Minnesota Lake File

Big McCarthy Lake — Itasca County, MN

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Fish species

• black crappie
• bluegill
• brown bullhead
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2008-07-21)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
NOP	4.50	2.07
WTS	0.17	2.45
BLG	15.89	0.11
YEP	0.33	0.11
LMB	0.11	1.25
RKB	0.56	0.27
BRB	0.78	1.11
NOP	0.11	4.41
BLC	2.00	0.21
PMK	0.33	0.13

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

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