Pig Lake
Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18035400
Pig Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Pig Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 56 ft; surface area 196 acres, 75 littoral acres, 3.0 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 15.8 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, lake whitefish, largemouth bass, northern pike, northern sunfish, pumpkinseed, and 8 more.
- 2 public accesses on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Crow Wing County, nearest town Cross Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 18035400.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/26/1961 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| C | - | Via channel from Lower Whitefish Lake. |
| gravel ramp | county |
DNR fish survey, 2024
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 26.33 | 237 | 0.09 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 5.00 | 45 | 0.10 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 2.56 | 23 | 0.19 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 1.56 | 14 | 0.34 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 1.33 | 12 | 0.56 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 9 | 2.29 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.78 | 7 | 0.59 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard trap nets | 0.56 | 5 | 0.51 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 10.33 | 62 | 0.19 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 9.67 | 58 | 0.48 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 8.00 | 48 | 2.84 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 7.83 | 47 | 0.09 |
| Rock bass | Standard gill nets | 5.67 | 34 | 0.21 |
| Tullibee (cisco) | Standard gill nets | 3.17 | 19 | 0.37 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard gill nets | 2.33 | 14 | 0.13 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard gill nets | 1.67 | 10 | 0.48 |
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.
Pig Lake is accessed through Whitefish Lake and seems more like a large bay than a separate lake. An old township road access on the south shore is now used by the Ideal Fire Department and is gated off; the gate is opened for winter access. Northern Pike were caught in moderate numbers (8.0/net) with an average length of 23.1". Some decent fish can be found, with 19% measuring over 26" and fish up to 32.7" sampled. Walleye numbers were lower at 1.3/net, but average length was quite large at 20.0". Pig is not stocked directly with Walleyes, but connected Whitefish is stocked every year. Bluegill (26.3/net) were quite small, with an average length of 4.9" and only 2% measuring 7" or larger. It is possible that larger Bluegill had already vacated the shallows or were nesting, making them difficult to sample. Only three Black Crappies were caught and ranged from 8.9"-10.6". Based on these results, anglers may want to look elsewhere in the chain to target Panfish. A special regulation on the Whitefish Chain reduced the daily limit of Sunfish and Crappie to 5 of each in 2021. Largemouth Bass electrofishing was conducted at various stations across the Whitefish Chain of Lakes, resulting in a combined catch rate of 44.9/hour. Average length was 13.1" and 39% were over 14", with fish up to 19.2" sampled. Three Smallmouth Bass were also netted while electrofishing and all of them were over 16".
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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