Minnesota Lake File

Circle Lake — Rice County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2023-06-12)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
GSF	0.45	0.04
NOP	1.25	2.63
BLC	2.00	0.18
BLB	373.50	0.08
BIB	1.00	0.39
HSF	0.18	0.15
BLG	3.91	0.05
YEP	0.82	0.10
GOS	2.00	0.09
BLB	43.55	0.11

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

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NORTH SHORE ON WEST BAY; STATE OWNED. CONCRETE PLANK RAMP.

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