Green Prairie Fish Lake
Morrison County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 49003500
DNR records show 6 stocking entries at Green Prairie Fish Lake since 2017, most recently walleye yearlings in 2024 (3,758 fish).
- Green Prairie Fish Lake has 6 DNR stocking records across 6 years (2017-2024): walleye (6).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 404,958 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 22 ft; surface area 182 acres, 82 littoral acres, 2.5 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 10.0 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, white sucker, and 2 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Morrison County, nearest town Randall; DNR lake number (DOW) 49003500.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Walleye1 | yearlings | 3,758 | 167.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fry | 100,000 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fry | 100,000 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | Walleye1 | yearlings | 1,200 | 40.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fry | 100,000 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | Walleye | fry | 100,000 | 0.9 |
1 fish purchased and stocked by private citizens and sporting groups.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | Access on SW side of lake |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Special trap nets | 42.00 | 504 | 0.15 |
| Pumpkinseed | Special trap nets | 5.08 | 61 | 0.20 |
| Yellow bullhead | Special trap nets | 2.75 | 33 | 0.15 |
| Black crappie | Special trap nets | 1.75 | 21 | 0.48 |
| Bowfin (dogfish) | Special trap nets | 1.25 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Special trap nets | 0.75 | 9 | 0.31 |
| Yellow perch | Special trap nets | 0.58 | 7 | 0.24 |
| Northern pike | Special trap nets | 0.42 | 5 | 0.39 |
| Black crappie | Standard electrofishing | 39.14 | 48 | 0.53 |
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.
Green Prairie Fish Lake is an 182-acre lake located approximately 6 miles east of Randall. The lake has a maximum depth of 22 feet with a variety of submerged, emergent, and floating-leaf vegetation near the shoreline. During 2025, the fishing pier located on the southwest side of the lake was extended out from shore to improve fishing opportunities. Spring trap netting was conducted as part of a targeted survey to evaluate the size structure of Bluegill during June 6-11, 2025. This sampling helps to determine if the population has changed following the implementation of a 10-fish bag limit on March 1, 2016. Spring trap netting has been used to survey the panfish on Green Prairie Fish since 2000 and will continue to be used to monitor long-term trends. Black Crappie were also targeted during this survey and were collected while spring trap netting and electrofishing. Otoliths were taken from Black Crappie to evaluate age and growth. Bluegill size structure goals for the Quality Sunfish Initiative include the persistent presence of fish at least 10 inches in length and at least 50% over 7 inches, 20% over 8 inches, and 5% over 9 inches. Other criteria used to measure the success of the reduced bag limit include mean size, catch rate of fish over 8 inches, and mean length of the top 10%. A total of 505 Bluegill were captured during 2025 and ranged in length from 1.7-9.1 inches (average = 5.8 inches). Fish measuring 10 inches or greater have been absent from all spring trap netting surveys. The current survey showed that 12% of fish were over 7 inches, 1% were over 8 inches, and 0.2% were over 9 inches. The mean length of the top 10% was 7.5 inches and the catch rate of fish over 8 inches was 0.4 fish/net. Lake management plan goals outside of the Quality Sunfish Initiative include maintaining a catch rate of at least 25 fish/net and having at least 25% of the catch exceed 7 inches during spring trap net surveys. In 2025, the catch rate goal was achieved, but the size structure goal was not. Aging data were not collected during 2025, but age analysis from 2017 provided evidence of slow growth. Poor growth is likely limiting the potential for Bluegill to reach larger sizes even if the regulation is reducing the harvest of larger (and older) individuals. A total of 69 Black Crappie were captured while electrofishing and trap netting, ranging in size from 3.8-11.3 inches (mean = 9.5). The management goal of maintaining 50% of the catch over 9 inches was met during 2025 with 86% over 9 inches. All age groups from 1-5 were present with age-4 fish being the…
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