Minnesota Lake File

Willmar Lake — Kandiyohi County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• brown bullhead
• common carp
• freshwater drum
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• orangespotted sunfish
• pumpkinseed
• river carpsucker
• shortnose gar
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-07-23)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BRB	0.17	0.81
YEB	1.00	0.60
NOP	10.00	3.47
WAE	192.00	0.03
FRD	4.17	1.09
YEB	1.33	0.76
NOP	2.83	2.48
RCS	0.17	1.28
CAP	2.83	4.76
WAE	14.00	1.41

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

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Large gravel parking lot and turn around area.

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