OAR 635-500-3700: Lake of the Woods

Policies and objectives for fish management in Lake of the Woods of the Klamath River Basin. (1) Policies: (a) Lake of the Woods shall be managed for natural and hatchery production of kokanee salmon, and redband and brown trout under the Basic Yield Management Option; (b) Lake of the Woods shall be managed for natural production of brook trout, black crappie, yellow perch and brown bullheads under the Basic Yield Management Option; (c) Lake of the Woods shall be managed for natural production of largemouth bass under the Quality Management Option. (2) Objectives: (a) Provide for consumptive fisheries on introduced and hatchery produced kokanee salmon, redband and brown trout; and on naturally produced brook trout; (b) Provide a basic yield, consumptive fishery on naturally produced black crappie, yellow perch and brown bullheads; (c) Provide a quality fishery for naturally produced largemouth bass as measured by the Proportional Stock Density (PSD) and the Relative Stock Density (RSD) and the electrofishing catch-per-unit-of-effort (CPUE); (d) Protect native trout in Seldom and Fourmile creeks downstream of Lake of the Woods from hatchery fish that may move out of the lake.