Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys · latest August 22, 2022
Species recorded at Mud Lake
17 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 Mud Lake
No stocking record for Mud 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 August 22, 2022 caught 2.50 walleye per gill net at Mud Lake.
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Mud Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 6 years of monitoring is improving. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.
DNR Fisheries Survey Summary
12 surveys on file from MN DNR Fisheries. Most recent: 2022-08-22 (Standard Survey).
12 surveys on file · most recent 2022-08-22 (Standard Survey)
| Species | Catch rate (CPUE) | Size | Avg weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Bullhead | 44.04 | 7–11 in 2022-08-22 | 0.36 lb |
| Common Carp | 21.39 | 4–28 in 2022-08-22 | 2.88 lb |
| Black Crappie | 15.03 | 7–12 in 2022-08-22 | 0.3 lb |
| Freshwater Drum | 12.24 | 7–15 in 2022-08-22 | 0.43 lb |
| Yellow Perch | 9.35 | 8–9 in 2022-08-22 | 0.17 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.
Black Bullhead
Common Carp
Black Crappie
Freshwater Drum
From the 2022-08-22 survey
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Common questions
What fish are in Mud Lake?
Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on August 22, 2022 caught 2.50 walleye per gill net at Mud Lake. Minnesota DNR lists 17 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 Mud Lake last surveyed?
The most recent fisheries survey on file for Mud Lake is dated August 22, 2022. 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 Mud Lake stocked?
No stocking record for Mud 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 Mud Lake fishes?
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Mud Lake’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 6 years of monitoring is improving. 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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