Church Lake
Carver County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 10004600
Church Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Church Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 54 ft; surface area 16 acres, 7 littoral acres, 0.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Carver County, nearest town Victoria; DNR lake number (DOW) 10004600.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| earthen ramp | city | - Access possible in park on east shore. |
DNR fish survey, 1994
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black crappie | Special trap nets | 116.50 | 233 | 0.11 |
| Black bullhead | Special trap nets | 40.00 | 80 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | Special trap nets | 31.00 | 62 | 0.03 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Special trap nets | 4.50 | 9 | 0.21 |
| Brown bullhead | Special trap nets | 4.00 | 8 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | Special trap nets | 2.00 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | Special trap nets | 0.50 | 1 | 0.04 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 100.22 | 902 | 0.10 |
| Black bullhead | Standard trap nets | 68.78 | 619 | 0.07 |
| Green sunfish | Standard trap nets | 12.89 | 116 | 0.08 |
| Golden shiner | Standard trap nets | 6.11 | 55 | 0.10 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard trap nets | 2.22 | 20 | 0.39 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 9 | 0.27 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.56 | 5 | 0.29 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 0.11 |
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 crappies are very abundant in Church Lake. They are rather small in size though with an average length of six inches. Only 5% of the black crappies sampled were over ten inches. The bluegill population is below average, but the mean weight per fish is above average when compared to similar lakes. The average length of the bluegills caught in the survey was 6.8 inches. Only one largemouth bass was captured. It weighed 1.13 pounds and was 12.7 inches long.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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