Minnesota Lake File

Spring Lake — Dakota County, MN

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Fish species

• American eel
• black crappie
• bluegill
• channel catfish
• common carp
• flathead catfish
• freshwater drum
• gizzard shad
• golden redhorse
• goldeye
• mooneye
• northern pike
• quillback
• river carpsucker
• sauger
• shorthead redhorse
• silver redhorse
• smallmouth buffalo
• walleye
• white bass
• white crappie

Latest DNR survey (2001-07-30)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
FRD	0.96	0.90
SAB	0.07	3.45
SLR	0.33	0.00
AME	0.04	4.30
BLG	0.67	0.00
WAE	2.50	2.04
CCF	0.70	2.36
SHR	4.50	0.80
WHC	0.07	0.74
SLR	0.26	1.86

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

Public access

Public access on southeast shore off Dakota Co. Rd. 42 on Hilary Path. Depending on the lake\river level a concrete ramp exists.

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