Bass

CENTRARCHIDS ARE THE MOST COMMONLY SOUGHT FISH WITH BLUEGILL BEING FISHED REGULARLY. BLUEGILL ABUNDANCE, AS INDICATED BY THE GILL NET CATCH, IS MORE THAN 3 TIMES THE THIRD QUARTILE LEVELS IN THIS LAKE CLASSIFICATION. A BLUEGILL PSD OF 27 WAS CALCULATED FROM THE 1982 NETTING WHILE THE 1990 NETTING CALCULATED TO A PSD OF 70, WITH A RSD-P (8) OF 22 OR 22% OF THE POPULATION WAS OVER THE 8 BLUEGILL CAPTURED IN THE GILL NETS HAS BEEN 0.2 LBS. OR LESS BEFORE 1990 BUT HAS RISEN TO 0.4 LBS. IN THIS ASSESSMENT, WITH SLOW GROWTH RATES ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG FISH. PUMPKINSEED AND BLACK CRAPPIE WERE NOT CAPTURED IN ASSESSMENTS BEFORE 1982 AND MAY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED BY LOCALS. THE CRAPPIE POPULATION HAS NORMAL GROWTH RATES AND IS WITHIN NORMAL ABUNDANCE RANGES. THE LARGEMOUTH BASS GILL NET CPUE OF 2.2 IS NOW ABOVE THE THIRD QUARTILE OF 1.8 FOR THIS LAKE CLASS WITH NEAR NORMAL GROWTH RATES. YELLOW PERCH ABUNDANCE HAS DECLINED STEADILY FROM GILL NET CPUE OF 9.0 IN 1971, WHICH IS NEAR LAKE CLASS MEDIANS, TO CPUE OF 0.2 IN 1982, WHILE NET CATCHES IN 1990 WERE ABSENT OF ANY PERCH. THE 1971 SURVEY REPORTED WALLEYE AS BEING INTRODUCED BY LOCALS ALTHOUGH WALLEYE FINGERLINGS HAD BEEN STOCKED IN 1953, 1960, AND 1963 BY THE DNR. THE CPUE IN 1971 WAS 2.0/GILLNET WITH A LAKE CLASS MEDIAN OF 1.5/GILLNET, BUT ABUNDANCE DECLINED TO 1.5/GILL/NET IN 1976, 0.4/ GILLNET IN 1982 AND NO WALLEYE WERE CAPTURED IN THIS ASSESSMENT. THIS LAKE HAS FAIR WALLEYE SPAWNING HABITAT WITH SCATTERED ROCK AREAS ALONG THE SHORELINE. THE NORTHERN PIKE ABUNDANCE AND AVERAGE WEIGHT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY CONSTANT OVER THE YEARS WITH NEAR NORMAL GROWTH RATES.

Northern pike and bluegill abundance is consider- ably above state and local medians. Largemouth bass abundance is normal for this type of lake. Abundance of perch, pumpkinseed and crappie is quite low. Natural reproduction appears adequate for most fish.

Based on Minnesota DNR survey data, anglers target Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Walleye, Largemouth Bass, and Yellow Perch in Bass. 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 Bass. Check the DNR LakeFinder page for current access details before you go.

Bass has a maximum depth of 40 feet and a mean depth of 13 feet, per Minnesota DNR data.

The most recent Minnesota DNR survey data for the main sport fish in Bass is from 1990. Surveys this old should be treated with some caution — fish populations change over time.

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