Eagle Lake (Cottonwood County)

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 17002000

DNR records show 8 stocking entries at Eagle Lake (Cottonwood County) since 2018, most recently walleye fry in 2024 (52,700 fish).

• Eagle Lake (Cottonwood County) has 8 DNR stocking records across 6 years (2018-2024): walleye (6), northern pike (2).
• The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 905,606 fish on record.
• Maximum depth 8 ft, mean depth 6 ft; surface area 105 acres, 105 littoral acres, 1.5 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 1.0 ft.
• Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, yellow perch.
• 1 public access on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: May 10, 2018 (targeted survey).
• Cottonwood County, nearest town Mountain Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 17002000.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2018

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.

Eagle Lake is a 120-acre, class 43 lake located near the City of Mountain Lake in Cottonwood County. Eagle Lake averages 6.0 ft. deep, with a maximum depth of 8.0 ft. Lack of an aeration system and the lakes shallowness make it prone to occasional winterkills if ice is thick and/or snow covered. While winterkill was limited in the area during the winter of 2017-2018, dissolved oxygen in was low at 0.3 ppm on March 2, 2018, well below 2.0 ppm, the level at which fish become stressed. Eagle Lake is managed primarily for yellow perch, and secondarily for northern pike and walleye. A winterkill check was conducted on May 10, 2018 by daytime electrofishing the perimeter of the lake. The most recent standard survey done in August of 2014 showed that restocking efforts following the winterkill of 2013-2014 were successful, as desired numbers of Black Bullhead, Northern pike, Walleye and Yellow Perch were captured. The winterkill check conducted in 2018 suggested that Eagle Lake had taken a significant winterkill as thousands of Black Bullhead were observed during sampling, and very few Yellow Perch were observed (19.3 per hour). Other game species were not observed. In response to the winterkill, Walleye fry were stocked in the spring of 2018, and an additional 130 adult Walleye were stocked during the summer. Eagle Lake is scheduled to be surveyed in 2020.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, May 10, 2018.

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