Camp Lake (Wright County)
Wright County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 86022100
Camp Lake (Wright County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Camp Lake (Wright County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 52 ft, mean depth 20 ft; surface area 123 acres, 41 littoral acres, 1.8 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 3.0 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Wright County, nearest town Maple Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 86022100.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/17/1963 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | The state owned public access is located on the north end of the lake in Section 32. |
DNR fish survey, 2018
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 216.35 | 175 | 1.28 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 93.00 | 744 | 0.11 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 11.12 | 89 | 0.21 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 2.25 | 18 | 1.15 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 2.25 | 18 | 0.19 |
| Golden shiner | Standard trap nets | 1.12 | 9 | 0.09 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 0.50 | 4 | 0.20 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 0.12 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 23.00 | 92 | 1.00 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 20.75 | 83 | 0.23 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 11.50 | 46 | 0.12 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 5.00 | 20 | 5.07 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 3.75 | 15 | 3.74 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard gill nets | 1.50 | 6 | 1.92 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard gill nets | 1.25 | 5 | 1.29 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 1.00 | 4 | 0.09 |
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.
Camp Lake is a 108 acre lake located southwest of Maple Lake in Wright County. There is a public access located on the northwest side of the lake. The lake has poor water quality and water clarity in August 2018 was three feet. Adequate dissolved oxygen was found to a depth of 12 feet during the week of the survey. Camp Lake has a small watershed that is predominantly agricultural. Emergent and floating leaf vegetation covered 11% of the lake and 86% of the shoreline during the summer survey dominated by cattail, white waterlily and yellow waterlily. Camp Lake is managed for Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike. A lake survey was conducted in 2018 to update fisheries information last collected in 2012. Walleye exist in low numbers due to private stocking that took place in 2013 and 2014. Walleye stocking was discontinued by DNR in 1979 due to low return in test sampling. Fifteen Walleye were sampled in 2018 and ranged in length from 20 to 24 inches and averaged 22 inches and 3.7 pounds. The catch of Northern Pike was lower than 2012, but within the range of expected values for lakes similar to Camp Lake. The average size of Northern Pike was above average and pike up to 40 inches were captured. The average length and weight was 27.4 inches and 5.1 pounds. Ninety percent of the Northern Pike sampled were longer than 24 inches and thirty percent were longer than 30 inches. Largemouth Bass were sampled during daytime electrofishing in mid-May. A total of 175 Largemouth Bass were captured in 0.8 hours of sampling effort. The catch in 2018 (216.4/hour) was more than five times greater than the area daytime average, but within the historical range for Camp Lake. Largemouth Bass ranged in length from 6 to 19 inches with an average length of 12 inches. Bluegill abundance was the highest on record for Camp Lake and above the expected range. Bluegill sampled ranged in length from 3 to 9 with an average length just over five inches. The gill net and trap net catches of Black Crappie in 2018 were higher than 2012 above average for the lake. Black Crappie sampled ranged in length from 6 to 14 inches with an average length of eight inches. Other species sampled during the surveys included: Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Golden Shiner, Hybrid Sunfish, Pumpkinseed and Yellow Bullhead.
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