Minnesota Lake File

West Jefferson Lake — Le Sueur County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• common carp
• freshwater drum
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• longnose gar
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• sunfish
• walleye
• white bass
• white crappie
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2024-07-22)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
WHC	1.67	0.17
YEP	0.56	0.27
LNG	0.11	0.47
YEB	1.78	1.60
NOP	1.78	3.52
GOS	0.44	0.12
FRD	2.33	2.34
WHC	2.67	0.33
CAP	0.11	2.18
LMB	75.04	0.55

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

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