Loring Lake
Hennepin County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 27065500
DNR records show 16 stocking entries at Loring Lake since 2016, most recently bluegill sunfish adults in 2025 (200 fish).
- Loring Lake has 16 DNR stocking records across 9 years (2016-2025): bluegill sunfish (6), channel catfish (4), black crappie (3), northern pike (2), and 1 more species.
- The most-stocked species by count is channel catfish: 1,798 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 16 ft; surface area 7 acres, 6 littoral acres, 0.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 2.3 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Hennepin County, nearest town Minneapolis; DNR lake number (DOW) 27065500.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bluegill Sunfish | adults | 200 | 32.0 |
| 2024 | Bluegill Sunfish | adults | 100 | 20.0 |
| 2023 | Black Crappie | adults | 100 | 14.3 |
| 2023 | Bluegill Sunfish | adults | 200 | 25.0 |
| 2023 | Northern Pike | adults | 4 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | Yellow Perch | adults | 35 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | Black Crappie | adults | 180 | 18.0 |
| 2022 | Bluegill Sunfish | adults | 120 | 12.0 |
| 2021 | Black Crappie | adults | 100 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | Bluegill Sunfish | adults | 200 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | Channel Catfish | fingerlings | 1,190 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | Northern Pike | adults | 2 | 18.0 |
| 2019 | Bluegill Sunfish | adults | 300 | 50.0 |
| 2018 | Channel Catfish | fingerlings | 400 | 10.7 |
| 2017 | Channel Catfish | adults | 100 | 200.0 |
| 2016 | Channel Catfish | adults | 108 | 194.6 |
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, 2016
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 82.50 | 330 | 0.09 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 18.50 | 74 | 0.16 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 18.00 | 18 | 0.07 |
| Channel catfish | Standard gill nets | 5.00 | 5 | 2.71 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 1.00 | 1 | 0.05 |
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.
Loring Lake is a 7.6-acre pond located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The entire shoreline, which provides some shore angling opportunities and a fishing pier, is encompassed within Loring Park. The pond has been managed in the Fishing in the Neighborhood (FiN) program since 2001. The pond has a summer aeration system that provides oxygen and is turned off in the fall. A Standard Lake Survey was conducted on 8/1/2016, the first since 8/27/07. Loring Lake has a maximum depth of 16 feet and water clarity was 3 feet at the time of the survey. Dissolved oxygen ranged from 3.5 parts per million (ppm) at the surface to 0.94 ppm at a depth of 14 feet. Loring Lake has been classified as a Lake Class 40. One gillnet and 4 trap-nets were used in this survey, and 3 species were sampled. Black Crappie catch was above average for gillnets and well-above average for trap-nets at 18 and 82.5 fish per lift respectively. Black Crappie averaged 5.63 inches in length in gillnet and 5.54 inches in length in trap-nets. The average weight of Black Crappie in Loring Lake was 0.09 pounds. Bluegill abundance was above average at 18.5 fish per lift in trap-nets, but Bluegills were below average in weight at 0.16 pounds per fish. Bluegill in Loring Lake ranged from 3.94-6.34 inches and with a mean length of 5.62 inches. One Bluegill was captured by gillnet, and was 4.21 inches in length. Five Channel Catfish were captured by gillnet in Loring Lake. Channel Catfish averaged 2.71 pounds per fish and ranged in length from 16.77-22.05 inches. Average length for Channel Catfish in Loring Lake was 19.75 inches. No Black Bullheads were captured in the 2016 survey, most likely the result of a winterkill in 2009 as 1,744 Black Bullheads were sampled in the 2007 lake survey (all gear combined). Loring Lake is annually stocked with adult Channel Catfish (June 2016, 108 individuals) and biannually with Bluegill (Spring 2014, 35 individuals) and Black Crappie (Spring 2014, 92 individuals). For more information about Loring Lake and the FiN program please visit http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/fin/index.html.
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