Minnesota Lake File

Whitefish Lake — Crow Wing County, MN

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Fish species

• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• brown bullhead
• burbot
• greater redhorse
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• lake whitefish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• northern sunfish
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• shorthead redhorse
• silver redhorse
• smallmouth bass
• tullibee (cisco)
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-09-17)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
WAE	5.00	0.81

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

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