Leavitt Lake
Cass County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 11003700
DNR records show 1 stocking entry at Leavitt Lake since 2025, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2025 (760 fish).
- Leavitt Lake has 1 DNR stocking record across 1 year (2025-2025): walleye (1).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 760 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 60 ft; surface area 122 acres, 38 littoral acres, 3.8 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 5.0 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, rock bass, tullibee (cisco), and 3 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Cass County, nearest town Mae; DNR lake number (DOW) 11003700.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 3/10/1938 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye1 | fingerlings | 760 | 38.0 |
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 | Southwest side of lake off Co. Rd. 58. |
DNR fish survey, 2023
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 33.80 | 338 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 17.70 | 177 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 4.40 | 44 | 0.00 |
| Black crappie | 50-ft beach seine | 4.30 | 43 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 2.90 | 29 | 0.00 |
| BCS | 50-ft beach seine | 2.30 | 23 | 0.00 |
| Rock bass | 50-ft beach seine | 1.20 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Blacknose shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 0.90 | 9 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 12.60 | 14 | 0.00 |
| Rock bass | Backpack electrofishing | 7.20 | 8 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 6.30 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | Backpack electrofishing | 6.30 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | Backpack electrofishing | 0.90 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Tadpole madtom | Backpack electrofishing | 0.90 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 0.90 | 1 | 0.00 |
| LES | Backpack electrofishing | 0.90 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 3.89 | 35 | 0.17 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 0.56 | 5 | 0.45 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 0.56 | 5 | 0.25 |
| Bowfin (dogfish) | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 2.38 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.22 | 2 | 1.60 |
| Green sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.11 | 1 | 0.06 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.11 | 1 | 0.07 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 0.11 | 1 | 0.32 |
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 Leavitt Lake was conducted on July 5-6, 2023, 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 seine. Nearshore sampling captured fourteen species of fish including four species that are intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Shiner, Rock Bass, and Northern Sunfish) and zero that are tolerant of disturbance. A concurrent summer trap net survey was also conducted by IBI Program staff. Nine trap nets were set along the shoreline in locations that encompassed multiple habitat types. Trap net sampling captured eight species of fish, including one that is intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Rock Bass) and one that is tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Green Sunfish). Bowfin and Bluegill comprised a majority of the catch by biomass, but overall catches were very light. The nearshore and trap net data were combined with gill net data from the week of June 13, 2022 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, Least Darter, and Rock Bass), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., 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. IBI Program staff also conducted an assessment of lakeshore habitat on September 26, 2023, following the Score the Shore survey protocols. The assessment consisted of 30 survey sites evenly spaced 200 meters around the lake. Assessments were made in three habitat zones: Shoreline Zone (the shore-water interface to the top of the natural bank), Shoreland Zone (land-ward from shoreline to development structure or 100 feet), and Aquatic Zone (lake-ward 50 feet of shoreline). The average lakewide habitat score was 70.8 (+/- 4.0) out of 100 possible. A score of 70.8 indicates the lakewide shoreline condition is moderate overall. Approximately 73 percent of the sites were developed, with a mean score of 63.9 (+/- 4.6)…
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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