Lake survey information

Setting a gill net

Throughout the current field season we will be posting preliminary results, or quick summaries of lake surveys we are conducting. Ice-out Assessments are performed with trap nets while standard Lake Surveys are with both gill and trap nets. Catches of species from standard lake surveys are shown for the indicator gear. For example: Northern Pike (NOP), Walleye (WAE), and Yellow Perch (YEP) are best sampled with gill nets, while Black Crappie (BLC) and Bluegill (BLG) are best sampled with trap nets. Please feel free to contact our office with any specific questions you may have. We will be glad to help you. E-mail Lake Survey Specialist.

Sauk Rapids Area Catch Rate Maps by County

Ice-Out Assessment Summary - 2019

Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumberAvg. TL (in)Largest (in)
Cedar Lake (Wright) - 6/13/19BLC6468.714.3
 BLG5275.89.1
 NOP16422.334.7
 WAE6623.228.1

Largemouth Bass electrofishing May 13-June 7, 2019

Lake (County) and date

Species

Number (N)

Number/hr (all)

Number/hr (LMB> 8")

Avg. TL (in)

Largest (in)       

Lake Sagatagan (Stearns) 5/13/19LMB4333.833.814.520.6
Dean Lake (Wright) 5/15/19LMB7060.459.615.420.9
Big Elk Lake (Sherburne) 5/20/19LMB126.66.612.215.7
 SMB4223.123.115.919.8
Lake (County) and date

Species

Number (N)

Number/hr (all)

Number/hr (LMB> 8")

Avg. TL (in)

Largest (in)       

Rush Lake (Sherburne) 5/21/19LMB7344.342.513.019.3
 SMB31.81.81114.1
Ann Lake (Sherburne) 5/23/19LMB5729.627.514.120.9
Lake (County) and date

Species

Number (N)

Number/hr (all)

Number/hr (LMB> 8")

Avg. TL (in)

Largest (in)       

Birch Lake (Sherburne) 5/23/19LMB7957.547.312.521.7
Briggs Lake (Sherburne) 5/23/19LMB3214.914.912.719.7
 SMB21.01.012.313.2
Lake (County) and date

Species

Number (N)

Number/hr (all)

Number/hr (LMB> 8")

Avg. TL (in)

Largest (in)       

Julia Lake (Sherburne) 5/24/19LMB8836.732.613.719.1
Goodners Lake (Stearns) 5/28/19LMB5933.7321519.4
Howard Lake (Wright) 5/28/19LMB217106.6104.613.519.9
Waverly Lake (Wright) 5/29/19LMB301155.2122.211.720.3
Lake (County) and date

Species

Number (N)

Number/hr (all)

Number/hr (LMB> 8")

Avg. TL (in)

Largest (in)       

Lake Louisa (Wright) 5/30/19 LMB11982.88013.721.3
Lake Marie (Stearns) 5/31/19LMB16997.889.713.319.6
Orono Lake (Sherburne) 5/31/19LMB31.11.114.620.1
 SMB13049.645.814.220.4
Lake (County) and date

Species

Number (N)

Number/hr (all)

Number/hr (LMB> 8")

Avg. TL (in)

Largest (in)       

Lake Augusta (Wright) 6/3/19LMB3821.220.114.419.7
Cedar Lake (Wright) 6/3/19LMB7235.734.214.315.5
Lake Caroline (Wright) 6/4/19LMB20161615.218.9
Clearwater Lake (Wright) 6/5/19LMB15442.235.112.820.4
Two Rivers Lake (Stearns) 6/7/19LMB135.85.414.717.5
 SMB198.58.515.119.1

Bluegill Assessments - 2019

Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumberAvg. length (in)Largest (in)% > 6"% > 8"
Cedar Lake (Wright) - 6/13/19BLG 9614.99.0151
Clearwater Lake (Wright) - BLG4405.18.5242

 

Lake Survey Results - 2019

Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumber/netAvg. TL (in)Largest (in)       
Black Oak Lake  (Stearns) - 6/10/19BLC9.36.89.8
 BLG0.23.74.5
 NOP16.322.731.4
 WAE0.56.97.8
 YEP0.86.26.5
     
