Minnesota Lake File

Great Northern Lake — Stearns County, MN

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Fish species

• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• black crappie
• bluegill
• bowfin (dogfish)
• brown bullhead
• channel catfish
• common carp
• greater redhorse
• green sunfish
• hybrid sunfish
• largemouth bass
• muskellunge
• northern pike
• pumpkinseed
• shorthead redhorse
• silver redhorse
• smallmouth bass
• walleye
• white sucker
• yellow bullhead
• yellow perch

Latest DNR survey (2025-10-15)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
WAE	15.75	1.83

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

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