What Fish Are in Pepin Lake?
Pepin Lake in Pepin County, Minnesota has 47 documented fish species: American eel, bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), burbot, carpsucker, channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, gizzard shad, golden redhorse, goldeye, greater redhorse, green sunfish, highfin carpsucker, hybrid crappie, hybrid sunfish, lake sturgeon, largemouth bass, longnose gar, mooneye, northern hog sucker, northern pike, pumpkinseed, quillback, redhorse, river carpsucker, river redhorse, rock bass, sauger, shorthead redhorse, shortnose gar, shovelnose sturgeon, silver redhorse, smallmouth bass, smallmouth buffalo, spotted sucker, walleye, walleye/sauger, white bass, white crappie, white sucker, yellow bullhead, yellow perch. The lake is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar.
All Documented Species
Game Fish & Panfish in Pepin Lake
Pepin Lake supports 9 of the region's most-targeted species: black crappie, bluegill, hybrid crappie, largemouth bass, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye, walleye/sauger, white crappie. With a water quality grade of NR and a maximum depth of 60 feet across 12,299 acres, the lake offers conditions consistent with the species mix DNR surveys have recorded.
Lake Conditions
| Water Quality Grade | NR (Not rated) |
| Water Clarity | 3 ft |
| Maximum Depth | 60 ft |
| Surface Area | 12,299 acres |
| Public Access | Yes |
| Species Count | 47 |