Minnesota Lake File

Darling Lake — Douglas County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2024-07-15)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
YEB	9.67	0.79
NOP	20.50	2.21
RKB	1.83	0.50
LMB	79.00	1.22
YEB	2.64	0.79
NOP	1.18	2.75
HSF	5.58	0.37
CAP	0.73	10.28
RKB	0.45	0.68
WAE	2.25	1.62

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

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