Minnesota Lake File

Bowstring Lake — Itasca County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2021-08-02)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
TLC	1.47	1.78
BRB	0.73	0.67
NOP	15.60	1.27
BLC	3.40	0.45
WTS	2.47	1.95
WAE	10.20	1.17
SHR	0.53	2.24
BLG	0.13	0.53
BOF	0.07	4.70
YEP	7.80	0.17

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

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