King Lake

St. Louis County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 69000800

DNR records show 2 stocking entries at King Lake since 2017, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2020 (2,500 fish).

King Lake has 2 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2017-2020): walleye (2).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 4,200 fish on record.
Maximum depth 8 ft, mean depth 3 ft; surface area 318 acres, 318 littoral acres, 5.5 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 4, 1997 (standard survey).
St. Louis County, nearest town Rollins; DNR lake number (DOW) 69000800.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2020	Walleye¹	fingerlings	2,500	100.0
2017	Walleye¹	fingerlings	1,700	100.0

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, 1997

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
White sucker	Standard gill nets	35.50	71	2.28
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	12.50	25	2.36
Walleye	Standard gill nets	7.50	15	1.22
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	7.50	15	0.14
Rock bass	Standard gill nets	1.50	3	0.43
Pumpkinseed	Standard gill nets	0.50	1	0.38
Spottail shiner	Survey seining	24.67	74	0.00
Yellow perch	Survey seining	18.67	56	0.00
White sucker	Survey seining	8.00	24	0.00
Largemouth bass	Survey seining	3.33	10	0.00
Johnny darter	Survey seining	1.33	4	0.00
Emerald shiner	Survey seining	0.67	2	0.00
Blacknose shiner	Survey seining	0.67	2	0.00
Rock bass	Survey seining	0.33	1	0.00
White sucker	Standard trap nets	14.50	174	2.34
Rock bass	Standard trap nets	3.83	46	0.72
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	1.42	17	0.10
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	1.25	15	3.11
Walleye	Standard trap nets	0.33	4	1.86
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	0.33	4	0.42
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	0.17	2	3.89
Common shiner	Standard trap nets	0.08	1	0.21

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.

King is a 293 acre lake located 4 miles south of Rollins, MN off county #266. Stewart has difficult access from the Rossini Trail across a minimum maintenance road to the south side of the lake. Maximum depth is 8 feet and 99% of the lake is shallower than 15 feet. Walleye abundance indexed with assessment nets was 7.5 per lift in 1997. This index value was above average compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type. Fifty eight percent of the walleye sampled in the 1997 survey were longer than 15 inches and the mean length was 14.8 inches. Growth rates were fast with walleye reaching 16.3 inches at age IV. Northern pike abundance index of 12.5 per lift was also high compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type. Size structure was good with 63% of sampled pike longer than 21 inches and a mean length of 21.9 inches. Northern pike length at age IV of 20.1 inches was fast compared to other populations sampled in the Duluth Area. Yellow perch abundance index of 7.5 per lift was average compared to other Minnesota lakes of similar type. Size structure was poor with only 18% of sampled perch longer than 8 inches and a mean length of 7.0 inches. Other fish species sampled during the 1997 survey include largemouth bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, white sucker, rockbass, blacknose shiner, emerald shiner, spottail shiner, common shiner, Iowa darter and johnny darter.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 4, 1997.

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King Lake

Stocking history

DNR fish survey, 1997

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