Minnesota Lake File

Rush Lake — Otter Tail County, MN

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Fish species

• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• brown bullhead
• common carp
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• lake sturgeon
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• shorthead redhorse
• tullibee (cisco)
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-08-11)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BRB	0.25	1.12
YEP	0.58	0.07
YEB	0.83	0.96
NOP	1.33	1.50
WAE	27.38	0.00
RKB	0.42	0.33
YEB	0.58	1.18
NOP	0.33	2.27
HSF	0.17	0.04
SHR	0.17	1.30

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

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