Shoal Lake
Itasca County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 31053400
Shoal Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Shoal Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 7 ft; surface area 676 acres, 663 littoral acres, 4.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Itasca County, nearest town Cohasset; DNR lake number (DOW) 31053400.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| O | UKN | - NONE |
DNR fish survey, 1988
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 102.50 | 205 | 0.43 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard gill nets | 55.00 | 110 | 0.16 |
| Golden shiner | Standard gill nets | 14.00 | 28 | 0.11 |
| White sucker | Standard gill nets | 8.00 | 16 | 1.14 |
| Brown bullhead | Standard trap nets | 25.38 | 203 | 0.16 |
| Golden shiner | Standard trap nets | 16.25 | 130 | 0.10 |
| Black bullhead | Standard trap nets | 6.00 | 48 | 0.16 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 5.75 | 46 | 0.30 |
| Common shiner | Standard trap nets | 0.25 | 2 | 0.05 |
| White sucker | Standard trap nets | 0.12 | 1 | 1.20 |
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.
THE YELLOW PERCH IS THE MOST ABUNDANT GAME FISH SPECIES IN THIS LAKE AND ARE OF ACCEPTABLE SIZE FOR MOST ANGLERS. THE LARGE SIZE OF CAPTURED PERCH INDICATE THE LAKE HASN'T HAD A SEVERE WINTERKILL IN THE PAST 3 TO 4 YEARS. BULLHEADS AND WHITE SUCKERS ARE ALSO PRESENT IN FAIR ABUNDANCE. FATHEADS, GOLDEN SHINERS, BLACKNOSE DACE, AND FINESCALE DACE ARE VERY ABUNDANT IN THE LAKE AS INDICATED BY SHORELINE SEINING AND VISUAL OBSER- VATIONS. THE SPECIES PRESENT IN THIS LAKE INDICATE THAT FREQUENT WINTERKILLS DO OCCUR.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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