Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys · latest June 13, 2012
Species recorded at Lucy Lake
9 species on the Minnesota DNR list for this lake. A species on the list has been recorded here; it does not mean it is catchable today or in every part of the lake.
Stocking at Lucy Lake
No stocking record for Lucy 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 June 13, 2012 caught 17.33 northern pike per gill net at Lucy Lake. Length samples in the latest survey that recorded them ran 10–34 inches.
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Lucy Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 6 years of monitoring is declining. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.
DNR Fisheries Survey Summary
3 surveys on file from MN DNR Fisheries. Most recent: 2012-06-13 (Standard Survey).
3 surveys on file · most recent 2012-06-13 (Standard Survey)
| Species | Catch rate (CPUE) | Size | Avg weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 34.12 | 2–9 in 2012-06-13 | 0.2 lb |
| Pumpkinseed | 18.51 | 4–6 in 2012-06-13 | 0.09 lb |
| Yellow Bullhead | 7.30 | 5–13 in 2012-06-13 | 0.45 lb |
| Northern Pike | 6.54 | 10–34 in 2012-06-13 | 2.41 lb |
| Black Bullhead | 4.20 | 8–13 in 2012-06-13 | 0.67 lb |
| Hybrid Sunfish | 2.82 | 5–7 in 2012-06-13 | 0.25 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.
Length Distributions
Number of fish caught at each inch class in the most recent survey that recorded lengths. Red dashed line marks an approximate trophy threshold for that species.
Bluegill
Pumpkinseed
Yellow Bullhead
Northern Pike
From the 2012-06-13 survey
Lucy is a small, productive, 92-acre lake located in Chanhassen, Carver County. The lake has been subject to periodic partial winterkills, and, as a result, fish populations have fluctuated, at times dramatically. Most recently, oxygen was low enough in the winter of 2010-11 to induce another partial winterkill.…
DNR Reports & Resources
Minnesota DNR LakeFinder publishes lake survey, fish stocking, water access, and aquatic plant data for Lucy Lake. 1 report on file.
These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).
- —Fisheries Lake Survey — LucyFisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
Common questions
What fish are in Lucy Lake?
Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on June 13, 2012 caught 17.33 northern pike per gill net at Lucy Lake. Length samples in the latest survey that recorded them ran 10–34 inches. Minnesota DNR lists 9 species for the lake in total. Those are survey results, not a catch report: a net set on one date measures what was in that net.
When was Lucy Lake last surveyed?
The most recent fisheries survey on file for Lucy Lake is dated June 13, 2012. 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 Lucy Lake stocked?
No stocking record for Lucy 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 Lucy Lake fishes?
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Lucy Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 6 years of monitoring is declining. 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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