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White Earth Lake

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

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 03032800

DNR records show 4 stocking entries at White Earth Lake since 2016, most recently lake sturgeon fingerlings in 2019 (2,001 fish).

White Earth Lake has 4 DNR stocking records across 4 years (2016-2019): lake sturgeon (4).
The most-stocked species by count is lake sturgeon: 8,105 fish on record.
Maximum depth 120 ft; surface area 1,989 acres, 599 littoral acres, 13.7 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 11.8 ft.
Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, lake sturgeon, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, and 5 more.
2 public accesses on the DNR list.
Most recent DNR fish survey: September 23, 2025 (targeted survey).
Becker County, nearest town White Earth; DNR lake number (DOW) 03032800.

Depth map

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Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/16/1998 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Stocking history

Year	Species	Size	Number	Pounds
2019	Lake Sturgeon¹	fingerlings	2,001	81.0
2018	Lake Sturgeon⁸	fingerlings	2,059	98.5
2017	Lake Sturgeon⁸	fingerlings	1,000	69.0
2016	Lake Sturgeon⁸	fingerlings	3,045	141.6

¹ fish purchased and stocked by private citizens and sporting groups. 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
concrete ramp	PRI	Cedar Crest Resort on west shore. (fee access)
concrete ramp	county	East shore of northeast bay. - Small and hard to find with very limited parking available.

DNR fish survey, 2025

Species	Gear	Catch per net	Total catch	Avg lb
Walleye	Fall electrofishing	17.73	18	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.

On September 23, 2025, DNR Fisheries used night electrofishing to sample young-of-year Walleyes in White Earth Lake. This sampling has been done annually for the past 15 years and is used to help determine the success of natural reproduction within White Earth Lake. During the 2025 assessment, 18 young-of-year Walleyes were sampled, indicating a small naturally produced year class. These young Walleyes had an average length of 6.8 inches. DNR Fisheries will continue to monitor White Earth's Walleye production with annual electrofishing and other survey methods.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, September 23, 2025.

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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.

White Earth Lake

Depth map

Stocking history

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2025

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