Minnesota Lake File

Pickerel Lake — Dakota County, MN

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Fish species

• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• channel catfish
• common carp
• freshwater drum
• gizzard shad
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• silver redhorse
• white crappie
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2015-06-29)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
WHC	1.00	1.09
GSF	0.60	0.21
NOP	3.00	4.91
GIS	32.00	0.18
CCF	1.00	2.60
GOS	6.00	0.11
FRD	0.20	2.82
NOP	0.60	2.41
CAP	0.20	7.50
HSF	0.40	0.22

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

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Entire lake within Lilydale-Harriet Island Regional Park.

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