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Johannes Lake

Otter Tail County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 56039100

DNR records show 1 stocking entry at Johannes Lake since 2024, most recently walleye fry in 2024 (50,000 fish).

Johannes Lake has 1 DNR stocking record across 1 year (2024-2024): walleye (1).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 50,000 fish on record.
Maximum depth 46 ft; surface area 134 acres, 85 littoral acres, 2.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 13, 1975 (standard survey).
Otter Tail County, nearest town Dalton; DNR lake number (DOW) 56039100.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2024	Walleye¹	fry	50,000	0.4

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.

DNR fish survey, 1975

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Green sunfish	Standard trap nets	429.50	2,577	0.07
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	5.33	32	0.13
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	2.33	14	0.14
White sucker	Standard trap nets	0.33	2	2.50
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	0.17	1	1.75
Green sunfish	Standard gill nets	133.50	267	0.07
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	13.50	27	0.12
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	11.50	23	2.29
Walleye	Standard gill nets	0.50	1	3.00

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.

Test-netting data indicate above average catches of northern pike, yellow perch, and largemouth bass. Walleye are present but in very low numbers.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 13, 1975.

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Johannes Lake

Stocking history

DNR fish survey, 1975

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