Sand Lake (Pine County)
Pine County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 58008100
DNR records show 9 stocking entries at Sand Lake (Pine County) since 2016, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2025 (1,977 fish).
- Sand Lake (Pine County) has 9 DNR stocking records across 7 years (2016-2025): walleye (9).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 1,009,079 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 47 ft, mean depth 18 ft; surface area 527 acres, 215 littoral acres, 6.9 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 8.5 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, sunfish, walleye, and 3 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Pine County, nearest town Moose Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 58008100.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/8/1949 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye | fingerlings | 1,977 | 109.8 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fry | 54,000 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fry | 307,500 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fry | 215,000 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fry | 215,000 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | Walleye | fry | 215,000 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | Walleye | yearlings | 15 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye | adults | 509 | 241.0 |
| 2016 | Walleye | fingerlings | 78 | 23.0 |
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 |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 15-ft beach seine | 323.00 | 323 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 15-ft beach seine | 3.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Spottail shiner | 15-ft beach seine | 3.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Northern pike | 15-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 36.75 | 441 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 6.83 | 82 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 2.75 | 33 | 0.00 |
| Spottail shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 1.50 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | 50-ft beach seine | 0.58 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | 50-ft beach seine | 0.50 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | 50-ft beach seine | 0.42 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Northern pike | 50-ft beach seine | 0.33 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 26.00 | 234 | 0.21 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 2.56 | 23 | 0.28 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 1.56 | 14 | 0.61 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 1.56 | 14 | 0.41 |
| Rock bass | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 9 | 0.15 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.78 | 7 | 0.66 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.56 | 5 | 0.32 |
| Black bullhead | Standard trap nets | 0.11 | 1 | 0.56 |
| Central mudminnow | Backpack electrofishing | 13.82 | 19 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | Backpack electrofishing | 11.64 | 16 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 8.00 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | Backpack electrofishing | 8.00 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Spottail shiner | Backpack electrofishing | 5.82 | 8 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 1.45 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Rock bass | Backpack electrofishing | 1.45 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | Backpack electrofishing | 0.73 | 1 | 0.00 |
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 of nearshore fish species in Sand Lake was conducted on July 7- 9, 2025, by Lake Biological Monitoring and Assessment Program (LBMA) staff. Sampling sites were evenly spaced around the lake, and each was sampled by backpack electrofishing and seining with a 50-foot or 15-foot seine, where possible. Backpack electrofishing was completed at 14 sampling stations. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample 12 stations and a 15-foot seine was used at one station. One station was not seined due to dense vegetation and difficulty walking through the sampling area. Nearshore sampling captured 12 species of fish including three species that are intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Blackchin Shiner, Iowa Darter, and Rock Bass). A concurrent summer trap net survey was also conducted by LBMA staff. Nine trap nets were set along the shoreline in locations that encompassed multiple habitat types. Trap net sampling captured eight species of fish, including one species that is tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Black Bullhead). Bluegill comprised a majority of the catch by number and by biomass. The nearshore and trap net data were combined with gill net data from an August 2024 survey to describe the fish community and provide a fish-based IBI (FIBI) score. The FIBI uses fish community data to measure a lake's health, and the types of fish species present can help identify any stressors that may be negatively affecting the lake environment. In Minnesota lakes, certain fish species cannot survive without clean water and a healthy habitat (e.g., Blackchin Shiner, Iowa Darter, and Rock Bass), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., Green Sunfish and Common Carp). The FIBI score, composed of several fish community diversity and composition metrics, indicates the overall health of a lake by comparing it to what is expected for a healthy lake. For additional information on the FIBI search for "lake index of biological integrity" on the mndnr.gov website. Results from this survey provide evidence that the fish community in Sand Lake is near the impairment threshold for aquatic life use determined for similar lakes. These results are similar to previous findings, which indicated that Sand Lake has inconclusive data for assessment on aquatic life use. The survey results will be considered when the biological health of the lake is assessed during the Kettle River watershed assessment process, which will be completed in coordination with the MN Pollution Control Agency. You can help protect the fish community in Sand Lake by reducing runoff…
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