Duck Lake (Hubbard County)
Hubbard County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 29014200
DNR records show 8 stocking entries at Duck Lake (Hubbard County) since 2016, most recently walleye yearlings in 2024 (298 fish).
- Duck Lake (Hubbard County) has 8 DNR stocking records across 5 years (2016-2024): walleye (8).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 316,408 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 23 ft, mean depth 14 ft; surface area 326 acres, 151 littoral acres, 2.9 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 8.3 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, yellow perch.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Hubbard County, nearest town Hubbard; DNR lake number (DOW) 29014200.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/22/1963 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Walleye | yearlings | 298 | 83.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fingerlings | 790 | 137.0 |
| 2022 | Walleye | fingerlings | 3,046 | 150.0 |
| 2020 | Walleye | yearlings | 380 | 76.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fingerlings | 3,417 | 150.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fry | 150,640 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | Walleye | fry | 151,225 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | Walleye | fingerlings | 6,612 | 150.0 |
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 | Minnesota DNR | located on west end of lake |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 96.00 | 96 | 0.77 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 31.22 | 281 | 0.26 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 3.44 | 31 | 0.70 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 2.22 | 20 | 0.88 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 2.00 | 18 | 1.33 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 1.78 | 16 | 0.39 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 0.89 | 8 | 0.30 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 3.43 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 0.27 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 19.00 | 171 | 0.55 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 8.78 | 79 | 0.84 |
| White sucker | Standard gill nets | 7.33 | 66 | 2.73 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 6.00 | 54 | 3.01 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard gill nets | 3.67 | 33 | 0.64 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 2.00 | 18 | 0.14 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 1.67 | 15 | 0.24 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard gill nets | 1.44 | 13 | 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.
Duck Lake (DOW # 29-0142-00) is located ten miles southeast of Park Rapids, on the border of Hubbard County. Duck Lake has a surface area of 326 acres and a maximum depth of 23 feet. There is a state-owned public access located on the southwest shore of the lake off Duck Lake Road. Duck Lake has good water quality and lots of sand shoreline. Duck Lake provides fishing opportunities for Walleye, Largemouth Bass, and panfish. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has classified Minnesota's lakes into 43 different lake classes based on physical, chemical, and other characteristics. Duck Lake is in Lake Class 31. Lake Class 31 lakes generally have hard water and have regularly shaped shorelines. Other Lake Class 31 lakes in the Park Rapids area include: Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Crow Wing, Boulder, Evergreen, Hattie, Hinds, Lower Twin, Shingobee and Tripp Lakes. Walleye abundance has remained high for the past several surveys. Over half of the Walleyes sampled were in the 13-to-15-inch size range, with fish sampled up to 22.1 inches. Yellow Perch, an important forage species for Walleye, were sampled in low numbers and have been very low since 2006. Anglers will find an abundant Largemouth Bass population with high numbers of bass in the 10-14-inch size range and few fish over 15 inches. Present and past surveys have shown that the panfish population in Duck fluctuates from moderate to high numbers. Anglers can expect to find most Bluegills in the 6-8-inch size range with very few fish over 8 inches. Black Crappie numbers have remained stable in Duck Lake, but few fish over 10 inches were sampled. Currently faucet snails, an aquatic invasive species (AIS) have been identified in Duck Lake. To avoid spreading AIS, lake users are required to remove all aquatic plants or animals from their watercraft and drain all water from their boat before leaving the access.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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