Pool Fishing Report: 36 Species, DNR Survey 2024

Species recorded at Pool

36 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 Pool

No stocking record for Pool 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

DNR fisheries survey

Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on July 7, 2009 caught 1.12 walleye per gill net at Pool.

A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Pool’s water-quality measurements separately, and the water-quality trend over 5 years of monitoring is stable. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.

DNR Fisheries Survey Summary

18 surveys on file from MN DNR Fisheries. Most recent: 2024-10-21 (Standard Survey).

18 surveys on file · most recent 2024-10-21 (Standard Survey)

Species	Catch rate (CPUE)	Size	Avg weight
Smallmouth Bass	4.97	5–19 in 2024-10-21	0.9 lb
Common Carp	4.04	19–31 in 2024-04-15	4.74 lb
Freshwater Drum	2.99	5–13 in 2024-10-21	0.61 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.

Smallmouth Bass

12 fish · 5–19 in · 2024-10-21

Common Carp

5 fish · 19–31 in · 2024-04-15

Freshwater Drum

25 fish · 5–13 in · 2024-10-21

From the 2024-10-21 survey

A gill net survey was conducted on Lake St. Croix in 2024 and sampled 970 fish represented by 28 different species and one hybrid. Over 51% of the fish sampled were considered game fish species (those species which have defined creel limits). Composition of the top five game fish species sampled were 29.8% Yellow…

Source: MN DNR LakeFinder Fisheries Lake Survey

Common questions

What fish are in Pool?

Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on July 7, 2009 caught 1.12 walleye per gill net at Pool. Minnesota DNR lists 36 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 Pool last surveyed?

The most recent fisheries survey on file for Pool is dated October 21, 2024. 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 Pool stocked?

No stocking record for Pool 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 Pool fishes?