Maple Lake (Todd County)
Todd County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 77018100
DNR records show 10 stocking entries at Maple Lake (Todd County) since 2017, most recently walleye yearlings in 2025 (1,270 fish).
- Maple Lake (Todd County) has 10 DNR stocking records across 8 years (2017-2025): walleye (10).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 462,413 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 23 ft, mean depth 17 ft; surface area 388 acres, 150 littoral acres, 3.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 6.9 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, common carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, and 2 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Todd County, nearest town Gutches Grove; DNR lake number (DOW) 77018100.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye | yearlings | 1,270 | 245.5 |
| 2025 | Walleye | fingerlings | 79 | 22.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fry | 150,000 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fingerlings | 1,860 | 155.0 |
| 2022 | Walleye | fry | 150,000 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fingerlings | 2,028 | 169.0 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fingerlings | 6,440 | 161.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | yearlings | 600 | 150.0 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fry | 150,000 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | Walleye | fingerlings | 136 | 34.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | - STATE OWNED ACCESS ON NORTHEAST END OF LAKE. |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Special trap nets | 37.93 | 531 | 0.15 |
| Black crappie | Special trap nets | 25.71 | 360 | 0.24 |
| Pumpkinseed | Special trap nets | 20.14 | 282 | 0.16 |
| Yellow bullhead | Special trap nets | 7.21 | 101 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Special trap nets | 2.21 | 31 | 0.29 |
| Bowfin (dogfish) | Special trap nets | 1.64 | 23 | 0.00 |
| Black bullhead | Special trap nets | 1.50 | 21 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | Special trap nets | 1.00 | 14 | 0.11 |
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.
Maple (DOW# 77-0181-00; Lake Class 31) is a 367-acre lake located near Gutches Grove, Minnesota. A Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) concrete boat ramp is located on the north end of the lake. Maple has 3.64 miles of shoreline and a maximum depth of 23 feet. The lake is primarily managed for Walleye and Bluegill, and secondarily for Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, and Northern Pike. Spring trap netting was performed to provide data on the Bluegill size structure and evaluate the effects of a 10 fish bag limit on sunfish which was implemented on March 1st, 2016. Spring trap netting is the preferred method for evaluating panfish populations and has been conducted on Maple 7 times since 2003. Future evaluations relating to the 10 sunfish bag limit will incorporate spring trap netting to provide proper comparisons. Spring trap netting in 2025 captured 533 Bluegill, of which 297 were measured. Spring sample sizes have historically ranged from 184 to 726 fish. Spring trap net catches are variable and heavily influenced by conditions and changes in catch rate are not typically indicative of a population change. Bluegill in 2025 ranged in length from 3.8 to 8.5 inches and averaged 6.95 inches. Fish exceeding 7 inches comprised 60 percent of the sample and fish over 8 inches made up 3.4 percent. Both of these quality metrics were slightly below 2024, when fish over 7 and 8 inches comprised 68 and 7.7 percent of the sample, respectively. These values are still an improvement from 2022 (36 percent; 1 percent) and 2019 (31 percent; 3.6 percent). Fish exceeding 9 inches have been absent in surveys since 2013. Bluegill size structure goals aim for at least 50% of the sample to exceed 7 inches, 10% to exceed 8 inches, 2% over 9 inches and the presence of fish 10 inches or longer. The 2024 and 2025 surveys have revealed progress towards goals for fish between 7 and 8 inches, however maximum size continues to fall below 9 inches. Other metrics used in evaluating the effects of a reduced bag limit include mean length, catch rate of fish over 8 inches, and mean length of the top 10 percent of the sample. Four combined pre-regulation surveys produced a mean length of 6.57 inches, catch rate of fish over 8 inches of 2.14/trap net, and mean length of top 10 percent of 8.06 inches. When combining 2024 and 2025 surveys, mean length was 7.1 inches, catch rate of fish over 8 inches was 1.61/trap net, and the average length of the top 10 percent was 8.05 inches. These metrics portray limited quality improvement following the implementation of the 10 fish bag…
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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