Fish Lake (Scott County)
Scott County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 70006900
DNR records show 8 stocking entries at Fish Lake (Scott County) since 2018, most recently walleye yearlings in 2025 (240 fish).
- Fish Lake (Scott County) has 8 DNR stocking records across 5 years (2018-2025): walleye (8).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 6,586 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 28 ft; surface area 176 acres, 74 littoral acres, 2.3 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 3.5 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, common carp, green sunfish, hybrid crappie, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, white crappie, and 3 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Scott County, nearest town Prior Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 70006900.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 9/17/1981 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye | yearlings | 240 | 120.0 |
| 2025 | Walleye | adults | 5 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fingerlings | 246 | 82.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fingerlings | 198 | 46.0 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fingerlings | 1,441 | 43.3 |
| 2021 | Walleye1 | fingerlings | 1,000 | 50.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 2,838 | 86.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | yearlings | 618 | 95.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | - MN DNR Parks and Trails owned access with gravel lot and concrete plank ramp |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 172.20 | 861 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | 50-ft beach seine | 25.80 | 129 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 23.40 | 117 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 20.20 | 101 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 13.60 | 68 | 0.00 |
| BCS | 50-ft beach seine | 2.80 | 14 | 0.00 |
| Black crappie | 50-ft beach seine | 1.40 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 50-ft beach seine | 1.40 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | 15-ft beach seine | 47.25 | 189 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 15-ft beach seine | 3.00 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 1.75 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | 15-ft beach seine | 1.50 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | 15-ft beach seine | 0.75 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Black crappie | 15-ft beach seine | 0.75 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 0.25 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 41.37 | 52 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 14.32 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 4.77 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | Backpack electrofishing | 1.59 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 1.59 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Yellow bullhead | Backpack electrofishing | 0.80 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | Backpack electrofishing | 0.80 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | Backpack electrofishing | 0.80 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 19.00 | 171 | 0.24 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 2.11 | 19 | 0.30 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 1.78 | 16 | 0.23 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 1.44 | 13 | 0.17 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 1.22 | 11 | 0.72 |
| White crappie | Standard trap nets | 0.67 | 6 | 0.69 |
| Golden shiner | Standard trap nets | 0.56 | 5 | 0.08 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 0.54 |
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 targeted survey of nearshore fish species in Fish Lake was conducted on July 14- 15, 2025, by Lake Biological Monitoring and Assessment Program (LBMA) staff. Sampling sites were evenly spaced around the lake, and each was sampled by backpack electrofishing and seining with a 50-foot or 15-foot seine, where possible. Backpack electrofishing was completed at 10 sampling stations. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample five stations, and a 15-foot seine was used at four stations. One station was not seined due to extremely dense vegetation. Nearshore sampling captured 13 species of fish including two species that are intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Blackchin Shiner and Iowa Darter) and one species that is tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Green Sunfish). A concurrent summer trap net survey was also conducted by LBMA staff. Nine trap nets were set along the shoreline in locations that encompassed multiple habitat types. Trap net sampling captured 10 species of fish, including two that are tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Green Sunfish and Common Carp). Bluegill comprised a majority of the catch by number and by biomass. The nearshore and trap net data were combined with gill net data from a June 2024 survey to describe the fish community and provide a fish- based IBI (FIBI) score. The FIBI uses fish community data to measure a lake's health, and the types of fish species present can help identify any stressors that may be negatively affecting the lake environment. In Minnesota lakes, certain fish species cannot survive without clean water and a healthy habitat (e.g., Blackchin Shiner, Iowa Darter, and Rock Bass), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., Green Sunfish and Common Carp). The FIBI score, composed of several fish community diversity and composition metrics, indicates the overall health of a lake by comparing it to what is expected for a healthy lake. For additional information on the FIBI search for "lake index of biological integrity" on the mndnr.gov web site. Results from this survey suggest that Fish Lake is near the impairment threshold for aquatic life use determined for similar lakes. These results are similar to previous findings which found that Fish Lake is vulnerable to impairment and may be adversely impacted by stressors. The survey results will be considered when the biological health of the lake is assessed during the Lower Minnesota River watershed assessment process, which will be completed in coordination with MN Pollution Control Agency. You can help protect the fish community in Fish Lake by…
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