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Sweeney Lake

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 27003501

Sweeney Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.

Depth map

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Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey (get source); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Public accesses

TypeOwnerWhere
OUKN - ACCESS WAS OBTAINED THROUGH GOLDEN VALLEY HEALTH CENTER PROPERTY.

DNR fish survey, 1991

SpeciesGearCatch per netTotal catchAvg lb
BluegillStandard trap nets124.507470.08
Black bullheadStandard trap nets11.00660.35
Common carpStandard trap nets4.83294.12
PumpkinseedStandard trap nets4.00240.08
White suckerStandard trap nets3.67221.26
Yellow bullheadStandard trap nets2.83170.63
Northern pikeStandard trap nets1.5093.08
SABStandard trap nets1.5092.07
BluegillStandard gill nets21.50430.12
Black bullheadStandard gill nets7.00140.35
Black crappieStandard gill nets4.5090.22
Common carpStandard gill nets2.5054.58
Northern pikeStandard gill nets2.0043.55
White crappieStandard gill nets1.0020.65
Largemouth bassStandard gill nets1.0021.10
White suckerStandard gill nets1.0021.40

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 PRESENT FISH POPULATION IS DOMINATED BY BLHS, SMALL CEN, CATOSTOMIDS AND CYPRINIDS. BLGS AND BLBS WERE SAMPLED WELL ABOVE MEDIAN LEVELS; BLG AVERAGED 12.06 FISH PER POUND AND HAVE A PSD=10.1. BLBS AVERAGED 8.5-8.9 INCHES TOTAL LENGTH AND 2.88 FISH PER POUND. CARP WERE SAMPLED SLIGHTLY ABOVE MEDIAN LEVELS FOR NUMBER, BUT WELL ABOVE MEDIAN LEVELS FOR POUNDS PER SET FOR GILLNETS. CARP WERE SAMPLED WELL ABOVE TRAPNET MEDIANS. CAPTURED CARP AVERAGED 20.0 INCHES TOTAL LENGTH AND 4.19 POUNDS PER INDIVIDUAL. WTS AND NOP WERE SAMPLED NEAR MEDIAN LEVELS FOR GILLNETS AND WELL ABOVE MEDIAN LEVELS FOR TRAPNETS. SAMPLED NOP EXHIBITED A CALCULATED RSD = 76.92% FOR COMBINED GEAR TYPES. NOP GROWTH RATE APPEARS TO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. STOCKING OF LMB BY PRIVATE PERMIT ISSUED TO THE SWEENEY LAKE ASSOCIATION IS CONTRIBUTING ANOTHER PREDATOR SPECIES TO THE OVERALL POPULATION. GROWTH RATE FOR INDIVIDUALS SAMPLED IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE AND SEVERL YOY LMB WERE CAPTURED DURING SHORELINE SEINING. BLC WERE SAMPLED ABOVE MEDIAN LEVELS FOR GILLNETS, BUT BELOW FOR TRAPNETS. WHC AND YEP WERE ALSO CAPTURED DURING THIS SURVEY, BUT IN LOW NUMBERS. SEVERAL SAB WERE SAMPLED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE INITIAL SURVEY IN 1960. YEBS ARE ALSO PRESENT AND WERE SAMPLED ABOVE MEDIAN LEVELS FOR NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS PER TRAPNET SET.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .

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Stocking rows, depths, accesses and survey figures are Minnesota DNR LakeFinder data as of 2026-09-02; contours are the DNR bathymetric survey. Regulations, slot limits and special rules are on the DNR page linked above, not here.

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