Bass Lake (Faribault County)
Faribault County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 22007400
DNR records show 12 stocking entries at Bass Lake (Faribault County) since 2016, most recently northern pike fry in 2025 (25,000 fish).
- Bass Lake (Faribault County) has 12 DNR stocking records across 9 years (2016-2025): northern pike (7), walleye (5).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 1,220,850 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 20 ft; surface area 199 acres, 171 littoral acres, 2.1 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 4.8 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, walleye, white crappie, and 3 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Faribault County, nearest town Delavan; DNR lake number (DOW) 22007400.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/2/1954 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Pike | fry | 25,000 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fry | 203,000 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | Northern Pike | fry | 29,149 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | Walleye | fry | 203,000 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | Northern Pike | fry | 24,786 | 0.8 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fry | 406,000 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | Northern Pike | fry | 25,000 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | Northern Pike | fry | 25,000 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fry | 203,000 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | Northern Pike | fry | 25,000 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | Northern Pike | fry | 26,215 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | Walleye | fry | 205,850 | 2.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| gravel ramp | Minnesota DNR |
DNR fish survey, 2024
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 44.75 | 358 | 0.02 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 8.75 | 70 | 0.15 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 2.00 | 16 | 2.51 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 1.50 | 12 | 1.48 |
| Channel catfish | Standard trap nets | 0.38 | 3 | 10.88 |
| Black bullhead | Standard trap nets | 0.25 | 2 | 1.74 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 0.25 | 2 | 0.19 |
| White crappie | Standard trap nets | 0.25 | 2 | 2.09 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 18.25 | 73 | 0.24 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 10.50 | 42 | 1.30 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 4.25 | 17 | 0.25 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 2.25 | 9 | 4.46 |
| Channel catfish | Standard gill nets | 0.75 | 3 | 4.60 |
| Common carp | Standard gill nets | 0.50 | 2 | 8.26 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 0.25 | 1 | 0.12 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 4.22 | 3 | 2.55 |
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.
Bass Lake is a 203-acre lake located in Faribault County northwest of the city of Delavan. A public access is located on the northeast side of the lake, just off 400th Avenue. Bass Lake is a small basin with a maximum depth of 20 feet. The limnological (e.g., basin morphometry, depth, substrate type, water clarity, etc.) characteristics of Bass Lake place it in lake class 38. Other area lakes in this lake class include Duck (Blue Earth County), Horseshoe (Le Sueur County), and Hunt (Rice County). Bass Lake was surveyed the week of 3 June 2024 as part of a regular monitoring program conducted by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This survey consisted of 8 trap nets, 4 gill nets, and 43 minutes of electrofishing to monitor the fish community. Bass Lake has been designated a Waterville Area Tier-2 lake and will be surveyed every 6 years, including spring day electrofishing to assess the Largemouth Bass population. Bass Lake has historically produced low numbers of medium sized Black Crappies. Since 1981, Black Crappie relative abundance has varied from 0.1/trap net in 2002 and 2013 to 65.6/trap net in 1993. Relative abundance of Black Crappie in 2024 was the second highest on record at 44.8/trap net, which was an increase from 2018 (16.3/trap net) and was above the third quartile for class 38 lakes (24.1/trap net). Black Crappies were also sampled with gill nets and were captured at a rate of 4.3/gill net, exceeding the lower quartile for class 38 lakes (1.7/gill net). Black Crappie scales and otoliths were used to estimate age and indicated the presence of 4 year classes in the Bass Lake sample (2015, 2019, 2021, and 2022). Age-2 (2022 year class) Black Crappies were the most abundant, accounting for 58% of Black Crappies sampled. Black Crappie size structure was small, PSD values in trap nets were 40 and PSD-P was 0, indicative of a sample dominated by young fish. Black Crappie ranged from 3.5 to 8.7 inches and averaged 4.3 inches in trap nets. PSD values in trap nets were 40 and PSD-P was 0. Gill nets sampled slightly larger Black Crappies that ranged from 4.1 to 14.8 inches and averaged 5.8 inches. Bluegill relative abundance has been variable in Bass Lake ranging from 0.2/trap net in 2013 to 109.2/trap net in 1993. Bluegills were sampled at a rate of 8.8/trap net in 2024. The 2024 catch rate was between the lower quartile (3.5/net) and the median (15.9/trap net) for class 38 lakes. Bluegills ranged from 3.4 to 9.9 inches in length and averaged 6.4 inches in 2024. Bluegill PSD was 64 and PSD-P was 6, indicating a small size structure.…
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