Lake Profile

Bluegills, black crappies, and perch were common and exhibited good growth.

Survey highlights include above-average walleye and yellow perch year classes, the highest YOY sauger catch rate since 2010 and strong adult catches for yellow perch and bluegills.

If Plum Lake has a history of being known for producing trophy walleyes and muskies, it should also be known more recently for producing hefty smallmouth bass.

Pete’s Lake is known as a good multi-species lake and features fishable populations of smallmouth bass, bluegills, rock bass, and northern pike, in addition to the walleyes.

And the bluegill catch rate also was above average when compared to other similar lakes.

And looking at the map, anglers will see Somo Lake sets up a little differently than most lakes, due in part to the fact it’s an impoundment on a river system.

An estimated 87% of the 2016 adult walleyes were 15 inches long or longer. Most of those fish ran 16 to 22 inches. The largest walleye captured that year was 28.7 inches.

While walleyes were once the dominant sport fish in Stone Lake, results of the last survey indicate that title has likely shifted to smallmouth bass, followed by walleyes.

Of the walleyes handled by a DNR team, 93% were 15 inches or longer. Another 37% were 20 inches or longer. The biggest walleye came in at about 26 inches.