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Fawn Lake (Crow Wing County, DOW 18030900)

Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18030900

DNR records show 3 stocking entries at Fawn Lake (Crow Wing County, DOW 18030900) since 2017, most recently black crappie adults in 2021 (300 fish).

Fawn Lake (Crow Wing County, DOW 18030900) has 3 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2017-2021): black crappie (1), yellow perch (1), walleye (1).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 1,000 fish on record.
Maximum depth 24 ft; surface area 78 acres, 61 littoral acres, 3.2 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: June 16, 1983 (standard survey).
Crow Wing County, nearest town Cross Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 18030900.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2021	Black Crappie¹	adults	300	30.0
2021	Yellow Perch¹	adults	700	70.0
2017	Walleye¹	fingerlings	1,000	50.0

¹ fish purchased and stocked by private citizens and sporting groups.

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	- None.

DNR fish survey, 1983

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Yellow bullhead	Standard trap nets	45.00	180	0.23
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	9.25	37	0.15
Brown bullhead	Standard trap nets	5.25	21	0.26
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	4.25	17	0.20
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	3.25	13	0.54
White sucker	Standard trap nets	1.50	6	3.30
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	0.25	1	0.10
Hybrid sunfish	Standard trap nets	0.25	1	0.20
Yellow bullhead	Standard gill nets	21.00	42	0.19
Brown bullhead	Standard gill nets	18.50	37	0.14
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	15.50	31	0.35
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	8.00	16	0.99
Black crappie	Standard gill nets	6.00	12	0.12
Pumpkinseed	Standard gill nets	1.50	3	0.10
White sucker	Standard gill nets	1.50	3	2.70
Largemouth bass	Standard gill nets	0.50	1	0.20

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.

Northern pike abundance good but size extremely small and growth rate very slow. Black crappie abundance is good with a variety of sizes present. Bluegill population is low.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, June 16, 1983.

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Fawn Lake (Crow Wing County, DOW 18030900)

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1983

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