George Lake (Kandiyohi County)

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 34014200

DNR records show 18 stocking entries at George Lake (Kandiyohi County) since 2016, most recently walleye adults in 2025 (66 fish).

• George Lake (Kandiyohi County) has 18 DNR stocking records across 8 years (2016-2025): walleye (18).
• The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 9,252 fish on record.
• Maximum depth 34 ft; surface area 228 acres, 112 littoral acres, 2.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 13.7 ft.
• Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, walleye, and 3 more.
• 1 public access on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: May 7, 2025 (targeted survey).
• Kandiyohi County, nearest town Spicer; DNR lake number (DOW) 34014200.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/29/1970 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2025

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 was conducted on George Lake during early May of 2025 as part of the ongoing statewide Quality Sunfish Initiative. Ten standard lake survey trapnets were set at historical stations to target Bluegill and Black Crappie. Special regulations for several area lakes (Nest, Long by Hawick, Diamond, George and Florida) currently entail reduced bag limits (i.e., 5 or 10 fish) for Sunfish or Crappie. Special regulations for George entail reduced bag limits of five Sunfish and five Crappie. 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). Trapnet sampling pre-spawn Bluegill and Black Crappie during early/mid-May is preferred to summer (June-August) netting for regulation evaluations. George is a small (231 acres), moderately deep (34 feet maximum), and low to moderately productive lake located in Kandiyohi County. The shoreline is composed of primarily residential homes (99 homes), in addition to hardwood trees, a bible camp and adjacent wetland areas. The immediate watershed is composed of residential homes, hardwood trees, wetlands, grasslands and agricultural row crops. Agricultural row crop inputs into George Lake are minimal. There are three small inlets that drain into George and an outlet that connects to Nest Lake during high water. The Nest Lake connection may flow either way depending upon water levels in both lakes. The water clarity was good on May 8, 2025 (secchi=10.0 feet). Total phosphorus was low (0.014 - 0.021 ppm) during May thru September of 2025. Water levels were slightly above normal during the early summer and normal by fall. Submergent vegetation species (muskgrass, various pondweeds, water moss, northern milfoil, bladderwort, and filamentous algae) are moderately abundant within the lake. Emergent vegetation is limited to small stands of hardstem bulrush along the northeast and southeast areas. Zebra Mussels were found in George during 2017. Shoalwater substrates consist mostly of sand, gravel, and rubble. George is a popular fishing lake for Bluegill, Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike. Quality Sunfish Initiative "QSI" was recently enacted during 2021. Catchability of various…

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, May 7, 2025.

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