Cable Lake

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 60029300

DNR records show 2 stocking entries at Cable Lake since 2024, most recently black crappie fingerlings in 2024 (1,000 fish).

Cable Lake has 2 DNR stocking records across 1 year (2024-2024): black crappie (1), yellow perch (1).
The most-stocked species by count is black crappie: 1,000 fish on record.
Maximum depth 14 ft; surface area 194 acres, 194 littoral acres, 6.2 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 20, 1990 (standard survey).
Polk County, nearest town Mentor; DNR lake number (DOW) 60029300.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2024	Black Crappie¹	fingerlings	1,000	66.7
2024	Yellow Perch¹	fingerlings	1,000	40.0

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.

Public accesses

Type	Owner	Where
O	UKN	- APPROACH OFF TOWNSHIP ROAD ON NE SHORE OF LAKE IS USED AS AN ACCESS.

DNR fish survey, 1990

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Black bullhead	Standard trap nets	46.17	277	0.08
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	12.33	74	0.17
Brown bullhead	Standard trap nets	6.50	39	0.30
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	2.00	12	0.12
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	1.67	10	0.16
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	1.17	7	0.06
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	0.33	2	2.00
Common carp	Standard trap nets	0.33	2	10.35
Black bullhead	Standard gill nets	16.67	50	0.08
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	9.67	29	0.07
Black crappie	Standard gill nets	8.67	26	0.14
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	4.33	13	4.38
Pumpkinseed	Standard gill nets	3.67	11	0.09
Common carp	Standard gill nets	3.33	10	0.25
Bluegill	Standard gill nets	1.00	3	0.17
Largemouth bass	Standard gill nets	0.33	1	0.20

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.

NORTHERN PIKE RECRUITMENT APPEARS SPORADIC ALTHOUG H ABUNDANCE IS AVERAGE FOR SIMILAR LAKE TYPES. GR OWTH RATES ARE RAPID AND AVERAGE WEIGHTS ARE ABOVE NORMAL (>4 LB.) FOR PIKE. THE INCREASING BLUE- GILL POPULATION EXHIBITS AVERAGE ABUNDANCE AND GOO D INDIVIDUAL GROWTH RATES. BLACK CRAPPIE NUMBERS ARE LOW BUT HAVE INCREASED, AS HAVE MOST SPECIES S INCE THE 1977 WINTERKILL. LARGEMOUTH BASS AND CAR P ARE PRESENT. BLACK BULLHEADS ARE PLENTIFUL, TYP ICAL FOR LAKES IN ITS CLASSIFICATION. YELLOW PERC H ALSO SHOW ABUNDANCE EQUAL TO THAT OF COMPARABLE WATERS.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 20, 1990.

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Stocking rows, depths, accesses and survey figures are Minnesota DNR LakeFinder data as of 2026-09-02. Regulations, slot limits and special rules are on the DNR page linked above, not here.

Cable Lake

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1990

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