The catch rate for muskies during DNR’s 2024 netting survey of Lake Carlton was down compared to previous years, as was the average size of the fish – 35 inches in 2023 to 32 inches last year.
But a consistent stocking program and an overall healthy population has DNR confident the small 77-acre lake will continue to develop as a muskie hotspot in Whiteside County.
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