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Common Name Scientific Name Image Native Non-Native Notes Pacific Lamprey: Lampetra tridentata: River Lamprey: Lampetra ayresl: Pit-Klamath Brook Lamprey: Lampetra lethophaga
Flathead Lake: Montana: 192 sq mi 497 km 2: natural 31 Lake Tahoe: California–Nevada: 191 sq mi 495 km 2: natural 32 Pyramid Lake: Nevada: 183 sq mi 474 km 2: natural 33 Sam Rayburn Reservoir: Texas: 179 sq mi 464 km 2: man-made 34 Eufaula Lake: Oklahoma: 169 sq mi 438 km 2: man-made * Tulare Lake: California: 168 sq mi 435 km 2: natural
Lake of the Woods is home to walleye, northern pike, perch, sauger, crappie, panfish, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, lake trout, lake sturgeon, and muskellunge. Lake of the Woods is nicknamed the "Walleye capital of the world". The lake is the host of year-round fishing, with ice fishing being a popular recreation activity on the lake.
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Lake type: Glacial lake: Primary outflows: Terminal (evaporation) Basin countries: United States: Max. length.9 km (0.56 mi) Max. width.6 km (0.37 mi) Surface elevation: 2,453 m (8,048 ft) References: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake of the Woods (California)
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
The Division of Fish and Game was established in 1927, set up within the Department of Natural Resources. In 1951, the Reorganization Act elevated the Division of Fish and Game to the Department of Fish and Game (DFG). [1] California Fish and Game also collaborated with the indigenous Native American Tribes to ensure their proper fishing rights.
Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3); all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central Valley. The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than 4,552,000 acre-feet (5.615 km 3).