Minnesota Lake File

Prairie Lake — Itasca County, MN

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Fish species

• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• brown bullhead
• burbot
• golden redhorse
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• shorthead redhorse
• silver redhorse
• smallmouth bass
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-06-30)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BRB	0.17	0.98
BLC	11.00	0.19
NOP	7.17	2.30
SLR	0.08	3.67
WTS	1.17	2.22
WAE	0.58	2.71
PMK	0.42	0.08
GOS	0.17	0.07
SMB	0.17	2.76
SHR	0.67	2.02

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

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