Norway Lake (Kandiyohi County)
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 34025100
DNR records show 20 stocking entries at Norway Lake (Kandiyohi County) since 2016, most recently northern pike adults in 2025 (59 fish).
- Norway Lake (Kandiyohi County) has 20 DNR stocking records across 9 years (2016-2025): northern pike (10), walleye (10).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 4,509,002 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 33 ft; surface area 2,339 acres, 2,152 littoral acres, 20.4 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 3.5 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, common carp, freshwater drum, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, and 6 more.
- 6 public accesses on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Kandiyohi County, nearest town Sunburg; DNR lake number (DOW) 34025100.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 9/9/1969 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Pike | adults | 59 | 114.4 |
| 2025 | Walleye | fry | 701,572 | 6.9 |
| 2024 | Northern Pike | adults | 93 | 157.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fingerlings | 6,686 | 1,082.0 |
| 2024 | Walleye | adults | 10 | 13.5 |
| 2024 | Walleye | yearlings | 750 | 467.5 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fry | 415,578 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fry | 504,179 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | Northern Pike | fingerlings | 6,746 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | Northern Pike | adults | 147 | 226.2 |
| 2022 | Walleye | fry | 861,474 | 8.3 |
| 2021 | Northern Pike | fingerlings | 3,361 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | Walleye | yearlings | 959 | 442.0 |
| 2018 | Northern Pike | fingerlings | 330 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | Northern Pike | fry | 24,324 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fry | 1,132,151 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | Northern Pike | fingerlings | 500 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | Northern Pike | adults | 79 | 263.3 |
| 2016 | Northern Pike | fingerlings | 4,766 | 132.6 |
| 2016 | Walleye | fry | 885,643 | 9.0 |
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 | South Shore of Main Basin. - Two ramps, dock, large parking area and portable bathroom. |
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | South Shore of West Norway Basin. - Small parking area with dock. |
| C | Minnesota DNR | Little Norway Basin Outlet Channel Connects to Games Lake. - Channel Width Sufficient For Boat Passage, But Not For Pontoons. |
| S | Minnesota DNR | Norway AMA-Larson Tract. NW portion of Main Basin. Shore Fishing Site. - No docks. Trail near waters edge. |
| S | Minnesota DNR | Norway AMA-Little Norway Tract. SW shore of Little Norway Basin. Shore Fishing Site. - No docks. Trail near waters edge. |
| S | Minnesota DNR | Norway AMA-Engen NPSA. SW Shore of West Norway Basin. Shore Fishing Site. - No docks. Trail near edge of water. |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walleye | Fall electrofishing | 52.00 | 52 | 0.14 |
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.
A targeted survey was conducted for young of year "YOY" (fingerling sized) Walleye on September 24, 2025. A targeted survey is generally used for sampling a specific kind of fish or time of year (i.e., spawning season, fall season, etc.) unlike a standard survey which samples a wider range of fish species during the summer months using standard methodology (i.e., standard time of year, set sampling stations, taking water clarity readings and oxygen/temperature profiles, etc.) and gears (i.e., lake survey gillnets, trapnets and possibly spring electrofishing for Largemouth Bass). Five stations were sampled for a total of 60 minutes in the 2025 fall night electrofishing survey. Clarity was poor (6 inches) due to a moderate blue-green algae bloom in the West Norway basin. Clarity was 12 inches with a moderate blue-green algae bloom in the Big Norway basin. The water temperature was 75 F. We observed abundant numbers of Bluegill, Black Crappie and Yellow Perch. Moderate numbers of adult Walleye, Freshwater Drum and Largemouth Bass were also observed in the 2025 fall night electrofishing survey. Norway is a large sized (2,339 acres), moderately deep (33 feet maximum depth), multi basin (West Norway, Big Norway, Little Norway), and productive lake located in Kandiyohi County. West Norway basin (approximately 1,300 acres) is a shallow ( Walleye natural reproduction occurs in Norway but is sporadic based on previous surveys. Spicer Strain Walleye fry were recently stocked in Norway during 2012 (1,568,599 fry), 2016 (885,643 Oxytetracycline "OTC" marked fry), 2018 (1,132,151 fry), 2022 (861,474 fry), 2023 (504,179 fry), 2024 (415,578 fry) and 2025 (701,572 fry). OTC marked fry were also stocked in 2009 (2,152,425 fish). OTC marked Walleye frylings were stocked in 2011 (16,779 frylings) and 2014 (33,373 frylings). OTC marked fish accounted for 0%, 42% and 67% respectively of the 2011, 2014 and 2016 fall electrofishing YOY Walleye catch rates. A combination of Walleye fingerlings, adults and yearlings were stocked in 2008 (85,235 fingerlings, 1,864 pounds), 2009 (11,651 yearlings, 987 pounds; 318 fingerlings, 91 pounds; 360 adults, 287 pounds), 2011 (15,477 fingerlings, 737 pounds; 1,400 yearlings, 200 pounds; 3 adults, 6 pounds), 2012 (16,842 yearlings, 802 pounds), 2020 (959 yearlings, 442 pounds) and 2024 (6,685 fingerlings, 1,082 pounds; 750 yearlings, 467.5 pounds; 10 adults, 13.5 pounds). YOY Walleye numbers were moderate in 2025 (30.00 YOY/hour, 6.79 inches). YOY Walleye numbers were low in 2024 (12.00 YOY/hour, 6.56 inches average). YOY Walleye numbers…
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