Ludlow Pit

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 04064900

DNR records show 33 stocking entries at Ludlow Pit since 2016, most recently black crappie adults in 2025 (24 fish).

Ludlow Pit has 33 DNR stocking records across 10 years (2016-2025): bluegill sunfish (9), pumpkinseed sunfish (9), black crappie (8), largemouth bass (6), and 1 more species.
The most-stocked species by count is bluegill sunfish: 6,595 fish on record.
Maximum depth 17 ft; surface area 28 acres, 7 littoral acres, 1.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 15, 1991 (standard survey).
Beltrami County, nearest town Waskish; DNR lake number (DOW) 04064900.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2025	Black Crappie	adults	24	5.0
2025	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	456	152.0
2025	Largemouth Bass	adults	10	10.0
2025	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	52	13.0
2024	Black Crappie	adults	196	49.0
2024	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	704	201.0
2024	Largemouth Bass	adults	29	29.0
2024	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	40	10.0
2023	Black Crappie	adults	15	3.0
2023	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	1,084	271.0
2023	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	75	15.0
2022	Black Crappie	adults	8	2.0
2022	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	1,016	254.0
2022	Largemouth Bass	adults	12	6.0
2022	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	78	13.0
2021	Black Crappie	adults	52	15.0
2021	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	738	194.0
2021	Largemouth Bass	adults	10	10.0
2021	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	309	50.0
2020	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	375	88.0
2020	Largemouth Bass	adults	76	42.0
2020	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	74	16.0
2019	Black Crappie	adults	34	19.0
2019	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	1,267	264.0
2019	Largemouth Bass	adults	1	1.0
2019	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	72	15.0
2018	Sunfish	adults	1,380	363.2
2018	Black Crappie	adults	67	31.9
2017	Black Crappie	adults	50	25.0
2017	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	385	154.0
2017	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	228	76.0
2016	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	570	190.0
2016	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	adults	96	24.0

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, 1991

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	24.33	73	0.08
White sucker	Standard trap nets	1.67	5	1.30
White sucker	Standard gill nets	1.00	1	2.50

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 WTS GILLNET CATCH IS WITHIN THE QUARTILES FOR BOTH WEIGHTS AND NUMBERS PER LIFT. THE BLG AND NUMBERS PER TRAPNET LIFT ARE WITHIN THE 1ST AND 3RD QUARTILES. THE GROWTH RATES APPEAR NORMAL BUT ONLY THREE FISH OVER 6 FISH WERE DOMINANT WITH SHORELINE SEINING SHOWING A LARGE YOY POPULATION WHICH MAY SLOW THE GROWTH RATE. THERE APPEARS TO BE EXCELLENT REPRODUCTION FOR THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPAWNING AREA AVAILABLE.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 15, 1991.

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Ludlow Pit

Stocking history

DNR fish survey, 1991

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