Smith Pond

Hennepin County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 27107800

DNR records show 19 stocking entries at Smith Pond since 2016, most recently bluegill sunfish adults in 2025 (68 fish).

Smith Pond has 19 DNR stocking records across 10 years (2016-2025): bluegill sunfish (9), black crappie (4), hybrid sunfish (3), yellow perch (2), and 1 more species.
The most-stocked species by count is bluegill sunfish: 2,051 fish on record.
Maximum depth 16 ft; surface area 7 acres, 8 littoral acres, 0.8 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 3.5 ft.
Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, hybrid sunfish.
Most recent DNR fish survey: July 6, 2010 (standard survey).
Hennepin County, nearest town Bloomington; DNR lake number (DOW) 27107800.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2025	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	68	17.0
2025	Yellow Bullhead	adults	5	5.0
2025	Yellow Perch	adults	1,001	66.7
2024	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	200	50.0
2023	Black Crappie	adults	178	80.2
2023	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	211	56.3
2022	Black Crappie	adults	69	27.5
2022	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	133	29.6
2022	Hybrid Sunfish	adults	90	32.0
2021	Black Crappie	adults	21	7.0
2021	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	225	64.3
2021	Hybrid Sunfish	adults	67	21.1
2020	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	199	38.5
2019	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	400	66.7
2018	Yellow Perch	adults	216	34.5
2017	Black Crappie	adults	26	8.7
2017	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	208	65.0
2017	Hybrid Sunfish	adults	92	29.7
2016	Bluegill Sunfish	adults	407	131.3

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.

DNR fish survey, 2010

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Black bullhead	Standard trap nets	12.56	113	0.17
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	5.44	49	0.21
Hybrid sunfish	Standard trap nets	0.56	5	0.22
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	0.22	2	0.24
Brook stickleback	Standard trap nets	0.11	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.

Smith Lake is an 8.6-acre Class 40 Lake located in Bloomington, MN. The entire lake is encompassed in a city park and the shoreline has been restored into wildflower and native prairie. This restored shoreline helps to protect water quality and improve habitat for fish and wildlife. Smith Lake has been managed in the Fishing in the Neighborhood (FiN) program since 2001 and is stocked annually with bluegill sunfish and black crappies. The last survey performed on this lake was in 2002. Bluegills abundance was low for this type of lake. Bluegills ranged in length from 5.0 to 7.4 inches with an average length of 6.5 inches. There were two black crappies captured during this survey. They were 7.6 and 7.9 inches in length. Other species sampled were black bullhead, brooke stickleback and hybrid sunfish. Black bullhead abundance had increased since the last survey in 2002. Four painted and one snapping turtle were captured during this survey. For more information about the FiN program or to see what FiN has done in your neighborhood, please visit us at: www.mndnr.gov/fishing/fin.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, July 6, 2010.

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Smith Pond

Stocking history

DNR fish survey, 2010

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