Minnesota Lake File

Talcot Lake — Cottonwood County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• channel catfish
• common carp
• freshwater drum
• green sunfish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• orangespotted sunfish
• quillback
• river redhorse
• shorthead redhorse
• walleye
• white crappie
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-09-15)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
WAE	1.48	0.00

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

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