East Solomon Lake
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 34024600
DNR records show 8 stocking entries at East Solomon Lake since 2017, most recently walleye fry in 2025 (302,719 fish).
- East Solomon Lake has 8 DNR stocking records across 7 years (2017-2025): walleye (8).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 3,507,425 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 14 ft; surface area 658 acres, 658 littoral acres, 8.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 4.3 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, common carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, walleye, and 3 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Kandiyohi County, nearest town Willmar; DNR lake number (DOW) 34024600.
Depth map
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 | Walleye | fry | 302,719 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fry | 199,948 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fingerlings | 21,204 | 558.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fry | 249,971 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | Walleye | fry | 330,059 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fry | 501,661 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fry | 1,200,673 | 11.7 |
| 2017 | Walleye | fry | 701,190 | 6.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| asphalt ramp | Minnesota DNR | Access on the NE side of the lake off of County Road #5. Adjoining property purchased and developed for parking in 2004. |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 104.40 | 174 | 1.35 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 28.25 | 113 | 0.10 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 25.25 | 101 | 0.13 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 24.50 | 98 | 0.60 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 12.00 | 48 | 2.78 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 8.50 | 34 | 0.87 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 4.50 | 18 | 3.09 |
| White sucker | Standard gill nets | 1.75 | 7 | 1.06 |
| Common carp | Standard gill nets | 1.25 | 5 | 2.53 |
| Largemouth bass | Fall electrofishing | 10.00 | 5 | 1.53 |
| Walleye | Fall electrofishing | 4.00 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 6.40 | 64 | 0.28 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 3.60 | 36 | 0.08 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 3.00 | 30 | 0.64 |
| Black bullhead | Standard trap nets | 2.70 | 27 | 0.77 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 2.30 | 23 | 0.16 |
| Common carp | Standard trap nets | 1.20 | 12 | 10.67 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.70 | 7 | 0.85 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.60 | 6 | 4.05 |
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.
A standard survey was conducted on East Solomon Lake during August and September of 2025. A spring night electrofishing survey was conducted during early May of 2025 for sampling pre-spawn Largemouth Bass. A fall night electrofishing survey was conducted for young of year "YOY" (fingerling sized) Walleye in early September of 2025. A targeted survey is generally used for sampling a specific kind of fish or time of year (i.e. spawning season, fall season, etc.) unlike a standard survey which samples a wider range of fish species during the summer months using standard methodology (i.e. standard time of year, set sampling stations, taking water clarity readings and oxygen/temperature profiles, etc.) and gears (i.e. lake survey gillnets, trapnets and possibly spring electrofishing for Largemouth Bass). East Solomon is a moderate sized (658 acres), multi basin, shallow (14 feet maximum depth), aerated, and productive lake located in Kandiyohi County. East Solomon is part of the Hawk Creek Watershed. East Solomon is connected to a shallow aerated lake (Long Lake) via an inlet and a shallow non-aerated lake (West Solomon Lake) via an outlet. The immediate shoreline area is composed primarily of undeveloped hardwood trees. Aquatic vegetation densities are moderate to low consisting mostly of sago pondweed, clasping-leaf pondweed, Canada waterweed, curly-leaf pondweed, water moss, filamentous algae, and coontail. Emergent vegetation densities are moderate consisting of primarily hardstem bulrush, cattail species, arrowhead group, and reed canary grass. There are two large mid-water bulrush stands. Shoalwater substrates consist mostly of sand, gravel, rubble, silt, and boulder in East Solomon. Total phosphorus levels were high during August 2020 (0.077 ppm) and 2021 (0.147 ppm). Water clarity was fair on August 18, 2025 (secchi=2.0 feet). Water clarity usually decreases substantially by mid-summer due to blue-green algae blooms. Water levels were high during 2025. Low winter oxygen levels were documented during February of 2019 despite the operation of the aeration system, but no winterkill was noted. An extensive fish kill of Black Crappie occurred during the late summer/early fall of 2012. Low water levels and hot air temperatures were the norm during the late summer and early fall of 2012. The Black Crappie kill was probably due to a combination of factors such as a bacterial disease (i.e. Columnaris) and/or low dissolved oxygen conditions. The 2012-13 winter was harsh and protracted resulting in partial winterkills on some waters. However, this was not the…
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