Scott Lake
Wright County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 86029700
Scott Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Scott Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 23 ft; surface area 83 acres, 52 littoral acres, 1.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, white sucker, yellow perch.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Wright County, nearest town South Haven; DNR lake number (DOW) 86029700.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/11/1970 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
DNR fish survey, 1997
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Survey seining | 100.67 | 302 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | Survey seining | 7.67 | 23 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | Survey seining | 6.00 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | Survey seining | 1.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| White sucker | Survey seining | 0.67 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Northern pike | Survey seining | 0.67 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Spottail shiner | Survey seining | 0.33 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Brook stickleback | Survey seining | 0.33 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 12.11 | 109 | 0.13 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 3.89 | 35 | 0.30 |
| Common carp | Standard trap nets | 1.44 | 13 | 5.15 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 1.33 | 12 | 2.98 |
| Channel catfish | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 9 | 1.82 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 0.08 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 0.22 | 2 | 4.35 |
| White sucker | Standard trap nets | 0.22 | 2 | 1.90 |
| Channel catfish | Standard gill nets | 4.75 | 19 | 2.14 |
| White sucker | Standard gill nets | 2.75 | 11 | 1.11 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 1.50 | 6 | 2.84 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 1.50 | 6 | 0.77 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 1.25 | 5 | 3.08 |
| Common carp | Standard gill nets | 0.25 | 1 | 4.67 |
| Bowfin (dogfish) | Standard gill nets | 0.25 | 1 | 3.97 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 0.25 | 1 | 0.71 |
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.
Scott Lake, Wright County, is an 80 acre lake with a maximum depth of 23 feet. Alake survey conducted in 1997 sampled 14 species of fish. Scott Lake may bedescribed as a hard-water lake of good fertility and moderate water quality. Waterclarity as measured by secchi disk depth ranges from 1.0 to 4.4 feet in mid to latesummer. Adequate dissolved oxygen was sampled to a depth of 11 feet. It has alow diversity of aquatic plants growing in sparse beds around the lake.Scott Lake is managed primarily as a black crappie and northern pike fishery. However, since it has no public access, it is not managed in the same way as lakesthat do. Scott Lake has not been stocked since 1992, relying instead upon naturalreproduction and migration from other lakes in the Clearwater Chain. The lakesometimes suffers from low winter oxygen, and has experienced partial winterkills. Bullhead, carp, sucker and dogfish were commercially harvested in 1984. Samplesof the fish population were taken in mid summer using gill nets and trap nets. Game fish catches were poor for this type of lake; many species decreased comparedto previous surveys.Gillnets sampled 19 channel catfish for a catch rate of 4.8 per lift. Channelcatfish were last sampled in Scott Lake in 1986. The trapnet catch of 1.0 per setwas the first recorded. Catfish ranged in size from 15 to 27 inches, averagingabout 19 inches long. Of adults sampled, 92% were at least 16 inches, with 3.6%at least 24 inches long. There is no record of channel catfish having been stockedinto Scott Lake; they have probably entered from other lakes via the ClearwaterRiver.Catches of panfish were lower than expected for a lake of this type. Bluegillswere sampled in trapnets at a rate of 12.1 per set, below average but within thenormal range. No bluegill were sampled in gillnets, but this is not unusual. Bluegills ranged in size from 3 to 7 inches, averaging about 5.5 inches. About38.6% of the adults were larger than 6 inches. Black crappies were sampled at therate of 3.9 per trapnet set, below average but again within the normal range forlakes of this type. Historic catches of bluegill and black crappies have beenhighly variable.The survey sampled 18 northern pike, for a catch rate of 1.5 per gillnet lift and1.3 per trapnet set. The gillnet catch rate was below average, but within thenormal range for this lake type. Northern pike ranged in size from 18 to 28inches, with an average size of about 23.6 inches. All pike sampled were adults;87.5% were at least 21 inches long. Walleyes were sampled at the rate of 1.3 pergillnet lift and 0.2 per…
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