Hungry Lake

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 03016600

DNR records show 9 stocking entries at Hungry Lake since 2016, most recently walleye fry in 2025 (180,000 fish).

• Hungry Lake has 9 DNR stocking records across 7 years (2016-2025): walleye (9).
• The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 1,086,393 fish on record.
• Maximum depth 60 ft; surface area 244 acres, 180 littoral acres, 4.5 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 11.4 ft.
• Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, shorthead redhorse, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch.
• 1 public access on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: June 23, 2025 (standard survey).
• Becker County, nearest town Frazee; DNR lake number (DOW) 03016600.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/21/1967 (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.

Hungry Lake is a 240-acre, class 29 lake located in south central Becker County. It remains relatively undeveloped with approximately eight homes or cabins along its shoreline based on 2024 satellite imagery. A standard fisheries survey was completed in June 2025 to assess the fish populations in Hungry Lake. Anglers will find a moderately abundant number of Northern Pike in Hungry Lake and these fish were good sized compared to other lakes in the Detroit Lakes work area. The catch rate of 14.7 Northern Pike per net in the 2025 survey was higher than the lake average. The average size of the pike captured was 24.5 inches and the longest was 30 inches. About 65% of the pike were longer than 24 inches. Walleye numbers continue to be very low at the lake with only two Walleyes sampled, however these fish averaged 25 inches. Bluegill numbers were high for the lake but most of the fish were small. Only a handful of fish over eight inches were caught and 72% of the fish were less than seven inches. The longest Bluegill measured was just below nine inches. Black Crappie and Largemouth Bass were captured in low numbers in the trap nets, which is often the case with this sampling gear. Black Crappie up to 10.5 inches were measured and Largemouth Bass up to 19 inches were captured. Other fish species sampled were Brown and Yellow Bullhead, Golden Shiner, hybrid sunfish, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, June 23, 2025.

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