FISHING/Ecosystem
The LZLPOA website has been updated with more recent fishing information. A creel survey form is posted to be used and submitted. Please follow the instructions below:
LZLPOA Fish Size and Limits:
Print off and keep on your boat so you can refer too when needed.
Lake-Zurich-Creel Form Lake Zurich Creel Survey:
Once the form is filled out you can scan it and send to package300@att.net with a subject line of “Fish Survey Info” or it can be dropped off at 50 Pine Tree Row in Lake Zurich.
https://www.lzlpoa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lake-Zurich-Creel-Form.pdf
Lake Zurich LPOA Fish Status:
The information below is intended to provide the status of the efforts we have taken to build and maintain a productive and healthy Fishery. Our goal is to create a Fishery that will give us a combination of both quantity and quality of specific species. We have gathered and studied key data from passionate fisherman, the IDNR, as well as the Keystone Hatchery, to assist us in obtaining these goals. Every year the LPOA spends approximately $5,000 to stock gamefish and prey fish. Part of that budget also includes the cost to remove invasive common carp twice yearly.
- Quantity of 500 6 inch or larger Bluegill
- Quantity of 50 5-8 inch Smallmouth Bass
- Quantity of 333 6-8 inch Walley
- Quantity of 100 9-12 inch Musky
- Quantity of 28 pounds of Fathead Minnows
The Musky and Fathead minnows, costing a total of $1,675, were generously donated by the Lake Zurich Fishing Club. In the past 7 years the LPOA has provided close to $40,000 for Carp removal and fish stocking efforts that benefits not only those living on the lake, but every single resident who chooses to fish its waters.
FISHING REGULATIONS
- Fishing in the lake of Lake Zurich is governed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Information can be found at:
- http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/fishing/Pages/default.aspx
- Everyone fishing in the lake of Lake Zurich is required to adhere to the Illinois DNR rules and regulations and are required to have a fishing license on their person at all times they are fishing. To keep our lake healthy and fun for all, please consider catch and release.
If anyone has questions, thoughts or pictures don’t hesitate to send them to Dave Mock at package300@att.net using the Subject line of “LZ Fishing”.
Protecting Our Waters
The Barrington Area Community Foundation (BACF) funded a modest grant for a cooperative project with Citizens for Conservation (CFC), Barrington Area Conservation Trust (BACT) and Flint Creek/Spring Creek Watersheds Partnership (FC/SCWP) to create a robust native plant buffer along the bank of Flint Creek in the Pederson Preserve. The Preserve is along Lake Cook Road, across from the high school. The buffer is a “demonstration project” to show how the native plantings can stabilize the stream bank and present an example of how attractive a stream buffer can be.
The plan for the plants is described below as well as options for preparing the ground for planting and initial care. New plantings – whether natives or ornamentals – all require care until they are established. Once natives are established, the maintenance task is greatly reduced, especially in comparison to many gardens with non-native ornamentals.
What is a “buffer”? A buffer is a strip of natural vegetation along the bank of a stream, lake, pond or other water body that separates the water from developed areas such as lawns, buildings, roads, driveways, or sidewalks.
Read the full plan by viewing the PDF linked below.
