Minnesota Lake File

Forest Lake — Washington County, MN

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Fish species

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

Latest DNR survey (2025-07-07)

Species	CPUE	Avg lbs
BRB	0.07	0.49
YEP	0.13	0.09
MUE	0.07	20.67
YEB	7.50	0.65
NOP	11.80	3.74
RKB	0.40	0.33
YEB	0.93	0.55
NOP	0.33	4.57
HSF	11.90	0.19
CAP	0.13	6.96

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

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