Spoon

Spoon Lake is a small 10 acre sub basin of Keller Lake. Ramsey County owns all of the shoreline and has created a county park that has ample shoreline fishing opportunities. A boat launch gives access to both Keller and Gervais Lakes. Bluegills are the main attraction on spoon Lake. Over 40% of the bluegills sampled during the 2007 survey exceeded 6 inches. Black crappies abundance has dropped since the last survey but is still within average numbers for this type of lake. The average size of black crappies sampled was 6.3 inches. Other species sampled include pumpkinseed sunfish, hybrid sunfish, yellow bullhead, carp, and golden shiner. Although not sampled in this survey of Spoon Lake, walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, and hybrid muskellunge are present in Gervais Lake, which is directly upstream.

Spoon Lake is a small 10 acre subbasin of Keller Lake. Ramsey County owns all of the shoreline and has created a county park that has ample shorefishing opportunities. A boat launch gives access to both Keller and Gervais Lakes.Bluegills are the main attraction on Spoon lake. Over 40% of the bluegills sampled during the 2001 survey exceeded 6 inches. Black crappies are of average abundance, but are small. Other species sampled include pumpkinseed, hybrid, and green sunfish; black and yellow bullhead; and northern pike. Although not stocked in Spoon Lake, an occasional walleye or hybrid muskellunge are possible. These species are stocked in Gervais Lake which is directly upstream.

Spoon lake is a small (10 acre) subbasin of Keller Lake. The land around the lake is owned by Ramsey County and has been developed as a County Park with a boat launch. Fishing is popular on the lake with 1786.8 hours/acre measured from May 4 - October 31, 1994. 97.8% of the fishing pressure was by bank anglers.Bluegill dominated the catch with a fifth of the fish over 6 inches in length. Black crappie, pumpkinseed, green, and hybrid sunfish were captured in low numbers with few fish of acceptable size. A few largemouth bass, one northern pike, low numbers of yellow and black bullheads, one carp and one tiger muskellunge were also sampled.

Based on Minnesota DNR survey data, anglers target Hybrid Sunfish, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Yellow Perch, and Pumpkinseed in Spoon. See the full species list above for catch rates, size structure, and quality scores.

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

Spoon has a maximum depth of 6 feet, per Minnesota DNR data.

The most recent Minnesota DNR survey data for the main sport fish in Spoon is from 2007. Surveys this old should be treated with some caution — fish populations change over time.

Yes — Spoon has confirmed zebra mussel. Clean, drain, and dry your equipment to avoid spreading invasives to other waters.