Minnesota Lake File

Jay Gould Lake — Itasca County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2022-08-01)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
YEP	1.12	0.13
YEB	0.75	0.94
NOP	6.25	2.30
RKB	0.88	0.55
YEB	0.62	1.22
NOP	0.88	1.87
SHR	0.38	3.57
SMB	0.12	1.58
RKB	0.12	0.88
WAE	3.12	1.65

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

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