Moose Lake (Todd County)

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 77002600

DNR records show 6 stocking entries at Moose Lake (Todd County) since 2017, most recently walleye adults in 2025 (112 fish).

• Moose Lake (Todd County) has 6 DNR stocking records across 5 years (2017-2025): walleye (6).
• The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 5,430 fish on record.
• Maximum depth 26 ft; surface area 131 acres, 50 littoral acres, 2.0 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 5.8 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: May 1, 2023 (targeted survey).
• Todd County, nearest town Burtrum; DNR lake number (DOW) 77002600.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/15/1971 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2023

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.

Moose Lake has been managed with a reduced bag limit for sunfish since 2016 when a 10 fish bag limit was enacted. This bag limit was further reduced to 5 fish in 2021. Trap netting and daytime electrofishing were performed throughout the month of May 2023 in an effort to calculate a population estimate of Bluegills 175 mm (about 7 inches) and larger. The combined trap netting and electrofishing work resulted in the marking of 662 Bluegill. Recapture efforts produced very few fish and only a single recaptured individual. The failure of recapture efforts to produce an adequate sample or sufficient recaptures resulted in the inability to calculate a statistically valid population estimate. Since only fish over 175 mm were measured, comparisons of size structure to past trap net assessments would not be suitable. The largest Bluegill sampled was 9.6 inches. Trap netting provided a large sample of Black Crappie totaling 1,515 fish of which 336 were measured. All size groups between 8 and 10.9 inches were strongly represented and mean length was 9.6 inches. Fish exceeding 10 inches accounted for 36% of the catch but only 1% were over 12 inches. Black Crappie growth rates are good. The present crappie population offers an abundance of harvestable size fish. A large sample of Largemouth Bass was also caught in the trap nets. A total of 308 bass were observed and 184 were measured. Bass ranged in length from 6.6 to 19.7 inches and mean length was 13.9 inches. Only one bass over 18 inches was captured. Moose Lake has an abundant bass population where anglers can experience high catch rates of medium sized bass (12-16 inches). A total of nine Northern Pike were captured in the trap nets and the catch was predominantly larger fish. Mean length was 30.7 inches and two fish over 38 inches were observed. Eight Walleye were also captured and 6 of the 8 appeared to be yearling fish from the 2022 fingerling stocking.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, May 1, 2023.

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