Latoka Lake
Douglas County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 21010600
DNR records show 17 stocking entries at Latoka Lake since 2016, most recently walleye fry in 2025 (538,000 fish).
- Latoka Lake has 17 DNR stocking records across 9 years (2016-2025): walleye (17).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 1,917,809 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 108 ft, mean depth 42 ft; surface area 767 acres, 269 littoral acres, 8.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 14.0 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), common carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, shorthead redhorse, smallmouth bass, and 4 more.
- 2 public accesses on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Douglas County, nearest town Alexandria; DNR lake number (DOW) 21010600.
Depth map
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye | fry | 538,000 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | Walleye1 | fingerlings | 6,456 | 538.0 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fry | 538,000 | 4.9 |
| 2022 | Walleye1 | fingerlings | 2,690 | 269.0 |
| 2022 | Walleye | fry | 269,000 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fry | 269,000 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | Walleye1 | fingerlings | 4,842 | 269.0 |
| 2020 | Walleye1 | fingerlings | 8,070 | 269.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fry | 19,000 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | Walleye1 | fingerlings | 9,415 | 269.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fry | 250,000 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fingerlings | 94 | 9.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | yearlings | 1,123 | 631.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fingerlings | 150 | 10.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | yearlings | 936 | 304.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye | yearlings | 246 | 123.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye | adults | 787 | 684.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | Located on north side off Latoka Beach Road NW |
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | Located on north central side of Little Latoka off Vonderheide Drive SW |
DNR fish survey, 2022
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 167.00 | 1,336 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 102.38 | 819 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 50-ft beach seine | 20.38 | 163 | 0.00 |
| Spottail shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 13.12 | 105 | 0.00 |
| BKF | 50-ft beach seine | 10.12 | 81 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 50-ft beach seine | 5.25 | 42 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 3.38 | 27 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 3.00 | 24 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 49.50 | 77 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 29.57 | 46 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 28.93 | 45 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | Backpack electrofishing | 7.07 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | Backpack electrofishing | 6.43 | 10 | 0.00 |
| BKF | Backpack electrofishing | 3.86 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 3.21 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | Backpack electrofishing | 1.93 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 44.58 | 535 | 0.12 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 14.58 | 175 | 0.13 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 9.42 | 113 | 0.19 |
| Green sunfish | Standard trap nets | 2.58 | 31 | 0.07 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 0.58 | 7 | 0.10 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.58 | 7 | 0.79 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 0.50 | 6 | 2.28 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 0.50 | 6 | 0.10 |
| Bluegill | 15-ft beach seine | 22.17 | 133 | 0.00 |
| Blacknose shiner | 15-ft beach seine | 13.00 | 78 | 0.00 |
| Spottail shiner | 15-ft beach seine | 9.50 | 57 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | 15-ft beach seine | 9.00 | 54 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 15-ft beach seine | 8.00 | 48 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 5.83 | 35 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 5.00 | 30 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | 15-ft beach seine | 4.50 | 27 | 0.00 |
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.
A targeted survey of nearshore fish species in Latoka Lake was conducted on July 18-20, 2022, by DNR 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 all 14 sampling stations. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample eight stations and a 15-foot seine was used at six stations. Nearshore sampling captured 18 species of fish including seven species that are intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Banded Killifish, Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Shiner, Iowa Darter, Pugnose Shiner, Rock Bass, and Smallmouth Bass) and one that is tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Green Sunfish). A summer trap net survey was also conducted by IBI Program staff on July 18-20, 2022. Twelve trap nets were set along the shoreline in locations that encompassed multiple habitat types. Trap net sampling captured 12 species of fish, including two that are tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Common Carp and Green Sunfish). The nearshore and trap net were combined with h gill net data from a 2021 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., Banded Killifish, Blacknose Shiner, and Blackchin Shiner), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., Fathead Minnow, Black Bullhead, and Green Sunfish). 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 indicate that the fish community in Latoka Lake is healthy as indicated by an FIBI score that is above the general use threshold determined for similar lakes. Data from this survey will contribute biological information about the health of the fish community to the Long Prairie River Watershed assessment process in coordination with MN Pollution Control Agency.
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