Hungry Man

Hungryman Lake is located in eastern Becker County, two miles northeast of the town of Two Inlets. Hungryman has a surface area of 139 acres and is a very shallow lake with a maximum depth of only 21 feet. Hungryman Lake lies entirely within the Two Inlets State Forest. There is a State Forest campground and public access located on the south shore. Due to the shallow depth, Hungryman Lake is subject to periodic "winterkill" events. Several partial winterkills have occurred over the years. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has classified Minnesota's lakes into 43 different types based on physical, chemical, and other characteristics. Hungryman is in lake class 39. Other area lakes in this same classification include; Paine, Peysenski, and Portage. Class 39 lakes are characterized as shallow lakes with a high percentage of the lake area less than 15 feet in depth (littoral area). Present and past surveys have shown Hungryman to have an abundant northern pike population. Anglers will find that northern pike tend to run small as average length and weight was only 20.9 inches and 1.8 pounds. Northern pike up to 28.3 inches were sampled. Hungryman has an abundant panfish population composed of black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. Anglers will find black crappie in the 8-10 inch with a few larger sized fish. Black crappie growth rates were slow when compared to other area lakes. Anglers will find good numbers of bluegill and pumpkinseed in the 6-8 inch size range. Hungryman can support a "boom and bust" largemouth bass population depending on the frequency and severity of winterkills. While not known for producing big bass, Hungryman can provide good action for 12-15 inch bass.

Hungryman Lake is located in eastern Becker County, two miles northeast of the town of Two Inlets. Hungryman has a surface area of 91 acres and a maximum depth of 21 feet. Hungryman is a shallow lake, with 96% of the lake area less than 15 feet in depth. Hungryman Lake lies entirely within the Two Inlets State Forest. There is a State Forest campground and public access located on the south shore. Due to the shallow depth, Hungryman Lake is subject to periodic "winterkill" events. Winterkill usually happens during long winters with heavy snowfall. Oxygen production through photosynthesis is limited due to snow and ice blocking sunlight from penetrating the water column. At the same time decaying aquatic vegetation on the lake bottom uses oxygen, causing oxygen levels in the lake to drop. Shallow lakes with heavy aquatic vegetation growth are more likely to winterkill than are deep-water lakes. Gamefish such as largemouth bass, bluegill, and walleye are less tolerant of low oxygen levels than are black bullhead and northern pike. Fish species composition and abundance in Hungryman has fluctuated with these winterkill events. The initial fisheries survey in 1991 sampled only black and brown bullhead, while the 1999 survey shows a diverse fishery for northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and black crappie. Following the winterkill in the late 1980's, Hungryman was stocked with northern pike, bluegill, black crappie and largemouth bass. There was a partial winterkill during the winter of 2000 and 2001. Largemouth bass fingerlings were stocked during the summer of 2002. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has classified Minnesota's lakes into 43 different types based on physical, chemical, and other characteristics. Hungryman is in lake class 39. Other area lakes in this same classification include; Paine, Peysenski, and Portage. Northern pike abundance (5.0 pike/gillnet) was within the range "typical" for this lake class. Anglers will find that northern pike tend to run small as average length and weight was only 21.3 inches and 1.9 pounds. Hungryman has an abundant panfish population of black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. Anglers will find black crappie in the 8-9 inch size range with a few crappies over 10 inches. Black crappie growth rates were slow when compared to other area lakes. Good numbers of bluegill and pumpkinseed in the 6-8 inch size range were sampled. Hungryman can support a "boom and bust" largemouth bass population depending on the frequency and severity of winterkills. While not known for producing big bass, Hungryman can provide good action for 12-15 inch bass.

Hungryman Lake is located in eastern Becker County, two miles northeast of the town of Two Inlets. Hungryman has a surface area of 91 acres and a maximum depth of 21 feet. Most of the lakes is shallow, with 96% of the lake area less than 15 feet in depth. Hungryman Lake lies entirely within the Two Inlets State Forest. There is a State Forest campground and public access located on the south shore. Due to the shallow depth, Hungryman Lake is subject to periodic "winterkill" events. Winterkill usually happens during long winters with heavy snowfall. Oxygen production through photosynthesis is limited due to snow and ice blocking sunlight from penetrating the water column. At the same time decaying aquatic vegetation on the lake bottom uses oxygen, causing oxygen levels in the lake to drop. Shallow lakes with heavy aquatic vegetation growth are more likely to winterkill than are deep-water lakes. Gamefish such as largemouth bass, bluegill, and walleye are less tolerant of low oxygen levels than are black bullhead and northern pike. Fish species composition and abundance in Hungryman has fluctuated with these winterkill events. The initial fisheries survey in 1991 sampled only black and brown bullheads, while the 1999 survey showed a diverse fishery for northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed, black crappie, and a bonus walleye population. Following the winterkills in the late 1980's, Hungryman was stocked with northern pike, bluegill, black crappie, largemouth bass, and walleye. There was a partial winterkill during the winter of 2000 and 2001. Largemouth bass fingerlings were stocked during the summer of 2002.The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has classified Minnesota's lakes into 43 different types based on physical and chemical characteristics. Hungryman is in lake class 39. Other area lakes in this same classification include Paine, Peysenski, and Portage.Northern pike abundance (8.5 pike/gillnet) was within the range "typical" for this lake class. Anglers will find that northern pike tend to run small as average length and weight was only 19.9 inches and 1.8 pounds. Northern pike up to 27.7 inches were sampled. Hungryman has an abundant panfish population of black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. While numbers are high, size of panfish tends to run small. Anglers will find lots of black crappie in the 6-8 inch range with few crappies over 10 inches. Bluegill and pumpkinseed in the 5-6 inch range are common, with few fish over 7 inches. Black crappie and bluegill growth rates were slow when compared to other class 39 lakes. Hungryman can support a "boom and bust" largemouth bass population depending on the frequency and severity of winterkills. While not known for producing big bass, Hungryman can provide good action for 12-15 inch bass. Hungryman supports an abundant black and brown bullhead population, typical for winterkill lakes.

Based on Minnesota DNR survey data, anglers target Pumpkinseed, Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, and Northern Pike in Hungry Man. See the full species list above for catch rates, size structure, and quality scores.

Minnesota DNR records list public access for Hungry Man. Check the DNR LakeFinder page for the launch type and directions before you go.

Hungry Man has a maximum depth of 21 feet, per Minnesota DNR data.

The most recent Minnesota DNR survey data for the main sport fish in Hungry Man is from 2013. Surveys this old should be treated with some caution — fish populations change over time.

No invasive species are on record for Hungry Man in Minnesota DNR data. Always clean, drain, and dry your equipment to help keep it that way.