Minnesota Lake File

Clearwater Lake — Crow Wing County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2025-08-04)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BRB	0.09	0.67
YEP	0.36	0.09
GSF	0.09	0.09
YEB	1.67	0.97
NOP	4.67	2.75
SMB	105.88	1.21
WAE	17.14	0.67
RKB	3.00	0.39
LMB	25.21	1.18
YEB	0.36	0.71

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

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