Minnesota Lake File

Pelican Lake — Pope County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2022-06-13)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BLB	1.25	0.78
BRB	0.25	0.97
YEP	1.50	0.07
YEB	1.78	1.09
NOP	7.67	2.99
CCF	0.22	4.13
FRD	0.50	5.87
CAP	0.22	9.98
LMB	90.00	1.20
YEB	10.25	0.85

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

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