Brook silversides were noted but not collected. Some of the differences were probably due to changes in sampling and do not reflect any major shifts in species composition. There was considerable similarity in the number of fish caught in 1987 and 2000, especially largemouth bass, redear, yellow perch, pumpkinseeds and several miscellaneous species. Very few largemouth bass were caught in 1978 and few crappies were caught in the last two surveys. Cisco abundance peaked in 1978.
Trout are probably no longer present.
Recruitment and growth of these sport fish remain good. In addition, largemouth bass are now more abundant, although numbers of legal-size bass remain low. Imposition of a minimum size limit has apparently increased the number of bass but other steps may now be needed to increase the number of larger bass. The lake also supports a good diversity of other fish species, including ciscoes. The presence of sexually-ripe ciscoes on the spawning grounds off the public access site in 1997, as well as the presence of smaller ciscoes observed in the latest gill net catches in September, indicate recruitment is occurring but not at levels comparable to the late 1970s.