Forest Lake (Hennepin County)
Hennepin County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 27013900
Forest Lake (Hennepin County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Forest Lake (Hennepin County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 42 ft; surface area 90 acres, 49 littoral acres, 2.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Hennepin County, nearest town Saga Hill; DNR lake number (DOW) 27013900.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| O | UKN | - Access via waterway from Lake Minnetonka. |
DNR fish survey, 1977
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 154.00 | 308 | 0.17 |
| Black bullhead | Standard trap nets | 16.00 | 32 | 0.50 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 12.00 | 24 | 0.21 |
| White crappie | Standard trap nets | 7.00 | 14 | 0.14 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 4.50 | 9 | 0.13 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 3.00 | 6 | 0.14 |
| Common carp | Standard trap nets | 1.50 | 3 | 2.08 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 2 | 2.50 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 18.00 | 18 | 0.71 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 15.00 | 15 | 0.33 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 11.00 | 11 | 0.23 |
| White crappie | Standard gill nets | 4.00 | 4 | 0.25 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 4.00 | 4 | 2.12 |
| White sucker | Standard gill nets | 2.00 | 2 | 1.88 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 1.00 | 1 | 0.60 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard gill nets | 1.00 | 1 | 0.10 |
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.
See report for all Northern and Western Bays and Appendix XVII.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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