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Little Bass Lake (Beltrami County)

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 04011000

DNR records show 2 stocking entries at Little Bass Lake (Beltrami County) since 2019, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2024 (2,500 fish).

Little Bass Lake (Beltrami County) has 2 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2019-2024): walleye (2).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 4,600 fish on record.
Maximum depth 22 ft; surface area 363 acres, 288 littoral acres, 5.0 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 15, 1990 (standard survey).
Beltrami County, nearest town Lavinia (Beltrami); DNR lake number (DOW) 04011000.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2024	Walleye¹	fingerlings	2,500	113.6
2019	Walleye¹	fingerlings	2,100	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.

Public accesses

Type	Owner	Where
O	UKN	- NONE

DNR fish survey, 1990

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	24.12	193	0.09
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	5.25	42	0.11
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	2.12	17	1.19
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	1.62	13	2.25
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	1.50	12	0.13
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	1.38	11	0.23
Brown bullhead	Standard trap nets	0.38	3	0.93
Rock bass	Standard trap nets	0.38	3	0.87
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	21.25	85	2.29
Bluegill	Standard gill nets	19.00	76	0.18
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	18.00	72	0.13
Pumpkinseed	Standard gill nets	11.50	46	0.10
Black crappie	Standard gill nets	4.75	19	0.24
Largemouth bass	Standard gill nets	4.25	17	1.69
Walleye	Standard gill nets	1.00	4	5.00
Rock bass	Standard gill nets	0.75	3	0.97

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.

THE LAKE HAS NOT BEEN SURVEYED FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS. HOWEVER, NORTHERN PIKE HAVE EXHIBITED A HIGH RECRUITMENT OVER THE YEARS AND NOW HAVE DOMI NATED THE POPULATION. THE OTHER SPECIES, YEP, BLC , BLG, ARE TYPICAL OF THIS LAKE CLASSIFICATION AND ARE PRESENT IN NUMBERS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS OBSERV ED DURING THE LAST SURVEY. THE WALLEYE FOUND PRES ENT IN THE LAKE WERE MOST LIKELY INTRODUCED BY LOC AL RESIDENTS.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 15, 1990.

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

Little Bass Lake (Beltrami County)

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1990

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