-- White Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus --Black Crappie
Perca flavescens --Yellow Perch
Management Comments and Recommendations are as follows:
"The largemouth bass fishery in Sweet Arrow Lake continues to provide a size structure and quality catch indices that compare favorably with most other Area 7 lakes, including those managed under Big Bass Regulations. Angler harvest does not appear to be the limiting facor in the Sweet Arrow largemouth bass population and growth rates are about equal to the state average. Largemouth bass as the principal predator species appears to be in balance with the panfish populations in the lake. All previous surveys of Sweet Arrow have commented on the stunted nature of panfish populations in the lake, but that condition has been charged with satisfactory numbers and size structures in the panfish populations. No change in management appears necessary or is recommended."
Specific Recommendations
1.) Continue to manage all species under conventional statewide regulations.
2.) Continue annual stocking of tiger muskellunge at 5/acre.
