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Clear Lake (Meeker County)

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 47009500

DNR records show 10 stocking entries at Clear Lake (Meeker County) since 2017, most recently walleye fry in 2025 (241,357 fish).

Clear Lake (Meeker County) has 10 DNR stocking records across 5 years (2017-2025): walleye (10).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 743,661 fish on record.
Maximum depth 18 ft, mean depth 10 ft; surface area 529 acres, 480 littoral acres, 6.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 3.0 ft.
Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid crappie, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, white crappie, white sucker, and 1 more.
2 public accesses on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: September 15, 2023 (targeted survey).
Meeker County, nearest town Watkins; DNR lake number (DOW) 47009500.

Depth map

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Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 8/5/1970 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2025	Walleye	fry	241,357	2.4
2023	Walleye	fry	239,379	2.3
2021	Walleye	fry	239,660	2.2
2019	Walleye	fingerlings	12,056	685.0
2019	Walleye	fingerlings	1,635	109.0
2019	Walleye	fingerlings	2,640	176.0
2017	Walleye	fingerlings	168	42.0
2017	Walleye	fingerlings	1,918	234.0
2017	Walleye	yearlings	14	24.0
2017	Walleye	fingerlings	4,834	909.0

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	county	New plank ramp in 2003, at the Clear Lake County Park, on the south side of lake.
concrete ramp	Minnesota DNR	Access at north end of lake, with gravel parking area.

DNR fish survey, 2023

A fall nighttime electrofishing survey was conducted on Clear Lake on September 15th, 2023, to evaluate young of the year (YOY) and yearling Walleye abundance. No YOY were sampled. No YOY have been sampled in the nine total fall nighttime surveys. Walleye fry were stocked in 2023. No yearlings were sampled either. Only in 2021 have yearling Walleye been sampled (3.0 fish/hr). Electrofishing surveys do not seem to be effective at indexing YOY or yearling Walleye year class strength at Clear Lake; gill nets may be the best way to representatively sample walleye year classes when fish are large enough to be caught.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, September 15, 2023.

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

Clear Lake (Meeker County)

Depth map

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2023

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