Schutz Lake
Carver County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 10001800
Schutz Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Schutz Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 49 ft; surface area 106 acres, 40 littoral acres, 2.1 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, yellow bullhead, yellow perch.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Carver County, nearest town Victoria; DNR lake number (DOW) 10001800.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 9/20/1963 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
DNR fish survey, 1991
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 93.00 | 465 | 0.17 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 4.00 | 20 | 0.65 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 3.40 | 17 | 0.14 |
| Black bullhead | Standard trap nets | 2.40 | 12 | 0.65 |
| Golden shiner | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 5 | 0.12 |
| Common carp | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 5 | 1.08 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 0.40 | 2 | 0.10 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard trap nets | 0.40 | 2 | 0.10 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 28.50 | 57 | 0.07 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 15.00 | 30 | 0.20 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 4.50 | 9 | 1.51 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 4.00 | 8 | 0.62 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 3.50 | 7 | 0.61 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard gill nets | 2.50 | 5 | 0.44 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard gill nets | 2.00 | 4 | 0.10 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 2.00 | 4 | 0.12 |
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.
BLG, BLC, AND LMB DOMINATE THE PRESENT FISH POPULATION. BLG WERE CAPTURED AT 8.2 TIMES THE LOCAL GILLNETS MEDIAN AND 6.7 TIMES THE LOCAL TRAP NET MEDIAN. FISH RANGED FORM 3.0-7.9 LENGTH, WITH A MEDIAN OF 6.0-6.4 INCHES, PSD OF 78.3%, WITH A RSD=12.4%. THREE YOUNG-OF-YEAR WERE SAMPLED IN THE SEINE HAULS. BLG WERE SAMPLED IN THE HIGHEST NUMBERS ON RECORD. BLC WERE SAMPLED IN NUMBERS GREATER THAN 7 TIMES THE LOCAL MEDIAN FOR GILL NETS AND 1/2 THE LOCAL MEDIAN FOR TRAP NETS. LENGTHS RANGED FROM 3.5-9.4 OF 4.0-4.4 INCHES, A RSD=5.4%, AND AN AVERAGE RATE OF 12.1 FISH PER POUND. THE NUMBER OF BLC SAMPLED WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST ON RECORD. LMB WERE PRIMARILY SAMPLED WITH ELECTROFISHING GEAR, WITH 51 FISH CAPTURED. TEN MORE FISH WERE SAMPLED FROM GILL AND TRAPNETS. SEINING ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR 3 ADULT BASS, ALONG WITH 10 YOY. FISH RANGED IN SIZE FROM 2.3-20.4 INCHES, WITH A MEDIAN SIZE GROUP OF 7.0-7.4 INCHES. PSD WAS CALCULATED AT 62.5%. GROWTH WAS AVERAGE THROUGH AGE VI, WITH ALL AGES REPRESENTED, AND ABOVE AVERAGE FOR SUBSEQUENT AGES. NOP WERE SAMPLED AT TWICE THE LOCAL GILL NET MEDIAN, AND 1/2 THE LOCAL TRAP NET MEDIAN. FISH RANGED IN SIZE FROM 16.0-23.9 INCHES WITH A CALCULATED RSD=30.0%. GROWTH WAS AVERAGE FOR ALL AGES WITH AGE II+ PIKE DOMINATING THE SAMPLE. YEB WERE SAMPLED ABOVE MEDIAN LEVELS FOR ALL TYPES OF SAMPLING GEAR. MEDIAN SIZE RANGE WAS 10.0-10.4 INCHES AND AVERAGE RATE WAS 1.6 FISH PER POUNDS. BOTH YEB AND NOP NUMBERS HAVE RECOVERED TO NEAR NORMAL HISTORIC LEVELS AFTER BEING QUITE LOW DURING THE 1986 SURVEY. BLB AND CAP WERE SAMPLED BELOW MEDIAN LEVELS. ABUNDANCE OF BOTH SPECIES HAVE INCREASED STEADILY WITH EACH SAMPLING YEAR. GOS, HSF, GSF, AND PMK AND YEP WERE ALSO SAMPLED DURING THIS ASSESSMENT. YEP WERE SAMPLED BELOW MEDIAN GILLNET LEVELS.
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