Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys · latest July 19, 1967
Stocking at Fawn Lake
No stocking record for Fawn Lake appears in the Minnesota DNR material on file. That is an absence in the published record, not a confirmation that the lake is unstocked — some waters are managed as naturally reproducing and never appear in a stocking list at all.
Survey results in full
Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on July 19, 1967 caught 0.50 walleye per gill net at Fawn Lake.
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Fawn Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 6 years of monitoring is stable. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.
DNR Fisheries Survey Summary
1 survey on file from MN DNR Fisheries. Most recent: 1967-07-19 (Standard Survey).
1 survey on file · most recent 1967-07-19 (Standard Survey)
59 years old| Species | Catch rate (CPUE) | Size | Avg weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 91.17 | 0.13 lb | |
| Rock Bass | 8.84 | 0.23 lb | |
| Yellow Perch | 4.83 | 0.2 lb | |
| Northern Pike | 3.33 | 1.13 lb | |
| Largemouth Bass | 2.67 | 0.93 lb | |
| Walleye | 0.58 | 3.1 lb |
CPUE = catch per unit effort, fish caught per net per set in a standardised survey. It measures abundance, not size, and is not a weekly bite report.
From the 1967-07-19 survey
DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY:FAWN LAKE HAS NO INLETS OR OUTLETS. SHOAL WATER SOILS ARE 45% SAND, 45% GRAVEL AND 10% MUCK. SEVERAL EMERGENT AND SUBMERGED AQUATIC PLANTS WERE FOUND; MOST OF THE AQUATIC PLANTS HAD A SPARSE OR SCATTERED DENSITY RATING, EXCEPT FOR MUSKGRASS AND BUSHY PONDWEED.TESTNETTING INDICATED A GOOD FISH…
DNR Reports & Resources
Minnesota DNR LakeFinder publishes lake survey, fish stocking, water access, and aquatic plant data for Fawn Lake. 1 report on file.
These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).
- —Fisheries Lake Survey — FawnFisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
Common questions
What fish are in Fawn Lake?
Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on July 19, 1967 caught 0.50 walleye per gill net at Fawn Lake. Those are survey results, not a catch report: a net set on one date measures what was in that net.
When was Fawn Lake last surveyed?
The most recent fisheries survey on file for Fawn Lake is dated July 19, 1967. Survey intervals vary by lake and by species; a gap of several years between surveys is normal and does not mean the record is missing.
Is Fawn Lake stocked?
No stocking record for Fawn Lake appears in the Minnesota DNR material on file. That is not the same as a confirmed unstocked lake: it means no stocking document was published for it in the records this page draws on.
Do the water-quality readings tell me how Fawn Lake fishes?
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Fawn Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 6 years of monitoring is stable. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.
Before you eat what you catch
Water-quality readings are not a consumption advisory. Mercury and PCB advice for Minnesota waters comes from MDH, and it is issued per species and per size class: a lake with clear, low-nutrient water can still carry a meal limit on larger predator fish.
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