Minnesota Lake File

Chippewa Lake — Douglas County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2025-08-04)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
YEP	0.50	0.07
GSF	0.25	0.03
YEB	3.00	1.15
NOP	3.58	2.40
RKB	10.33	0.15
LMB	52.00	1.17
YEB	0.58	1.39
NOP	0.17	2.48
HSF	0.50	0.25
RKB	1.92	0.11

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

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