Florida Lake
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 34021700
DNR records show 21 stocking entries at Florida Lake since 2017, most recently walleye yearlings in 2025 (993 fish).
- Florida Lake has 21 DNR stocking records across 6 years (2017-2025): walleye (20), yellow perch (1).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 1,064,864 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 40 ft; surface area 705 acres, 267 littoral acres, 4.4 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 9.7 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, common carp, freshwater drum, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, and 6 more.
- 2 public accesses on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Kandiyohi County, nearest town Spicer; DNR lake number (DOW) 34021700.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 9/6/1962 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye | yearlings | 993 | 371.0 |
| 2025 | Walleye | fry | 286,356 | 2.8 |
| 2025 | Walleye | fingerlings | 616 | 91.0 |
| 2025 | Walleye | adults | 101 | 128.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | adults | 9 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | yearlings | 4 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fingerlings | 4,828 | 653.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fingerlings | 11,078 | 501.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | adults | 10 | 10.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fry | 201,248 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | Walleye | yearlings | 160 | 34.0 |
| 2023 | Yellow Perch | yearlings | 847 | 154.0 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fingerlings | 1,864 | 290.0 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fingerlings | 1,981 | 461.0 |
| 2021 | Walleye | adults | 174 | 74.5 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fry | 267,702 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 1,350 | 45.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | adults | 126 | 28.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 11,271 | 1,115.0 |
| 2017 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 18,170 | 1,068.8 |
| 2017 | Walleye | fry | 256,823 | 2.8 |
2 fish purchased by the DNR for stocking.
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 | North side of lake. - Parking lot, dock, portable bathroom and turn around. |
| O | Minnesota DNR | Fishing platform/gravel pier located on the northwest corner of the lake at the outlet. - Public access on west side of dike and platform only. |
DNR fish survey, 2024
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 19.00 | 76 | 2.01 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 13.25 | 53 | 1.77 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 6.25 | 25 | 1.04 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 5.50 | 22 | 0.15 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 4.50 | 18 | 0.08 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard gill nets | 3.75 | 15 | 0.90 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 3.50 | 14 | 1.21 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 1.25 | 5 | 0.89 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 13.80 | 138 | 0.19 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 2.60 | 26 | 2.29 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 1.50 | 15 | 2.20 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 1.50 | 15 | 0.20 |
| Freshwater drum | Standard trap nets | 1.20 | 12 | 2.75 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 0.80 | 8 | 1.50 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 0.80 | 8 | 0.52 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 0.60 | 6 | 0.28 |
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 of Lake Florida was conducted in July of 2024. 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). Special regulations for several area lakes (Nest, Long (Hawick, Minnesota), Diamond, George and Florida) currently entail reduced bag limits (i.e., 5 or 10 fish) for Sunfish or Crappie. Special regulations for Florida entail reduced bag limits of ten fish for Sunfish. Florida is a moderately sized (705 acres), moderately deep (40 feet maximum), and low to moderately productive lake located in Kandiyohi County. Two public access sites are present on Florida with one boat ramp along the north side (DNR) and one shore fishing site on the west side. The shore fishing site is located on the west side of the outlet dike area (DNR owned). A concrete shore fishing structure was installed at this site in 2009. Residential development has occurred throughout the entire shoreline area with the exception of a small portion of the south side. There are approximately 220 homes (2010 survey) and one resort. Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center is located near the southeast shoreline area. The immediate shoreline area is mostly residential development with lesser amounts of wetlands and hardwoods. The surrounding watershed consists of marshlands, croplands, and hardwoods with some pasture and grasslands. Florida is connected to several periodic winterkill (Florida Slough Lake, Crook) and non-winterkill lakes (Norway, Games, Andrew) via Shakopee Creek. The outlet is a fixed concrete sill with a swinging metal finger barrier. It flows into the wetland/creek complex known as the Florida Sloughs on the southwest corner of the lake. It can also act as an inlet depending upon corresponding water levels in Shakopee Creek and Florida. Shakopee Creek outflows from Lake Andrew through the Florida Sloughs, several other shallow basins and eventually into the Chippewa River. Water levels were above normal during 2024 survey. Emergent vegetation (bulrush) is sparse in Florida. Dissolved oxygen was above 4.0 ppm at depths down to 24 feet. Water clarity was good (secchi reading=9.0 feet) during the July survey. Submergent and macro algae…
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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