Manitowish Waters Lakes Association

AIS / Fisheries

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September AIS: Mystery Snails
Best Detected by walking your shoreline because when snails die, their shells wash up on shore.

Habitat Requirements
- Prefer shallow...
August AIS: Eurasian Water Milfoil

Submersed aquatic plant with 3-4 feather like leaves arranged in a circle around the stem. Each feather-like leave has 12 or more pairs of leaflets whereas native Northern water milfoil has less...
July AIS: Purple Loosestrife

Best Detected when blooming in late July and early August. Plants have angular stems, usually opposite pairs of leaves, and multiple magenta flower spikes. Best controlled by biological control,...
Curly Leaf Pondweed Alert!

Curly leaf pondweed, a prolific invasive plant, has been found in Island Lake, the mouth of the Manitowish River, in the Spider Island Channel, as well as a very large proliferation in Rice Creek...
June AIS: Curly-Leaf Pondweed

Best Detected in the spring because it forms new plants under the ice in the winter, making it one of the first aquatic plants to emerge in the spring. Best controlled in the...
2011 Fish Crib Project

By Tom and Barb Kramer

The fish crib project went very well thanks to all of the volunteers that helped. We ended up with 6 more cribs than we originally planned to build. The load of logs...
Mystery Snails

There actually is a large snail dubbed "Chinese Mystery Snail." They were introduced into inland lakes from home aquariums and bait buckets, and from boats with exposure to larger lakes where...
One Big Difference Between Our Chain and Other Lakes

In Oneida County's Lake Katherine, Eurasian water milfoil is present in over 50% of the lake's 200 acres. One-third of Lake Katherine now has EWM matting the entire surface. In those areas...
Purple Loosestrife Project

Thanks to those of you who reported infestations of Purple Loosestrife along Chain shores. The identified areas were on Wild Rice Lake, Stepping Stones Lakes, an area near Rest Lake, and on...