Minnesota Lake File

Hoot Lake — Otter Tail County, MN

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Fish species

• black crappie
• bluegill
• brown bullhead
• greater redhorse
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• lake sturgeon
• largemouth bass
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• rock bass
• smallmouth bass
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-07-07)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
GSF	0.14	0.05
YEB	1.17	0.99
NOP	9.33	3.26
SMB	39.43	2.57
RKB	0.33	0.31
LMB	38.27	0.95
NOP	0.57	2.65
RKB	0.29	0.08
WAE	2.17	3.13
LKS	0.50	8.21

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

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