Long Lake (Meeker County)
Meeker County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 47002600
Long Lake (Meeker County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Long Lake (Meeker County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 28 ft; surface area 164 acres, 107 littoral acres, 3.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 9.2 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, yellow bullhead, yellow perch.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Meeker County, nearest town Dassel; DNR lake number (DOW) 47002600.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | county | South end of lake, in county park. |
DNR fish survey, 2018
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 117.78 | 1,060 | 0.03 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 15.89 | 143 | 0.16 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 11.44 | 103 | 0.66 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 1.78 | 16 | 0.20 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.56 | 5 | 2.30 |
| Green sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.22 | 2 | 0.14 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 0.22 | 2 | 0.30 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard trap nets | 0.11 | 1 | 1.02 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 39.83 | 239 | 0.62 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 16.00 | 96 | 0.10 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 10.83 | 65 | 2.70 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard gill nets | 4.17 | 25 | 0.18 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 2.50 | 15 | 0.21 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 1.17 | 7 | 0.08 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard gill nets | 1.00 | 6 | 0.21 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 0.83 | 5 | 0.63 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 36.50 | 73 | 1.67 |
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 standard survey was conducted at Long Lake near Dassel, beginning on June 25, 2018, to monitor the fish population. Long is a class 34 lake and net catches were compared to similar lakes around the state. The 2014 lake management plan (LMP) listed Bluegill and Largemouth Bass as the primary management species while Northern Pike were considered a secondary management species. A total of 12 species, plus Hybrid Sunfish, were sampled in the gill nets (GN), trap nets (TN), or by spring night-time electrofishing, the latter of which targets Largemouth Bass. On June 25, the dissolved oxygen concentration fell below 2.0 mg/l at 16.0 feet, indicating that some of the lake (maximum depth of 28 feet) lacked adequate oxygen for fish use at this time of the year. Water clarity was excellent, with a secchi disk reading of 9.1 feet. Long Lake has had a history of occasional winterkill, with the latest significant event occurring in 2011. Fish populations can fluctuate greatly depending on the frequency and severity of winterkill at Long Lake. Curlyleaf Pondweed, a non-native aquatic plant, can be abundant during May and June and then typically dies back in early July. Gill nets sampled high numbers of Northern Pike (65) for a catch rate of 10.8/net, which was above the lake's normal range and was the second highest catch ever measured at Long Lake. The 2014 LMP's Northern Pike long range goal (>2.3/net and Trap nets sampled low numbers of Black Crappie (2) for a catch rate of 0.2/net. The 2018 TN catch rate was below the lake's normal range. The 2013 TN catch rate was similar (0.8/net). Catch rates from 1973 to 2018 (n=11) were mostly low, ranging from 0.0 to 12.5/net with an average of 3.0. In 2018, the two TN Black Crappie were both 8.3 inches long. Gill nets also sampled low numbers of Black Crappie (15) for a catch rate of 2.5/net, which was within the lake's normal range. The 2013 GN catch rate was 0.3/net. Gill net catch rates from 1973 to 2018 (n=10) were variable, ranging from 0.3 to 10.0/net with an average of 4.4. Gill netted Black Crappie were 6.1 to 8.6 inches long with an average of 7.6. Size distributions and catch rates indicated inconsistent recruitment. Gill nets and TN's failed to sample any Walleye in 2018. The 2013 Walleye GN catch rate was also 0.0/net. Catch rates from 1973 to 2018 (n=10), under various stocking regimes or no stocking, were mostly low, ranging from 0.0 to 7.0/net with an average of 1.6. Walleye were last stocked in 1994. Trap nets sampled high numbers of Bluegill (1,060) for a catch rate of 117.8/net which was above the…
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