Wee Lake

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 16048300

DNR records show 4 stocking entries at Wee Lake since 2017, most recently brook trout fingerlings in 2023 (1,000 fish).

Wee Lake has 4 DNR stocking records across 4 years (2017-2023): brook trout (4).
The most-stocked species by count is brook trout: 3,650 fish on record.
Maximum depth 34 ft; surface area 11 acres, 10 littoral acres, 0.6 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 13.5 ft.
Fish species DNR lists here: brook trout.
1 public access on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: September 9, 2004 (standard survey).
Cook County, nearest town Tofte; DNR lake number (DOW) 16048300.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2023	Brook Trout	fingerlings	1,000	23.9
2021	Brook Trout	fingerlings	1,000	31.9
2020	Brook Trout	fingerlings	1,000	44.6
2017	Brook Trout⁸	fingerlings	650	11.4

⁸ fish cooperatively purchased, raised, and/or stocked by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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
CA	Minnesota DNR	- Long carry-in trail across state land off end of old logging road off The Grade (USFS 165) just west of Crescent Lake. Entirely in BWCAW.

DNR fish survey, 2004

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Brook trout	Standard gill nets	7.00	14	1.41

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 brook trout catch was slightly below average for the area. The average size of the fish caught was larger than average for the area, due primarily to the presence of several age-4 fish in the sample. Ages 2, 3, and 4 were present, and all had been stocked. Brook trout growth rates had been about average for the area. When caught in September, age-2 fish measured 10.0 inches, age-3 fish measured 14.9 inches, and age-4 fish measured 16.5 inches.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, September 9, 2004.

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Wee Lake

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2004

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