Minnesota Lake File

Dam Lake — Aitkin County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• brown bullhead
• burbot
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• tullibee (cisco)
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2022-07-25)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BRB	0.08	1.21
YEP	0.08	0.07
YEB	2.67	0.82
NOP	5.00	1.61
WAE	8.79	0.91
RKB	1.33	0.37
LMB	81.72	1.45
YEB	1.67	0.83
NOP	1.42	1.84
RKB	0.08	0.18

CPUE = catch per unit effort in the DNR's nets. Source: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder.

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west side of the lake off CAR 53

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