TPWD 1956 F-2-R-3 #258: Inventory of Species Present in Buchanan Lake
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STATE Texas
PROJECT F2k3, Job B-13
PERIOD June 1955 through January 1956
Job Completion Report
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Assistant Project Leader
TITLE
Inventory of Species Present in Buchanan Lake.
OBJECTIVES
To determine the species present and their relative abundance.
METHODS AND PROCEDURES
Three principal collecting methods were used in securing specimens from
Buchanan Lake. Gill nets 8 by 100 feet of 13, 2, and 3 inch mesh were used to some
extent although the experimental type was used most frequently because of the bet-
ter sample obtained.
Seine collections were made with 36 by 6 feet bag seines and 30 by 6 feet
straight seines, both types with +} inch mesh.
One rotenone collection was made. A small slough of approximately three acre
feet was treated with rotenone during January.
Gill net collections were made at random over the entire lake, while seine
collections were made at prescribed stations. Map No. 1 shows netting, seining, and
rotenone collecting sites.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
A complete physical description of the lake can be found in Segment Completion
Report, Project FeR2, Job B-13, dated June 1955. During the present segment period
the water level of Lake Buchanan fell from one foot below spillway level in Juiy 1955
to 13 feet below spillway level in January 1956, or a maximum fluctuation of 12 feet.
AQUATIC VEGETATION AND COVER
With the exception of a few scattered areas, Lake Buchanan is relatively free
of aquatic vegetation. In some shallow areas, musk grass, Chara sp.; filamentous algae,
Spirogyra sp-; coontail, Ceratophyllum demersum; parrot feather, Myriophyllum sp.; and
pond weed, Potamogeton sp., are found, particularly where heavy siltation has deposited
a thick mud layer. Willows, Salix nigra, are found along most bank areas and on scat-
tered islands throughout the lake.
Large areas of granite and gravel bottom as well as water level fluctuations
probably account for the scarcity of typical aquatics in Buchanan Lake.
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period. Table IV shows the number of individuals and per cent of total number for each
species taken in gill nets. As in the seining collections, the gizzard shad, D. ceped-
ianum, appears to be the most abundant, accounting for 37. 3h per cent of the total num-
ber with 370 individuals. The second most abundant species taken was the river carp-
sucker, Carpiodes carpio, with 19.07 per cent of the total and 189 individuals.
The white bass, Morone chrysops, and channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus,
were the most frequently taken game fish. M. chrysops made up 13.72 per cent cf the
total number with 137 individuals and I. punctatus atus accounted for 13.92 per cent with
138.
The number of pounds of fish netted per month, total weight, and per cent
of weight are presented in Table V.
The river carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio, contributed ibs highest percentage of
total weight with 34.48 per cent and 309. 58 pounds. The smallmouth buffalo, Ictiobus
bubalus, was second in total weight with 135. 82 pounds or 15.13 per cent of the total.
All game fish accounted for 33.73 percent or 302.73 pounds. I. punctatus and
M. chrysops provided the largest per cent of total weight with 13.70 per cent and
12.69 per cent respectively.
Table VI shows netting success in terms of number and pounds of fish by months
and net set. A higher return per net in both numbers and pounds of fish was obtained
during the fall and winter months.
Table VII gives information on gonadal development in the more important
species of game fish. The information presented is based on records from only 329
individuals and is too small a sample for any significant conclusions. However, one
interesting fact in the collected information is the presence of fish in the No. 3
or developing stage throughout the segment period. Although no ripe game fish were
encountered after August 1, 1955, many species showed individuals in an advanced stage
of sexual development throughout the fall and winter months.
One rotenone collection was made on a small slough in Buchanan Lake on Jan-
uary 25, 1966. The area treated comprised s surface acre with an average depth of six
feet, making a total volume of three acre feet. It is believed that a complete kill
was achieved, but few fish were taken. Four species were collected in the sample and
as in the seining and netting collections the gizzard shad, D. cepedianum, accounted
for the highest per cent of total numbers. Of 346 fish killed and collected, 310
individuals were gizzard shad. In addition, eight carp, Cyprinus carpio, two channel
catfish, I. punctatus, and 26 spottail shiners, Notropis venustus, were collected.
The treated area was evidently too shallow and provided insufficient cover
to support a larger fish population.
