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Velvet Lake

Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18028400

DNR records show 2 stocking entries at Velvet Lake since 2017, most recently walleye fingerlings in 2019 (500 fish).

Velvet Lake has 2 DNR stocking records across 2 years (2017-2019): walleye (2).
The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 750 fish on record.
Maximum depth 29 ft; surface area 167 acres, 80 littoral acres, 1.9 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: August 21, 1985 (standard survey).
Crow Wing County, nearest town Cross Lake; DNR lake number (DOW) 18028400.

Depth map

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Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 6/27/1967 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2019	Walleye¹	fingerlings	500	20.0
2017	Walleye¹	fingerlings	250	10.0

¹ fish purchased and stocked by private citizens and sporting groups.

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.

Public accesses

Type	Owner	Where
O	UKN	- None.

DNR fish survey, 1985

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Bluegill	Standard trap nets	26.67	80	0.12
Yellow bullhead	Standard trap nets	11.33	34	0.51
Pumpkinseed	Standard trap nets	3.67	11	0.13
Largemouth bass	Standard trap nets	2.67	8	0.38
Black crappie	Standard trap nets	1.67	5	0.26
Black bullhead	Standard trap nets	0.67	2	0.35
Yellow perch	Standard trap nets	0.67	2	0.05
Brown bullhead	Standard trap nets	0.33	1	1.00
Yellow bullhead	Standard gill nets	9.00	27	0.54
Black crappie	Standard gill nets	4.00	12	0.12
Northern pike	Standard gill nets	2.33	7	0.14
Bluegill	Standard gill nets	2.33	7	0.10
Walleye	Standard gill nets	2.00	6	3.67
Largemouth bass	Standard gill nets	2.00	6	0.38
Rock bass	Standard gill nets	1.00	3	0.70
Brown bullhead	Standard gill nets	1.00	3	1.00

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.

NORTHERN PIKE ABUNDANCE IS LOW (2.3 GILLNET) BUT A GOOD LENGTH FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION EXISTS AND THE GROWTH RATE IS GOOD. YELLOW BULLHEAD ABUNDANCE IS GOOD WITH ALL SIZE CLASSES PRESENT. BLUEGILL ABUNDANCE IS MODERATE, GROWTH RATE SLOW, THE SIZE SMALL AND MAJORITY OF THE BLUEGILLS BELONG TO THE III, IV OR V YEAR CLASS GROUP. LARGEMOUTH BASS ABUNDANCE IS EXCELLENT WITH ALL SIZES PRESENT AND THEY EXHIBIT A SLOW TO GOOD GROWTH RATE. BLACK CRAPPIES ARE PRESENT IN MODERATE NUMBERS WITH GROWTH RATE SLOW AND THE MAJORITY ARE IN THE IV YEAR CLASS GROUP. WALLEYE ARE PRESENT IN LOW TO MODERATE NUMBERS AND EXHIBIT A GOOD GROWTH RATE.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, August 21, 1985.

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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.

Velvet Lake

Depth map

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 1985

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