According to DNR’s Lakefinder, there aren’t any lakers in Rabbit. I do know that there are some in a small pit near Rabbit, and I believe they started stocking some in Pennington and Sagamore Pits too last year. I’ll have to check out some of the mine pits any suggestions for baits or depths to fish?
The Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources’ “Lakefinder” smartphone app is a great tool to find un-pressured lakes full of fish. While catching nice crappies and 10-inch bluegills on two small lakes near Park Rapids, Minnesota, James Holst and Joel Nelson explain how they use the Lakefinder app and other online resources to find untapped ... When looking at the lakefinder surveys ive always focused on category which lists the Length of Select Species Sampled count to determine if the lake has good numbers of fish.
Mn Lakefinder Dnr, To be truthful ive never really understood how to make sense of the data presented in the section showing the trap and gill net numbers. DNR Response: Thanks for reaching out about Walleye in Upper Red Lake. You are correct – there are not many big Walleye in Upper, or Lower, Red Lake. The fish in Lower Red grow faster and are generally about one inch longer at each age (i.e., if the average 3 year old in Upper Red is 15 inches, the average fish of that same age in Lower would be 16 inches). That is thought to be because ...
