Luverne Pit

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 67001300

DNR records show 9 stocking entries at Luverne Pit since 2016, most recently bluegill sunfish adults in 2025 (525 fish).

Luverne Pit has 9 DNR stocking records across 9 years (2016-2025): bluegill sunfish (9).
The most-stocked species by count is bluegill sunfish: 2,181 fish on record.
Maximum depth 7 ft; surface area 3 acres, 3 littoral acres, 0.3 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 19, 1991 (standard survey).
Rock County, nearest town Luverne; DNR lake number (DOW) 67001300.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2025	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	525	35.0
2024	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	112	28.0
2023	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	315	35.0
2022	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	200	35.0
2021	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	149	35.0
2019	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	150	30.0
2018	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	180	30.0
2017	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	320	40.0
2016	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	230	35.0

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.

Public accesses

Type	Owner	Where
O	UKN	- STATE OWNED FISHING PIER AND SHORELINE FISHING IN COUNTY PARK.

DNR fish survey, 1991

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	13.00	52	0.13
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	12.25	49	0.24
Black bullhead	Standard trap nets	5.75	23	0.36
White sucker	Standard trap nets	5.25	21	2.04
Walleye	Standard trap nets	0.50	2	2.67
White crappie	Standard trap nets	0.50	2	0.27
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	0.25	1	0.13
Shorthead redhorse	Standard trap nets	0.25	1	1.84

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.

BLG AND BLC ARE THE TWO MOST ABUNDANT SPECIES IN LUVERNE PIT. BOTH SPECIES ARE REPRESENTED BY SEVERAL YEAR CLASSES. EVIDENCE FROM SHORELINE SEINING AND AGE DISTRIBUTION SUGGEST BLG ARE REPRODUCING, WHILE RECRUITMENT DATA FOR BLC IS INCONCLUSIVE. BOTH SPECIES RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTARY STOCKING OF ADULTS IN 1990. A NUMBER OF OTHER GAME SPECIES EXIST IN SMALL NUMBERS IN LUVERNE PIT, INCLUDING WHC, LMB, WAE AND PMK. YOY WERE COLLECTED ONLY FOR LMB, WHICH MAY BE MORE ABUNDANT THAN TRAPNETS SUGGEST. ELECTROFISHING SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF BASS POPULATION SIZE. BLB AND WTS WERE SAMPLED IN LOW NUMBERS (5.75 AND 5.25 PER NET, RESPECTIVELY), AND ARE PROBABLY ESTABLISHED AND REPRODUCING, ALTHOUGH NO YOY WERE SAMPLED IN SHORELINE SEINES.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 19, 1991.

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Luverne Pit

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1991

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