Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys · latest July 24, 2022
Species recorded at Tait Lake
6 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 Tait Lake
No stocking record for Tait 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.
Getting on the water
Minnesota DNR lists the public access sites, including ramp type and parking, in the documents below.
Survey results in full
Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on July 24, 2022 caught 6.00 walleye per gill net at Tait Lake. Length samples in the latest survey that recorded them ran 6–27 inches.
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Tait 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
10 surveys on file from MN DNR Fisheries. Most recent: 2022-07-24 (Standard Survey).
10 surveys on file · most recent 2022-07-24 (Standard Survey)
| Species | Catch rate (CPUE) | Size | Avg weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Perch | 152.35 | 1–8 in 2022-07-24 | 0.22 lb |
| Golden Shiner | 5.89 | ||
| Walleye | 4.57 | 6–27 in 2022-07-24 | 1.14 lb |
| White Sucker | 4.34 | 6–19 in 2022-07-24 | 2.36 lb |
| Pumpkinseed | 3.58 | 1–6 in 2022-07-24 | 0.05 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.
Yellow Perch
Walleye
White Sucker
Pumpkinseed
From the 2022-07-24 survey
Tait Lake is located about twelve miles north of the Town of Lutsen and is accessible via a US Forest Service administered boat launch located on the west end of the lake. The lake has been part of the MNDNR Sentinel Lakes program since 2009, which resulted in high frequency lake surveys through 2017 to provide…
DNR Reports & Resources
Minnesota DNR LakeFinder publishes lake survey, fish stocking, water access, and aquatic plant data for Tait Lake. 3 reports on file.
These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).
- —Fisheries Lake Survey — TaitFisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder
- —Aquatic Plant Report — Tait (1560)Aquatic Plant Report · MN DNR LakeFinder
- —Public Water Access Sites — TaitPublic Water Access Sites · MN DNR LakeFinder
Common questions
What fish are in Tait Lake?
Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on July 24, 2022 caught 6.00 walleye per gill net at Tait Lake. Length samples in the latest survey that recorded them ran 6–27 inches. Minnesota DNR lists 6 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 Tait Lake last surveyed?
The most recent fisheries survey on file for Tait Lake is dated July 24, 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 Tait Lake stocked?
No stocking record for Tait 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 Tait Lake fishes?
A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Tait 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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