Fuller Lake (Todd County)

Todd County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 77009500

Fuller Lake (Todd County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.

• Fuller Lake (Todd County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of September 2, 2026.
• Maximum depth 47 ft; surface area 52 acres, 28 littoral acres, 1.2 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Fish species DNR lists here: bigmouth buffalo, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, white sucker, yellow bullhead.
• 1 public access on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: June 1, 2022 (targeted survey).
• Todd County, nearest town Ward Springs; DNR lake number (DOW) 77009500.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/2/1969 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2022

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.

Fuller Lake received a survey using four trap nets fished over two nights to specifically target Bluegill and Black Crappie in early June 2022. The last time a panfish-targeted survey was completed was in 2015. Standard survey trap netting typically involves net placement during the summer months at the same time gill nets are used. Because panfish occupy near-shore habitat during the spring, early-season netting targets panfish in the shallows and sample sizes increase, allowing better data interpretation. We captured a total of 165 Bluegills averaging 7.5 inches in length. There are good numbers (35 percent of the sample) of Bluegills over 8 inches, better than many lakes in the Little Falls Management Area. Maximum length measured was 9.1 inches. It takes about seven years for Bluegills to reach 8 inches in Fuller Lake. For crappies, we caught a total of 75; average size was 8.6 inches and maximum length was 12.7 inches. Sixteen percent of the sample measured 10 inches or greater. Crappie data from 2015 are variable by comparison - average length was 8.9 inches and maximum length was 11.3 inches. It takes about seven years for crappies in Fuller Lake to reach 10 inches. Other species sampled during this targeted survey include 13 Bigmouth Buffalo (15-inch mean length), Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Pumpkinseed and White Sucker. Bluegill, Black Crappie and Bigmouth Buffalo comprised over 95 percent of the total catch. Anglers and canoeists or kayakers can enjoy quietness in a natural setting on Fuller Lake because it's small in size and not affected too much by strong winds. A short, upstream navigation from Todd County Road 98 is required. The shoreline has very little residential development, water clarity is very good and there is an abundance of submerged, floating-leaf and emergent vegetation.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, June 1, 2022.

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