Birch Lake (Sherburne) - 6/10/19 BLC6.26.910.2
  BLG69.95.37.5
 NOP11.823.932.1
 WAE0.223.823.8
 YEP1.86.37.5
Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumber/netAvg. TL (in)Largest (in)       
Lake Marie (Stearns) - 6/17/19BLC2.08.59.7
 BLG43.26.58.5
 NOP6.026.933.6
 WAE1.523.427.2
 YEP73.86.38.0
     
     
Lake Louisa (Wright) - 6/17/19BLC1.57.910.3
 BLG 32.36.48.7
 NOP6.326.737.6
 WAE0.821.227.6
 YEP6.76.58.2
     
Waverly Lake (Wright) - 6/24/19BLC2.07.710.6
 BLG68.36.18.7
 NOP8.125.335.3
 WAE1.916.825.4
 YEP8.06.38.1
     
Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumber/netAvg. TL (in)Largest (in)       
Big Elk Lake (Sherburne) - 6/24/19BLC26.58.211.9
 BLG8.86.77.7
 NOP7.022.334.8
 WAE4.217.722.5
 YEP15.26.910.1
     
Lake Augusta (Wright) - 7/1/19BLC0.67.913.5
 BLG19.75.28.7
 NOP14.022.432.1
 TLC1.210.817.5
 WAE1.819.521.9
 YEP7.45.67.6
     
Lake Caroline (Wright) - 7-1-19BLC1.88.711.7
 BLG9.25.07.9
 NOP6.822.634.7
 TLC0.28.08.0
 WAE1.817.824.1
 YEP4.55.66.2
Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumber/netAvg. TL (in)Largest (in)       
Cedar Lake (86-227; Wright) - 7/8/19BLC0.4912.8
 BLG29.44.97.7
 NOP23.82332.4
 WAE2.817.725.6
 YEP1.76.27.8
     
Ann Lake (Sherburne) - 7/15/19BLC0.87.79.1
 BLG75.25.17.2
 NOP17.522.136.1
     
Two Rivers Lake (Stearns) 7-15-19BLC157.512.1
 BLG21.75.88
 NOP12.42330.2
 WAE3.115.929.3
 YEP17.16.49.3
     
Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumber/netAvg. TL (in)Largest (in)       
Clearwater Lake (Wright) - 7/27/19BLC0.98.611.8
 BLG20.74.88.4
 NOP13.522.434.3
 WAE1.718.527
 YEP0------
     
Dean Lake (Wright) - 7/29/19BLC5.87.811.2
 BLG135.87.6
 NOP5.327.637.2
 WAE2.820.328.4
 YEP0------
Cokato Lake (Wright) 8-6-19BLC4.69.612.3
 CCF3.822.331.2
 NOP2.726.431.6
 SMB2.415.418.5
 WAE3.821.128.3
 YEP0.16.76.7
Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumber/netAvg. TL (in)Largest (in) 
Orono Lake (Sherburne) - 8/6/19BLC4.27.713.4
 BLG1.37.08.5
 NOP1.720.424.8
 WAE1.017.523.1
 YEP7.78.312.1
Briggs Lake (Sherburne) - 8/12/19BLC35.77.710.5
 BLG27.75.58.0
 NOP2.526.431.0
 WAE1.719.827.4
 YEP17.06.46.9
Rush Lake (Sherburne) - 8/12/19BLC80.87.113.4
 BLG5.56.17.7
 NOP2.025.030.5
 WAE2.818.928.3
 YEP5.86.36.4
Lake (County) DateSpeciesNumber/netAvg. TL (in)Largest (in)
Julia Lake (Sherburne) - 8/14/19BLC51.56.713.2
 BLG6.05.07.0
 NOP1.327.032.4
 WAE3.516.326.4
 YEP0.56.36.3
Howard Lake (Wright) - 8/19/19BLC44.55.612.4
 BLG6.84.17.6
 NOP5.924.134.5
 WAE3.219.027.6
 YEP16.76.07.6
Goodners Lake (Stearns) - 8/26/19BLC7.87.39.5
 BLG17.65.89.1
 NOP12.320.534.7
 YEP1.26.17.2
     

Updated Sept. 20, 2019

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