Minnesota Lake File

Waconia Lake — Carver County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• brown bullhead
• common carp
• freshwater drum
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• muskellunge
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• walleye
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-08-04)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
YEP	0.50	0.12
GSF	0.33	0.22
MUE	0.42	16.28
YEB	3.42	0.67
NOP	3.17	4.28
FRD	0.08	7.66
YEB	0.50	0.68
NOP	0.50	6.22
HSF	0.75	0.20
GOS	0.83	0.06

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

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