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Curtis Lake

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 87001600

DNR records show 2 stocking entries at Curtis Lake since 2023, most recently northern pike fry in 2025 (6,425 fish).

Curtis Lake has 2 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2023-2025): northern pike (1), walleye (1).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 50,842 fish on record.
Maximum depth 8 ft; surface area 382 acres, 434 littoral acres, 5.5 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: September 22, 1987 (standard survey).
Yellow Medicine County, nearest town Echo; DNR lake number (DOW) 87001600.

Depth map

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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	Northern Pike	fry	6,425	0.4
2023	Walleye	fry	50,842	0.5

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	- West side of lake off County Road 23.

DNR fish survey, 1987

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Black bullhead	Standard trap nets	163.17	979	0.15
Green sunfish	Standard trap nets	42.00	252	0.18
Common carp	Standard trap nets	3.00	18	1.18
White sucker	Standard trap nets	0.50	3	0.58
Black bullhead	Standard gill nets	106.00	318	0.15
Common carp	Standard gill nets	35.00	105	1.08
Green sunfish	Standard gill nets	12.67	38	0.16
White sucker	Standard gill nets	0.33	1	0.25

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.

CARP, BULLHEAD AND GREEN SUNFISH.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, September 22, 1987.

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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.

Curtis Lake

Depth map

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1987

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