Lower Cullen Lake
Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18040300
Lower Cullen Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Lower Cullen Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 39 ft; surface area 560 acres, 180 littoral acres, 3.9 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 15.5 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish, and 4 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Crow Wing County, nearest town Nisswa; DNR lake number (DOW) 18040300.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/1/1958 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | South shore of southeast corner of lake. - SE corner of lake. |
DNR fish survey, 2021
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 107.39 | 92 | 0.85 |
| Smallmouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 8.17 | 7 | 0.72 |
| Walleye | Standard electrofishing | 1.17 | 1 | 6.54 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 20.89 | 188 | 0.06 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 3.78 | 34 | 0.19 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 1.22 | 11 | 1.18 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 9 | 0.21 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 9 | 0.12 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 0.13 |
| Green sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 0.06 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 1.15 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 7.11 | 64 | 0.98 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 5.00 | 45 | 0.12 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 4.67 | 42 | 0.17 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 4.44 | 40 | 3.28 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard gill nets | 3.78 | 34 | 1.04 |
| Rock bass | Standard gill nets | 3.56 | 32 | 0.45 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 2.11 | 19 | 4.51 |
| Tullibee (cisco) | Standard gill nets | 1.89 | 17 | 0.41 |
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.
Walleye are not currently stocked into Lower Cullen, but some fish may enter from connected Middle Cullen which is stocked. The catch rate was low in 2021 at 2.1/gill net. Walleye were nice size with an average length of 23.1" and all of the fish measuring over 17". Northern Pike were caught in typical numbers for this type of lake (4.4/gill net). Average length was 24.5" and 45% of the fish were within the 22-26" protected slot with another 30% over 26". The Largemouth Bass population looked good, with a spring electrofishing catch rate of 106.1/hr. Average size was 10.9" and 40% of the fish were 12" or larger. Fish up to 16.9" were netted. Smallmouth Bass were present as well (8.1/hr), with an average length of 10.0" and fish up to 14.4". The panfish numbers were mixed, with Black Crappie showing average numbers of decent size fish (80% were 8" or larger) and Bluegill numbers being average (20.9/trap net) but small, with an average size of 4.4" and none over 7".
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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