Bass Lake (Todd County, DOW 77002400)
Todd County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 77002400
DNR records show 6 stocking entries at Bass Lake (Todd County, DOW 77002400) since 2017, most recently walleye adults in 2025 (62 fish).
- Bass Lake (Todd County, DOW 77002400) has 6 DNR stocking records across 5 years (2017-2025): walleye (6).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 5,994 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 82 ft; surface area 123 acres, 22 littoral acres, 2.0 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 8.8 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, tullibee (cisco), walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, yellow perch.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Todd County, nearest town Pillsbury; DNR lake number (DOW) 77002400.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/23/1970 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye | adults | 62 | 75.0 |
| 2025 | Walleye | yearlings | 40 | 25.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fingerlings | 846 | 67.0 |
| 2021 | Walleye | adults | 68 | 157.4 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 4,872 | 84.0 |
| 2017 | Walleye | adults | 106 | 132.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | TOW | - Located on SW side of lake |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 226.40 | 1,132 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 50-ft beach seine | 42.40 | 212 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 19.20 | 96 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 50-ft beach seine | 3.60 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 2.60 | 13 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 50-ft beach seine | 2.40 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Black crappie | 50-ft beach seine | 1.40 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Blacknose shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 0.60 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 166.44 | 173 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 43.29 | 45 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 37.52 | 39 | 0.00 |
| BKF | Backpack electrofishing | 9.62 | 10 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 5.77 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Tadpole madtom | Backpack electrofishing | 3.85 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Yellow bullhead | Backpack electrofishing | 3.85 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | Backpack electrofishing | 0.96 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | 15-ft beach seine | 84.00 | 336 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 34.50 | 138 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 15-ft beach seine | 4.50 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 4.25 | 17 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 15-ft beach seine | 3.50 | 14 | 0.00 |
| BKF | 15-ft beach seine | 0.50 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 15-ft beach seine | 0.25 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 26.67 | 240 | 0.07 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 12.44 | 112 | 0.15 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 2.89 | 26 | 0.66 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 1.78 | 16 | 0.05 |
| Golden shiner | Standard trap nets | 0.33 | 3 | 0.09 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 0.33 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 0.22 | 2 | 0.22 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.22 | 2 | 1.97 |
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.
A targeted survey of nearshore fish species in Bass Lake was conducted on August 4-5, 2025, by Lake Biological Monitoring and Assessment (LBMA) program staff. Sampling sites were evenly spaced around the lake, and each was sampled by backpack electrofishing and seining with a 50-foot or 15-foot seine, where possible. Backpack electrofishing was completed at ten sampling stations. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample five stations, and a 15-foot seine was used at four stations. One station was not seined due to deep water adjacent to emergent vegetation. Nearshore sampling captured ten species of fish, including two species that are intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Banded Killifish and Blacknose Shiner) and one that is tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Green Sunfish). A concurrent summer trap net survey was also conducted by LBMA program staff. Nine trap nets were set along the shoreline in locations that encompassed multiple habitat types. Trap net sampling captured nine species of fish, none of which are intolerant or tolerant of disturbance. Bluegill and Hybrid Sunfish comprised a majority of the catch by number, whereas Yellow Bullhead, Bluegill, and Hybrid Sunfish comprised a majority by biomass. The nearshore and trap net were combined with gill net data from an August 2023 survey to describe the fish community and provide a fish-based index of biological integrity (FIBI) score. The FIBI uses fish community data to measure a lake's health, and the types of fish species present can help identify any stressors that may be negatively affecting the lake environment. In Minnesota lakes, certain fish species cannot survive without clean water and a healthy habitat (e.g., Blackchin Shiner, Iowa Darter, and Rock Bass), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., Green Sunfish and Common Carp). The FIBI score, composed of several fish community diversity and composition metrics, indicates the overall health of a lake by comparing it to what is expected for a healthy lake. For additional information on the FIBI, search for "lake index of biological integrity" on the mndnr.gov website. Temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements were also collected from the deepest basin in Bass Lake on August 4, 2025, to evaluate the quantity and quality of cold, oxygenated water (i.e., oxythermal habitat) available to Cisco, also known as Tullibee, the most sensitive coldwater species present in this lake. During the summer, Cisco require a layer of oxythermal habitat that contains water temperatures below 21.2 degrees C (70.2 degrees F) and…
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