Pine Lake (Stearns County)
Stearns County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 73013600
Pine Lake (Stearns County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Pine Lake (Stearns County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 79 ft, mean depth 31 ft; surface area 108 acres, 34 littoral acres, 2.3 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 7.8 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and 1 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Stearns County, nearest town Saint Anna; DNR lake number (DOW) 73013600.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 8/1/1960 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR |
DNR fish survey, 2018
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 59.86 | 44 | 1.92 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 50.44 | 454 | 0.10 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 5.67 | 51 | 0.68 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 5.33 | 48 | 0.17 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 4.67 | 42 | 0.11 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 2.33 | 21 | 0.09 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 1.89 | 17 | 0.15 |
| Bowfin (dogfish) | Standard trap nets | 1.78 | 16 | 3.11 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.67 | 6 | 0.31 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 8.50 | 51 | 0.14 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 5.00 | 30 | 1.91 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 3.17 | 19 | 0.68 |
| White sucker | Standard gill nets | 2.33 | 14 | 1.80 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 2.00 | 12 | 0.10 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 1.50 | 9 | 0.66 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard gill nets | 1.33 | 8 | 0.94 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 0.83 | 5 | 0.79 |
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.
Pine Lake is a 107 acre lake with a maximum depth of 79 feet located near the town of Albany in Stearns County. A state owned access is located on the west central side of the lake. The watershed is small and the primary land use is agriculture. Cattail spp. cover the majority of the shoreline. Pine Lake has showed a trend of increasing water clarity and in late August of 2018 the Secchi reading was seven feet. Pine Lake was first surveyed in 1960 and resurveyed in 1986, 2000, 2010 and 2018. Walleye exist in low numbers due to private stocking that took place in 2018. Walleye stocking was discontinued by DNR in 1984 due to low return in test sampling. The five Walleye sampled in 2018 ranged in length from 12 to 15 inches. Largemouth Bass were sampled during daytime electrofishing on May 15, 2018. The catch rate was higher than previous surveys and was above average for Sauk Rapids area lakes. Largemouth Bass ranged in length from 6 to 21 inches and averaged 14 inches. In 2018, Northern Pike abundance was higher than the two previous surveys, but still within the expected range of values for lakes similar to Pine. Northern Pike ranged in length from 16 to 27 inches and averaged 21 inches and two pounds. Eighteen percent of the Northern Pike sampled were over 24 inches. The declining trend in Yellow Perch abundance continued in 2018 where no Yellow Perch were sampled in gill nets. The trap net catch of Black Crappie in 2018 was lower than observed in 2010, but still above the expected range of values for similar lakes. Trap net catches have consistently been good, typically above the expected range. Black Crappie from the 2018 trap nets ranged in length from five to nine inches and averaged seven inches. The Bluegill trap net catch in 2018 was the highest on record and above the expected range. Bluegill ranged in length from three to nine inches and averaged five inches. Other species sampled included Common Carp, Black, Brown and Yellow Bullhead, Bowfin, Hybrid and Pumpkinseed Sunfish and White Sucker.
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