Minnesota Lake File

Itasca Lake — Clearwater County, MN

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Fish species

• black crappie
• bluegill
• brown bullhead
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• muskellunge
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• tullibee (cisco)
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-07-21)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
YEP	0.50	0.08
YEB	0.58	0.56
NOP	6.92	1.81
WAE	5.26	0.73
RKB	0.33	0.41
YEB	0.17	0.83
NOP	0.75	2.10
RKB	0.17	0.22
WAE	2.42	2.54
HSF	0.58	0.25

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

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