Gervais Mill Pond

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 62027200

DNR records show 5 stocking entries at Gervais Mill Pond since 2016, most recently tiger muskellunge fry in 2022 (12,200 fish).

• Gervais Mill Pond has 5 DNR stocking records across 4 years (2016-2022): bluegill sunfish (3), tiger muskellunge (1), walleye (1).
• The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 200,000 fish on record.
• Maximum depth 12 ft; surface area 6 acres, 6 littoral acres, 0.8 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, bluegill, hybrid sunfish.
• 1 public access on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: July 16, 2013 (standard survey).
• Ramsey County, nearest town Little Canada; DNR lake number (DOW) 62027200.

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2013

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.

Gervais Mill Pond was created in 1994 when a stream bed and surrounding wetland was excavated to provide better water quality to Gervais Lake. The pond is 7 acres in surface area and has a maximum depth of 12 feet. Located in Edgewater Park, City of Little Canada, the pond provides the public with not only a place to go fishing but also walking trails with interpretive signage about the native plantings surrounding the pond. The pond has been stocked with panfish annually since 1995 and gamefish such as Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike and Walleye have been stocked sporadically. The 2013 survey found a very low abundance of fish in Gervais Mill Pond, with only 23 fish being sampled. Twenty of these fish were Black Bullheads, two hybrid sunfish and one Bluegill. This low catch is attributable to a winterkill event that occurred in the 2012-13 winter season. Numerous dead Common Carp were observed in the spring of 2013 around the pond following a high water event at ice-out when water backed up in the pond raising the levels four to six feet above normal. Winterkill is somewhat common in this basin with documented kills occurring in 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013. The sampling of only three sunfish is curious based on the stocking of 588 sunfish in the spring of 2013. Past surveys in 2002 and 1997 sampled 42 Bluegill and 181 respectively. Annual spring stocking numbers will be increased in response to this low catch rate.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, July 16, 2013.

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