Beaver Hut Lake

Lake County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 38073700

DNR records show 3 stocking entries at Beaver Hut Lake since 2016, most recently splake fingerlings in 2018 (3,000 fish).

• Beaver Hut Lake has 3 DNR stocking records across 3 years (2016-2018): splake (3).
• The most-stocked species by count is splake: 8,898 fish on record.
• Maximum depth 12 ft, mean depth 11 ft; surface area 55 acres, 55 littoral acres, 1.8 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 3.4 ft.
• Fish species DNR lists here: green sunfish, splake, white sucker, yellow perch.
• 4 public accesses on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: September 24, 2018 (standard survey).
• Lake County, nearest town Isabella; DNR lake number (DOW) 38073700.

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2018

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.

Beaver Hut Lake is a 56 acre designated trout lake with a maximum depth of 12 feet. It is stocked with 3,000 Splake fingerlings annually. Beaver Hut Lake is located in a remote part of northwestern Lake County and access is difficult. Users must turn north off of the Stony Spur Trail (ATV/Snowmobile) onto an old logging access road; this intersection is located approximately 1.7 miles west of where the trail crosses Hwy 1. This logging access road splits 0.18 miles north of this intersection and users can take either fork. If users take the right fork the trail goes approximately 0.5 miles before ending at a turn around with a trout lake sign, from this turn around there is a 100 yard walking trail to the southeast side of the lake. This fork of the road is very brushy and rocky making travel difficult, but the walk into the lake is short and dry. If users take the left fork the road proceeds 0.64 miles to where there is a trout lake sign on the side of the road. From this sign it is a 150 yard walk down a hill and across a bog to the southwest shore of the lake. The left fork is much less rocky and brushy due to the recent logging, but users must walk across a wet bog to access the lake. Neither of these routes are suitable for trucks. The purpose of this survey was to evaluate Splake stocking and monitor the fish community in the lake. A single Splake was sampled during this survey. It was 10 inches long and weighed 0.3 pounds. We estimated it to be age-1 meaning it would have been stocked during fall of 2017 as a fingerling. In addition to this survey, surveys assessing the thermal habitat and dissolved oxygen availability in the lake and angler use of the lake were carried out in 2018. Based on the survey of thermal habitat and dissolved oxygen concentrations there was no optimal habitat available for trout between July 5th and August 13th. This lack of suitable habitat likely contributed to the low Splake catch. Only two angling parties were documented using the lake during summer of 2018. Due to the combination of low Splake catch, poor Splake habitat, and limited angler use Splake stocking will likely cease and other management options will be explored for Beaver Hut Lake. The catch of Yellow Perch was near average when compared to other area lakes. The fish sampled ranged in length from 4 to almost 13 inches with an average length of 11 inches. However, the Yellow Perch were quite skinny and half of the measured Yellow Perch were infested with Yellow Grub parasites. White Sucker were sampled in very large numbers during this survey and were…

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, September 24, 2018.

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