Minnesota Lake File

Orchard Lake — Dakota County, MN

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Fish species

• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• brown bullhead
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• tiger muskellunge
• walleye
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2022-05-21)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
TME	1.25	7.45
BLB	0.14	0.65
GSF	1.86	0.04
YEB	0.75	0.27
NOP	5.75	2.62
TME	0.14	1.34
LMB	66.58	1.22
YEB	1.29	0.46
NOP	0.14	1.80
HSF	5.25	0.32

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

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