Partial fisheries survey of Lost Lake, Ogemaw County. (Fisheries research report: 958)

SOriginal: Fish Division
cc: Education-Game
Mr. H. L. Peterson
Mr. W. F. Carbine
INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESEARCH Institute for Fisheries
DIVISION OF FISHERIES Pesearch
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
COOPERATING WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
ALBERT S. HAZZARD. PH.D. ADDRESS
DIRECTOR UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS ANNEX
September 26, 19)4 ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN
REPORT NO. 958
PARTIAL FISHERIES SURVEY OF LOST LAKE, OGEMAW COUNTY
by
W. F. Carbine and G. N. Washburn
A request for a partial survey of Lost Lake (T. 21 N., R. 3 E., Section 23),
Ogemaw County, was brought to our attention by Mr. H. L. Peterson, District
Supervisor of Fisheries Operations, when interested anglers asked that this
lake be stocked with trout. We examined the lake on September 5, 19l4.
This lake is situated in the southeast corner of the county. It can
be reached by the county road that joins Greenwood with Prescott, and taking
the township road which skirts Skidway and Bush lakes.
In so far as we were able to ascertain, all of the land surrounding this
lake is privately owned. Mr. Fred Callahan who lives on the lake is planning
to rent boats another year. At the present time the public is not prohibited.
Only three boats were counted on the lake and these were private boats.
We are indebted to Mr. Fred Callahan for the use of his boat and for
information about Lost Lake.
Lost Lake is an oval-shaped body of water with a regular shoreline.
The drop-off from shore to about 10 to 12 feet is abrupt. The greatest depth
was found to be 26 feet in about the center of the lake. Although the lake

has the appearance of a pothole lake it is not surrounded by high banks. The
shores are wooded and marshy. Many deadheads are present around the lake.