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Little Coyote Lake

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 69002100

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

Little Coyote Lake has 2 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2017-2020): walleye (2).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 3,350 fish on record.
Maximum depth 15 ft; surface area 28 acres, 28 littoral acres, 1.0 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 11, 1997 (standard survey).
St. Louis County, nearest town Rollins; DNR lake number (DOW) 69002100.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2020	Walleye¹	fingerlings	2,500	100.0
2017	Walleye¹	fingerlings	850	50.0

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
Common shiner	Survey seining	193.00	193	0.00
Yellow perch	Survey seining	71.00	71	0.00
White sucker	Survey seining	36.00	36	0.00
Blacknose shiner	Survey seining	27.00	27	0.00
Largemouth bass	Survey seining	3.00	3	0.00
Johnny darter	Survey seining	3.00	3	0.00
Mottled sculpin	Survey seining	2.00	2	0.00
Rock bass	Survey seining	1.00	1	0.00
White sucker	Standard gill nets	5.00	5	2.62
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	4.00	4	5.51
Walleye	Standard gill nets	2.00	2	2.99
Yellow perch	Standard gill nets	2.00	2	0.07
Largemouth bass	Standard gill nets	1.00	1	1.90
White sucker	Standard trap nets	2.25	18	4.21
Walleye	Standard trap nets	1.75	14	2.46
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	1.12	9	0.08
Northern pike	Standard trap nets	0.88	7	4.06
Rock bass	Standard trap nets	0.88	7	0.43
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	0.25	2	0.67
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	0.12	1	0.14

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.

Little Coyote is a 40 acre lake located 4 miles south of Rollins, MN off County #131. Little Coyote does not have a public access across land, however, it may be accessed up Coyote Creek from King Lake. Maximum depth is 15 feet. No previous fish population investigations have been completed on Little Coyote Lake. Fish species identified from the survey include walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, white sucker, blacknose shiner, common shiner, mottled sculpin, and johnny darter. Walleye and northern pike were both identified as having good size structure and fast growth rates. Yellow perch size structure was poor and growth rates were slow.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 11, 1997.

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Little Coyote Lake

Stocking history

DNR fish survey, 1997

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