East and West Goose Lakes Show Contrasting Trout Habitats
The article compares East Goose Lake and West Goose Lake noting East Lake is clearer, well mixed, and supports rainbow trout with comfortable dissolved oxygen from surface to bottom. West Lake is thermally stratified with high surface DO but low mid depth and near zero bottom DO due to algae and nutrient loading. It mentions ongoing work on watershed factors and nutrient controls and ends with local youths enjoying fishing on East Goose Lake.