Placid Lake
Morrison County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 49008000
Placid Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Placid Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 25 ft, mean depth 15 ft; surface area 537 acres, 340 littoral acres, 10.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 5.0 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, greater redhorse, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, and 7 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Morrison County, nearest town Pillager; DNR lake number (DOW) 49008000.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/23/1958 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR | - STATE OWNED ACCESS ON THE NORTHEAST END OF THE LAKE. |
DNR fish survey, 2024
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallmouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 18.18 | 20 | 1.47 |
| Northern pike | Standard electrofishing | 6.36 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard electrofishing | 1.82 | 2 | 0.21 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 8.07 | 121 | 0.10 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 1.60 | 24 | 0.20 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 15 | 0.17 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.80 | 12 | 2.14 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard trap nets | 0.67 | 10 | 0.00 |
| Greater redhorse | Standard trap nets | 0.67 | 10 | 3.79 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.53 | 8 | 0.11 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 0.53 | 8 | 0.14 |
| Yellow perch | Special trap nets | 6.22 | 168 | 0.12 |
| Black bullhead | Special trap nets | 5.37 | 145 | 0.03 |
| Pumpkinseed | Special trap nets | 4.96 | 134 | 0.04 |
| Rock bass | Special trap nets | 2.56 | 69 | 0.23 |
| Bluegill | Special trap nets | 1.37 | 37 | 0.21 |
| Black crappie | Special trap nets | 1.26 | 34 | 0.63 |
| Northern pike | Special trap nets | 1.00 | 27 | 1.94 |
| Yellow bullhead | Special trap nets | 0.78 | 21 | 0.01 |
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.
Three fish sampling events were undertaken on Placid Lake in 2024 including ice-out trap netting, spring trap netting targeting Bluegill and Black Crappie, and daytime electrofishing. Electrofishing took place in the upstream reaches of the reservoir in flowing water environments. None of these sampling strategies have been utilized in the past. Traditional methods such as summer gill netting and late spring electrofishing have failed to adequately assess the fish community in recent years, thus these new efforts were attempted. Primary management species are Walleye and Bluegill with Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass as secondary species. The three new sampling techniques employed in 2024 largely failed to produce substantial numbers of the fish species targeted underlining the difficulties of fish population evaluation in this system. Just 5 Walleye were collected when combining all gears with none observed while electrofishing. All Walleyes measured were adults ranging from 20.5 to 27.6 inches. A total of 46 Northern Pike were captured in the combined samples with 27 coming from the ice-out trap nets. Of the combined trap net catch of 39 fish, 28% were within the zonal protected slot of 22-26 inches and the largest measured 29.9 inches. Seven pike were caught electrofishing with most being juveniles under 15 inches long. Electrofishing produced a sample of 20 Smallmouth Bass ranging from 9.7 to 19.6 inches long. Mean length of Smallmouths was 13.4 inches and 4 fish exceeded 16 inches. No Smallmouth were found in the trap nets. The catch rate in 2024 was 18.2 per hour of electrofishing. Later spring electrofishing (June) resulted in catch rates of 58.5/hour in 2008 and 20.9/hour in 2014. Two Largemouth Bass measuring 17.6 and 18.1 inches were found in the trap nets and none were observed while electrofishing. No Largemouth Bass were observed the 2014 electrofishing assessment, however a catch rate of 28.5 per hour was noted in 2008. The combined trap net sample of Bluegills totaled 37 fish of which 32.4% topped 7 inches and the largest fish measured 9.1 inches. Mean length was 6.4 inches. The management objective for Bluegill is having at least 30% of the trap net sample exceed 7 inches long. Otoliths extracted from Bluegills revealed the presence of age groups 2 through 5. Bluegills displayed fast growth attaining lengths of greater than 7 inches by Age 4. Ice-out trap nets produced a sample of 34 Black Crappie while the targeted panfish trap nets caught just 7 fish. Crappie over 10 inches comprised 37% of the combined catch and 22% were over 12…
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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