STOMACH ANALYSIS
Although an effort was made to preserve stomachs of game fish for laboratory
analysis, few stomachs were found to contain food. Either regurgitation or complete
digestion left most stomachs completely empty or filled with water only. A total of
73 stomachs was examined for content but no volumes were taken. A frequency chart is
presented in Table VIII, listing the contents of stomachs from 30 channel catfish, 33
white bass, and 10 Centrachid bass, representing eight largemouth and two spotted bass.
All catfish stomachs found with vegetation, both algae and maize, were taken
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high percentage of the total population. In Lake Buchanan rough fish, including
shortnose gar, gizzard shad, smallmouth buffalo, river carpsucker, carp, freshwater
drum, and Rio Grande perch accounted for 71.9 per cent of the total individuals
taken in both nets and seines and 66.3 per cent of the total weight of netted specimens.
It is doubtful whethercontract netters appreciably reduce the over population of
rough fish in the lake. Although a high percentage of the productivity of the lake is
utilized in the production of undesirable fish species, no means of eradication or
control seem feasible at this time.
SUMMARY
Lake Buchanan, an impoundment of approximately one million acre feet, located
in the hill country near Burnet, Texas, was inventoried for species present and approx-
imate relative abundance of these species. Seines, gill nets, and rotenone were used
in collecting specimens and rough fish were found to dominate the total collections,
both in weight and numbers in all three sampling techniques. Game fish were plentiful
and in excellent condition, probably due to the abundance of forage fishes present in
the lake.
No adverse thermal or chemical conditions were found in the water samples
analyzed and no evidence of pollution was found. Lake Buchanan is an excellent iake
for sports fishermau, with good catches of game fish taken the year around, but from
evidence gathered, a high percentage of lake fertility is spent on rough fish which
have little or no commercial or sport value.
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Table 2. Checklist of Species Found to Occur in Buchanan Lake.
Scientific Name
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Dorosoma, cepedianum
Astyanax fasciatus
ictiobus bubalus
Carpliodes carpio
Noxostoma congestum
Cyprinus carpio
Opsopoeodus emiliae*
Notropis oxyrhynchus*
Notropis brazosensis*
Notropis venustus
Notropis lutrensis
Notropis deliciosus*
Notropis volucellus
Hybognathus nuchalis*
Pimephales vigilax
Campostoma anomalum*
ictalurus punctatus
Pilodictus olivaris
Fundulus notatus
Gambusia affinis
Mugii cephalus*
Morone chrysops
Micropterus punctulatus
Micropterus treculi
Micropterus salmoides
Chaenobryttus coronarius
Lepomis cyanellus
Lepomis microlophus
Lepomis macrochirus
Lepomis humilis*
Lepomis auritus
Lepomis megalotis
Pomoxis annularis
Percina caprodes
Aplodinotus grunniens
Cichlasoma cyanoguttata
* Species taken in segment period December 1, 1954 through May 30, 1955, but not
taken in this segment period.
Common Name
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gizzard shad
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smallmouth buffalo
river carpsucker
gray redhorse sucker
carp
pugnose minnow
sharpnose shiner
Brazos River shiner
spottail
redhorse shiner
sand shiner
mimic shiner
silvery minnow
parrot minnow
stoneroller
channel catfish
yellow catfish
blackstripe topminnow
common mosquitofish
striped mullet
white bass
Kentucky spotted bass
Texas spotted bass
largemouth black bass
warmouth
green sunfish
redear sunfish
bluegill
orangespotted sunfish
yellowbelly sunfish
longear sunfish
white crappie
logperch
freshwater drum
Rio Grande perch
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Table 4. Number of Specimens Taken by Gill Nets from Buchanan Lake, June 1955 thrcugh December 1955.
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Table 5. Pounds of Each Fish Species Taken by Gill Nets From Buchanan Lake June 1955 through December 1955.
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Table 7. Gonadal Development, by Month, for the More Important Species of Game Fish
in Buchanan Lake (Based on 329 Individuals).
July August September October November December
I. punctatus 1,3,4,5 3,5
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Nearly ripe.
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Table VIII
Results of Stomach Analysis, Lake Buchanan, June, 1955 through January, 1956.
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(30 stomachs)
fish remains
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catfish
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