Brockway

THE GILLNET CATCH OF NOTHERN PIKE INDICATES THAT A GOOD POPULATION IS PRESENT THAT HAS A GOOD SIZE DISTRIBUTION WITH QUALITY SIZE FISH THAT EXHIBIT A GOOD GROWTH RATE. NATURAL REPRODUCTION IS GOOD. THE TRAPNET CATCH OF BLUEGILL WAS LOW (6.6/TN). QUALITY SIZE FISH WERE ABUNDANT IN THE SAMPLE. BLUEGILLS EXHIBIT A GOOD GROWTH RATE. THE FEW LARGEMOUTH BASS AND BLACK CRAPPIES SAMPLED EXHIBITED GOOD GROWTH RATES. THERE IS A SMALL POPULATION OF WALLEYE PRESENT IN BROOKWAY LAKE EVEN THOUGH NO STOCKING HAS BEEN DONE.

BROOKWAY LAKE IS A SMALL, MODERATELY SHALLOW, HARD WATER LAKE OF THE PINE RIVER SYSTEM.THE PINE RIVER INLETS AT THE WEST SHORE FROM LIND LAKE, AND OUTLETS AT THE SOUTHEAST SHORE TO A LARGE MARSH AREA AND THEN TO HATTIE LAKE. THE VOLUME OF FLOW AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY WAS UNUSUALLY LARGE BECAUSE OF AN EXTENDED RAINY PERIOD.ABOUT 80% OF THE SHOAL WATER SOILS CONSISTS OF MUCK, AND THE REMAINING 20% CONSISTS OF FIRM SAND.WILD RICE WAS FOUND TO BE ABUNDANT ALONG MOST OF THE SHORELINE, AND OTHER EMERGENT AQUATIC VEGETATION MODERATELY ABUNDANT IN THE SHALLOWS. SUMBERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION WAS QUITE DENSE TO A DEPTH OF 9 FEET ALONG THE ENTIRE SHORELINE.SPAWNING CONDITIONS WERE EVALUATED GOOD FOR NORTHERN PIKE, LARGEMOUTH BASS, AND PANFISH AND WERE POOR TO FAIR FOR WALLEYE AND SMALLMOUTH BASS.TEST NETTING INDICATED THAT THE LAKE CONTAINED GOOD POPULATIONS OF BOWFIN, BULLHEADS, NORTHERN PIKE, AND SUNFISH; FAIR POPULATIONS OF WHITE SUCKERS, YELLOW PERCH, AND LARGEMOUTH BASS; POOR POPULATIONS OF WALLEYE, CRAPPIE AND ROCK BASS. THE LENGTH FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION TABLE SHOWS THAT A GOOD NUMBER OF LARGE SIZED SUNFISH WERE TAKEN IN THE TEST NETS.LOCAL RESIDENTS REPORTED THAT FISHING SUCCESS IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN FAIR FOR NORTHERN PIKE, LARGEMOUTH BASS AND SUNFISH. POOR FOR WALLEYE AND CRAPPIES.THE PRESENCE OF GOOD NATURAL SPAWNING AREAS AND EVIDENCE OF GOOD NATURAL REPRODUCTION OF MOST OF THE GAME FISH SPECIES PRESENT, INDICATE THAT NO FISH MANAGEMENT IS NECESSARY AT THE PRESENT TIME.

Based on Minnesota DNR survey data, anglers target Hybrid Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Northern Pike, Black Crappie, and Bluegill in Brockway. See the full species list above for catch rates, size structure, and quality scores.

We don't have a confirmed public access point on record for Brockway. Check the DNR LakeFinder page for current access details before you go.

Brockway has a maximum depth of 17 feet, per Minnesota DNR data.

The most recent Minnesota DNR survey data for the main sport fish in Brockway is from 1987. Surveys this old should be treated with some caution — fish populations change over time.

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