Minnesota Lake File

Big Trout Lake — Crow Wing County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2024-07-22)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BLG	0.42	0.10
LKW	1.83	1.61
PMK	0.58	0.15
YEP	0.10	0.04
NOP	1.50	3.42
YEB	0.08	1.04
BOF	0.08	2.38
HSF	0.50	0.22
BLC	0.67	0.79
SMB	0.08	1.66

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

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