Kabekona Lake
Hubbard County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 29007500
DNR records show 4 stocking entries at Kabekona Lake since 2016, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2024 (19,134 fish).
- Kabekona Lake has 4 DNR stocking records across 4 years (2016-2024): walleye (4).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 49,557 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 133 ft, mean depth 53 ft; surface area 2,433 acres, 532 littoral acres, 10.2 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 11.7 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brook trout, brown bullhead, burbot, hybrid sunfish, lake whitefish, largemouth bass, northern pike, northern sunfish, and 8 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Hubbard County, nearest town Laporte; DNR lake number (DOW) 29007500.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 8/9/1962 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 19,134 | 1,063.0 |
| 2022 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 11,660 | 530.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 8,163 | 530.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye2 | fingerlings | 10,600 | 530.0 |
2 fish purchased by the DNR for stocking.
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 | county | West end of lake off Highway 64. |
DNR fish survey, 2024
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMS | 50-ft beach seine | 109.59 | 2,411 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 40.55 | 892 | 0.00 |
| Spottail shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 31.09 | 684 | 0.00 |
| Common shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 27.14 | 597 | 0.00 |
| BKF | 50-ft beach seine | 19.55 | 430 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | 50-ft beach seine | 14.41 | 317 | 0.00 |
| White sucker | 50-ft beach seine | 11.00 | 242 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | 50-ft beach seine | 7.86 | 173 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 15-ft beach seine | 30.00 | 60 | 0.00 |
| LES | 15-ft beach seine | 16.50 | 33 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 15-ft beach seine | 15.00 | 30 | 0.00 |
| BKF | 15-ft beach seine | 5.50 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 5.00 | 10 | 0.00 |
| Rock bass | 15-ft beach seine | 5.00 | 10 | 0.00 |
| Logperch | 15-ft beach seine | 4.50 | 9 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 15-ft beach seine | 4.00 | 8 | 0.00 |
| MMS | Backpack electrofishing | 21.26 | 65 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | Backpack electrofishing | 14.72 | 45 | 0.00 |
| Rock bass | Backpack electrofishing | 8.83 | 27 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | Backpack electrofishing | 8.18 | 25 | 0.00 |
| Tadpole madtom | Backpack electrofishing | 5.56 | 17 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | Backpack electrofishing | 4.58 | 14 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 4.25 | 13 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | Backpack electrofishing | 3.93 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 2.80 | 42 | 0.28 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 1.67 | 25 | 0.09 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 1.20 | 18 | 0.08 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 1.07 | 16 | 3.24 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 0.47 | 7 | 0.37 |
| Bowfin (dogfish) | Standard trap nets | 0.33 | 5 | 4.64 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.33 | 5 | 0.07 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.20 | 3 | 0.25 |
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 of nearshore fish species in Kabekona Lake was conducted on July 11-17, 2024, by Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) Program staff. Sampling sites were evenly spaced around the lake, and each was sampled by backpack electrofishing and seining with a 50-foot or 15-foot seine, where possible. Backpack electrofishing was completed at 24 sampling stations. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample 22 stations, and a 15-foot seine was used at two stations. Nearshore sampling captured 28 species of fish including 11 species that are intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Banded Killifish, Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Shiner, Iowa Darter, Logperch, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Northern Sunfish, Pugnose Shiner, Rock Bass, and Smallmouth Bass) and one that is tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Fathead Minnow). A concurrent summer trap net survey was also conducted by IBI Program staff. Fifteen trap nets were set along the shoreline in locations that encompassed multiple habitat types. Trap net sampling captured 11 species of fish, including one that is intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Rock Bass). Rock Bass and Yellow Perch comprised a majority of the catch by number, whereas Walleye and Bowfin comprised a majority by biomass. The nearshore and trap net were combined with gill net data from a June 2023 survey to describe the fish community and provide a fish-based IBI (FIBI) score. The FIBI uses fish community data to measure a lake's health, and the types of fish species present can help identify any stressors that may be negatively affecting the lake environment. In Minnesota lakes, certain fish species cannot survive without clean water and a healthy habitat (e.g., Blackchin Shiner, Iowa Darter, and Rock Bass), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., Fathead Minnow and Common Carp). The FIBI score, composed of several fish community diversity and composition metrics, indicates the overall health of a lake by comparing it to what is expected for a healthy lake. For additional information on the FIBI, search for "lake index of biological integrity" on the mndnr.gov website. Results from this survey provide evidence that the fish community in Kabekona Lake is healthy as indicated by an FIBI score that exceeds the exceptional use threshold determined for similar lakes. These results are similar to previous findings, which indicated that Kabekona Lake is fully supporting aquatic life. The survey results will be considered when the biological health of the lake is assessed during the Leech Lake River Watershed assessment process…
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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