Knight Lake

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 11008700

DNR records show 2 stocking entries at Knight Lake since 2020, most recently largemouth bass fingerlings in 2021 (960 fish).

Knight Lake has 2 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2020-2021): largemouth bass (1), bluegill sunfish (1).
The most-stocked species by count is bluegill sunfish: 1,500 fish on record.
Maximum depth 17 ft; surface area 131 acres, 100 littoral acres, 2.1 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: July 10, 1989 (standard survey).
Cass County, nearest town Remer; DNR lake number (DOW) 11008700.

Depth map

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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
2021	Largemouth Bass¹	fingerlings	960	16.0
2020	Bluegill Sunfish¹	adults	1,500	150.0

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.

Public accesses

Type	Owner	Where
O	UKN	- NONE

DNR fish survey, 1989

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	37.00	74	2.26
Bluegill	Standard gill nets	36.50	73	0.15
Pumpkinseed	Standard gill nets	7.50	15	0.13
Black crappie	Standard gill nets	6.00	12	0.24
Largemouth bass	Standard gill nets	3.00	6	1.38
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	1.00	2	0.10
Brown bullhead	Standard gill nets	0.50	1	0.40
Hybrid sunfish	Standard gill nets	0.50	1	0.50
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	37.00	296	0.16
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	10.50	84	0.16
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	2.12	17	2.37
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	1.12	9	0.29
Hybrid sunfish	Standard trap nets	0.75	6	0.40
Brown bullhead	Standard trap nets	0.25	2	1.90
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	0.12	1	0.10
Rock bass	Standard trap nets	0.12	1	0.20

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.

NORTHERN PIKE ABUNDANCE IS AT VERY HIGH LEVELS. GROWTH RATES OF THESE FISH ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE. YELLOW PERCH NUMBERS ARE AT LOW LEVELS POSSIBLY DUE TO PREDATION BY NORTHERN PIKE. BLUE- GILL HAVE RESPONDED BY INCREASING TO RELATIVELY HIGH LEVELS OF 36.5/GILLNET AND 37.0/TRAPNET.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, July 10, 1989.

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Stocking rows, depths, accesses and survey figures are Minnesota DNR LakeFinder data as of 2026-09-02; contours are the DNR bathymetric survey. Regulations, slot limits and special rules are on the DNR page linked above, not here.

Knight Lake

Depth map

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1989

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