Baldy

NO LMB WERE SAMPLED DURING THE SURVEY. ALL INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED FROM ANGLER REPORTS AND VISUAL OBSERVATIONS. THE BASS POPULATION APPEARS TO BE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AS SEVERAL YEAR CLASSES WERE OBSERVED AND ANGLER CAUGHT FISH OF UP TO FOUR POUNDS WERE REPORTED. A LOW POPULATION OF WAE EXISTS IN THE LAKE. BECAUSE THERE IS NO HISTORY OF WAE STOCKING IN BALDY LAKE IT IS SUSPECTED FISH FROM DOCK LAKE MAY HAVE EMIGRATED DURING YEARS OF HIGH WATER. FIVE AGE GROUPS WERE SAMPLED SUGGESTING NATURAL REPRODUCTION IS OCCURRING WITHIN THE POPULATION. BLGS WERE RELATIVELY ABUNDANT BUT EXHIBITED SLOWER THAN NORMAL GROWTH. IT APPEARS BLGS PROVIDE THE FORAGE BASE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT LMB AND WAE POPULATIONS. NOP WERE CONPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE SAMPLE AND HAVE NEVER BEEN RECORDED IN PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS. IN THE ABSENCE OF A NOP POPULATION WAES APPEAR TO BE SUSTAINING THEIR NUMBERS WITHIN A VERY LIMITED ENVIRONMENT.

Based on Minnesota DNR survey data, anglers target Walleye and Bluegill in Baldy. 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 Baldy. Check the DNR LakeFinder page for current access details before you go.

Baldy has a maximum depth of 47 feet, per Minnesota DNR data.

The most recent Minnesota DNR survey data for the main sport fish in Baldy is from 1991. Surveys this old should be treated with some caution — fish populations change over time.

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