Minnesota Lake File

Pickerel Lake — Otter Tail County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2025-08-05)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
TLC	0.67	0.38
NOP	0.44	2.53
BLC	0.44	0.80
WTS	3.22	2.03
WAE	11.00	0.87
PMK	0.11	0.09
SMB	3.11	1.85
YEB	0.22	0.80
CAP	0.22	3.07
BLG	0.11	0.20

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

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