Bald Eagle Lake
Ramsey County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 62000200
DNR records show 23 stocking entries at Bald Eagle Lake since 2016, most recently muskellunge fingerlings in 2025 (1,047 fish).
- Bald Eagle Lake has 23 DNR stocking records across 10 years (2016-2025): walleye (17), muskellunge (6).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 171,516 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 36 ft, mean depth 13 ft; surface area 1,049 acres, 751 littoral acres, 9.2 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 5.4 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, common carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, and 4 more.
- 2 public accesses on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Ramsey County, nearest town White Bear Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 62000200.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 5/19/1982 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Muskellunge9 | fingerlings | 1,047 | 326.3 |
| 2025 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 18,775 | 751.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 23,855 | 681.6 |
| 2024 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 1,040 | 65.0 |
| 2023 | Muskellunge | fingerlings | 1,051 | 216.3 |
| 2023 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 14,142 | 494.0 |
| 2022 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 16,164 | 751.0 |
| 2021 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 12,310 | 490.0 |
| 2020 | Muskellunge9 | yearlings | 264 | 266.8 |
| 2020 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 3,627 | 93.0 |
| 2020 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 3,744 | 395.0 |
| 2019 | Muskellunge | fingerlings | 1,045 | 255.4 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 7,269 | 469.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 5,136 | 285.0 |
| 2018 | Muskellunge | fingerlings | 1,047 | 151.2 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fingerlings | 490 | 14.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fingerlings | 15,074 | 727.0 |
| 2017 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 850 | 50.0 |
| 2017 | Walleye | fingerlings | 4,903 | 229.0 |
| 2017 | Walleye | fingerlings | 3,008 | 220.0 |
| 2017 | Walleye | yearlings | 5 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | Muskellunge | yearlings | 524 | 145.6 |
| 2016 | Walleye | fingerlings | 41,124 | 1,510.0 |
2 fish purchased by the DNR for stocking. 9 fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by DNR and other agencies or sporting groups.
Field note · Minnesota stocks by year, not by truck day: walleye fry go in within weeks of ice-out, fingerlings and yearlings mostly in fall, and stream trout in spring and fall. A row here means the fish went in during that year; DNR adds the year's rows after the fact, so the current year can look empty until winter.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | county | |
| earthen ramp | UKN | Dirt access on eastern shore. Not improved for boat launching. |
DNR fish survey, 2022
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 27.00 | 55 | 0.89 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 24.17 | 290 | 0.16 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 14.42 | 173 | 0.16 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard gill nets | 13.08 | 157 | 0.20 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 6.17 | 74 | 3.16 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 5.00 | 60 | 0.22 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 4.25 | 51 | 2.02 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard gill nets | 1.92 | 23 | 0.18 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 1.58 | 19 | 0.84 |
Catch per net (CPUE) is the DNR survey's count per gill net or trap net set; higher means more of that species were sampled, not a fishing forecast. Top species per gear shown; where we have no verified common name for a DNR code, the code itself is shown.
Bald Eagle Lake is a 1,047 acre (751 littoral acres), class 24 lake located in northeastern Ramsey County. The lake is primarily managed for Walleye and Muskellunge. Zebra mussels were discovered in August, 2018 and have the potential to increase the water clarity in Bald Eagle Lake which may impact future survey catch rates. Walleye fingerlings have been stocked biennially in even numbered years at a rate of 2.0 pounds per littoral acre (1,502 lbs.) from 1998-2016. Beginning in 2017 Walleye fingerlings are stocked annually at a rate of 1.0 or 0.65 pounds per littoral acre based on a randomized stocking schedule. This will allow better assessment of the effects of fingerling stocking density on Walleye year class strength. Muskellunge fingerlings are currently stocked at a rate of 1 fish per acre (1,047 fish) biennially in even numbered years. Additionally, Muskellunge yearlings and age-2 juveniles were stocked during 2015 and 2016. Bald Eagle was surveyed with gill nets in July to target Northern Pike and Walleye while Bass were sampled in May by electrofishing. Muskellunge were sampled during a separate standalone survey that will cover two years with the first year occurring spring 2022. The previous survey on this lake occurred in 2020. Walleye were sampled by gill nets at a rate of 4.3 fish per net. This is well above the median catch rate for the lake class of 2.8 fish per net and the highest catch for this lake since 2008. This is meeting the long-range management goal of a Walleye catch rate between 4 and 6 fish per net. Fish size was fairly evenly distributed with lengths ranging from 9.7 to 26.6 inches and averaging 17 inches. The ages of those fish were also well distributed with the majority of fish being 2 to 9 years old with one individual at 14 years old. It appears that stockings are consistently contributing to the fishery with adequate growth and persisting to offer an opportunity for larger size classes of fish. Northern Pike were sampled at a rate of 6.2 fish per gill net. This also exceeds the median catch rate for the lake class of 3.8. This was a substantially lower catch rate than the previous survey's catch of 14 fish per net but higher than the average over the last 30 years of between 3 to 4 fish per net. Fish size was typical for the lake and the lake class with an average length of 24 inches and a range of 16.6 to 33.9 inches. Seven percent of fish exceeded 30 inches in length so an opportunity for quality fish does exist. Yellow Perch were sampled at a rate or 24.2 fish per gill net which is double the median for the lake…
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