Black Hoof Lake
Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18011700
DNR records show 7 stocking entries at Black Hoof Lake since 2016, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2025 (2,187 fish).
- Black Hoof Lake has 7 DNR stocking records across 4 years (2016-2025): walleye (7).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 7,283 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 29 ft; surface area 201 acres, 81 littoral acres, 3.0 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 13.2 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, and 1 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Crow Wing County, nearest town Ironton; DNR lake number (DOW) 18011700.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 2,187 | 81.0 |
| 2022 | Walleye | fingerlings | 3,071 | 83.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | yearlings | 290 | 88.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 804 | 32.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye | adults | 22 | 22.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye | fingerlings | 877 | 43.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye | yearlings | 32 | 16.0 |
2 fish purchased by the DNR for stocking.
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 | Minnesota DNR | Access on the south side of the lake. |
DNR fish survey, 2022
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brassy minnow | Backpack electrofishing | 75.11 | 69 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 53.34 | 49 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | Backpack electrofishing | 27.21 | 25 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 22.86 | 21 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | Backpack electrofishing | 21.77 | 20 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 13.06 | 12 | 0.00 |
| BCS | Backpack electrofishing | 8.71 | 8 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 6.53 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | 50-ft beach seine | 40.50 | 81 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 38.50 | 77 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 27.50 | 55 | 0.00 |
| BCS | 50-ft beach seine | 18.00 | 36 | 0.00 |
| Blacknose shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 14.00 | 28 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 13.50 | 27 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 50-ft beach seine | 7.50 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 50-ft beach seine | 5.50 | 11 | 0.00 |
| LED | 15-ft beach seine | 6.33 | 19 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | 15-ft beach seine | 3.67 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | 15-ft beach seine | 1.33 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | 15-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 15-ft beach seine | 0.67 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Yellow bullhead | 15-ft beach seine | 0.67 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 15-ft beach seine | 0.33 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 0.33 | 1 | 0.00 |
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.
Black Hoof Lake is a 201 acre lake, with a maximum depth of 29', located one mile west of Ironton in Crow Wing County. Black Hoof is in the Mississippi River-Brainerd Watershed. A nearshore survey was conducted to assess the populations of both game and non-game fish species. Ten 100' long sampling stations were evenly spaced around the lakeshore. Each station was then sampled by backpack electrofishing, and if conditions allowed with a 15' or 50' 1/8th inch seine. The survey took place on July 21, 2022, with all 10 stations sampled by backpack electrofishing. The 50' 1/8th inch seine was used at 2 stations and the 15' 1/8th inch seine was used at an additional 3 stations. Soft bottom and heavy vegetation prevented the use of seines at the other 5 sampling sites. Eighteen species were sampled, including 5 species that are intolerant of habitat disturbance: Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Shiner, Iowa Darter, Least Darter and Rock Bass. This nearshore survey will be used along with the gill net and trap net survey conducted on June 21-24, 2022, to calculate a Fish-Based Index of Biotic Integrity (FIBI) score. The FIBI uses fish community data to measure a lake's health by the types of fish species present and comparing it to what is expected for this type of lake.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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