Strawberry Lake (Becker County)

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 03032300

DNR records show 8 stocking entries at Strawberry Lake (Becker County) since 2016, most recently walleye yearlings in 2024 (3,500 fish).

• Strawberry Lake (Becker County) has 8 DNR stocking records across 5 years (2016-2024): walleye (8).
• The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 53,048 fish on record.
• Maximum depth 40 ft; surface area 1,498 acres, 563 littoral acres, 7.4 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 18.2 ft.
• Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), and 4 more.
• 1 public access on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: July 24, 2023 (targeted survey).
• Becker County, nearest town White Earth; DNR lake number (DOW) 03032300.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/2/1959 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

⁶ fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by White Earth Nation.

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2023

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 Strawberry Lake, which lies within the boundaries of the White Earth Reservation, was conducted on July 24-27, 2023, by Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) Program 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 all 18 sampling stations, but one station was sampled from the boat due to site conditions. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample 17 stations and site conditions prevented the use of a seine at one station. Nearshore sampling captured 21 species of fish including seven species that are intolerant of disturbance (i.e., Banded Killifish, Blackchin Shiner, Blacknose Shiner, Iowa Darter, Mimic Shiner, Rock Bass, and Smallmouth Bass) and one species that is tolerant of disturbance (i.e., Green Sunfish). The nearshore data was combined with gill net and trap net data from a July 2022 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., Black Bullhead, Fathead Minnow, and Green Sunfish). 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.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, July 24, 2023.

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