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Blue Lake (Crow Wing County)

Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18021100

DNR records show 1 stocking entry at Blue Lake (Crow Wing County) since 2025, most recently black crappie fingerlings in 2025 (1,000 fish).

Blue Lake (Crow Wing County) has 1 DNR stocking record across 1 year (2025-2025): black crappie (1).
The most-stocked species by count is black crappie: 1,000 fish on record.
Maximum depth 48 ft; surface area 177 acres, 76 littoral acres, 2.3 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Most recent DNR fish survey: July 12, 1982 (standard survey).
Crow Wing County, nearest town Emily; DNR lake number (DOW) 18021100.

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Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2025	Black Crappie¹	fingerlings	1,000	50.0

¹ fish purchased and stocked by private citizens and 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.

DNR fish survey, 1982

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	192.60	1,926	0.12
Hybrid sunfish	Standard trap nets	13.70	137	0.22
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	8.30	83	0.20
Yellow bullhead	Standard trap nets	2.10	21	0.65
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	2.00	20	0.20
Rock bass	Standard trap nets	1.50	15	0.29
Green sunfish	Standard trap nets	0.30	3	0.10
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	0.10	1	1.20
Yellow bullhead	Standard gill nets	13.83	83	0.50
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	10.17	61	1.37
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	3.83	23	0.17
Bluegill	Standard gill nets	2.00	12	0.20
Hybrid sunfish	Standard gill nets	0.17	1	0.50

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.

Yellow bullheads and sunfish are presently abundant. Tullibee population has apparently disappeared. Northern pike have increased considerably since last survey. Yellow perch seem to be present in approximately the same numbers.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, July 12, 1982.

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Blue Lake (Crow Wing County)

Depth map

Stocking history

DNR fish survey, 1982

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