Mollie Lake

Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18033500

DNR records show 2 stocking entries at Mollie Lake since 2019, most recently walleye fry in 2023 (2,000,000 fish).

Mollie Lake has 2 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2019-2023): walleye (2).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 2,200,000 fish on record.
Maximum depth 7 ft; surface area 334 acres, 334 littoral acres, 4.5 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: June 9, 1986 (standard survey).
Crow Wing County, nearest town Merrifield; DNR lake number (DOW) 18033500.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2023	Walleye	fry	2,000,000	17.9
2019	Walleye	fry	200,000	1.7

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	- None.

DNR fish survey, 1986

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Brown bullhead	Standard trap nets	27.25	109	0.19
Black bullhead	Standard trap nets	1.75	7	0.10
Walleye	Standard trap nets	0.25	1	0.01
Brown bullhead	Standard gill nets	4.50	9	0.18
Black crappie	Standard gill nets	0.50	1	0.30
Bluegill	Standard gill nets	0.50	1	0.30

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.

Black bullhead abundance is considered average, because the catch rate falls between the first and third quartile of the regional median for trapnets. Brown bullhead catch indicates a very high abundance, exceeding the third quartile of the regional median. Bluegill, black crappie, and walleye numbers are below the first quartile of the regional median, thus indications are that the respective populations are below average. The walleye population is made up entirely of young-of-the-year. Abundance of young-of-the-year was shown to be present in moderate numbers when 1/4 averaged 0.15 lbs each.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, June 9, 1986.

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Mollie Lake

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1986

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