Minnesota Lake File

East Chain Lake — Martin County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• common carp
• freshwater drum
• green sunfish
• hybrid crappie
• northern pike
• orangespotted sunfish
• quillback
• walleye
• white crappie
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-05-20)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
GSF	0.08	0.08
FRD	0.58	1.42
HCR	1.50	0.61
YEP	0.67	0.27
WHC	0.08	0.55
NOP	1.00	3.49
BLC	6.92	0.53
QBS	1.00	1.61
BLB	9.25	0.29
WTS	0.08	1.10

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

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City Park on Northwest corner of the lake.

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