Pickeral Lake (Wright County)
Wright County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 86028000
Pickeral Lake (Wright County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Pickeral Lake (Wright County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 37 ft, mean depth 9 ft; surface area 20 acres, 15 littoral acres, 0.8 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Wright County, nearest town French Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 86028000.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| O | UKN | - NONE |
DNR fish survey, 1983
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 44.67 | 134 | 0.39 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 8.00 | 24 | 0.17 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 5.00 | 15 | 0.15 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 1.33 | 4 | 0.38 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 1.33 | 4 | 0.50 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.33 | 1 | 0.90 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 31.50 | 63 | 0.36 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard gill nets | 12.00 | 24 | 0.16 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 3.00 | 6 | 0.87 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 2.50 | 5 | 0.28 |
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.
Northern Pike abundance (3/gill net) was about average. Four age classes (2-5) were caught. Growth was somewhat slow. Only one Largemouth Bass (age 5) was caught. Bluegill numbers were low (1.3/ trap net) with only 8 and 10 year old fish caught. Large numbers of Pumpkinseed were present (8/trap net). Black Crappie numbers (5/trap net) were about average and were dominated by one and two year old fish. Growth was above average. Yellow Bullhead numbers (45/trap net) were very high. Most were over eight inches long.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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