The trap net and gill net catch rates were 12 and zero per lift. Catch rates in 1991 were 19 per hour of electrofishing, two per trap net lift, and 0 per gill net lift. Redear growth was fantastic. Growth was well above the district average. A 10.5 inch reader was approximately five years old, while the 11 and 11.5 inch redear were six year olds.
Beaver Lake possesses some of the biggest redear in Indiana.
One redear sampled weighed nearly two pounds. Sixty-three black crappie were sampled that weighed 13.68 pounds. The crappie ranged in length from 4.7 to 12.4 inches. They accounted for 2 percent of the collection by number and 5 percent by weight. The electrofishing catch rate was 12 per hour, and the gill and trap net catch rates were each four per lift.