Minnesota Lake File

Cottonwood Lake — Cottonwood County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• channel catfish
• common carp
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• orangespotted sunfish
• pumpkinseed
• smallmouth bass
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2024-08-19)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BLB	5.78	0.38
YEP	1.00	0.34
NOP	1.67	2.66
CCF	5.67	1.22
CAP	0.33	0.04
NOP	0.22	0.85
CCF	1.11	1.20
CAP	0.22	4.66
WAE	3.67	1.32
SMB	0.11	0.33

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

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