Lawrence Lake

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Lawrence Lake

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Lawrence Lake is located on the east edge of Outing in Cass County. Lawrence Lake is 230 acres with a maximum depth of 71 ft. The lake is comprised of two basins with the western basin slightly larger and deeper. About 38% of the lake is less than 15 feet deep. A boat launch and small park are located on the west end of the lake about 0.2 miles east of Highway 6 on County Road 58. Smaller boats may also reach Lawrence Lake from Roosevelt Lake via the outlet channel.

A fisheries survey of Lawrence Lake was done in August 2006 to assess the fish community and aquatic habitat. This was the first survey done in 17 years since a fishery population assessment in August 1989.

The aquatic vegetation in Lawrence Lake was diverse with 30 species or genera found. Waterlilies were common along most of the shore in shallow water. Several pondweeds (Potamogeton sp.), bushy pondweed, coontail, northern milfoil, and wild celery were common and formed a dense, but generally narrow band of vegetation due to the steep drop-off along most of the lakeshore. The predominate substrate in shallow waters was sand with a muck bottom common in shallow vegetation rich bays, particularly on the east end and the south bays of the west basin.

Water clarity was 12.5 ft. in August and the water had a slight bog stain color.

Bluegills were the most common species in the gill nets with a catch of nearly 29 per net. The top predator species best sampled with gill nets, walleye and northern pike, were both caught in moderate numbers compared to other similar lakes in Minnesota. Walleyes ranged from 10.2 to 25.6 inches long with a mean length of 19.4 inches. Most walleyes were around 17 to 22 inches long. Northern pike captured in the gill nets were relatively large compared to other similar lakes with a mean weight of 4.8 pounds. Northern pike ranged from 19.9 to 37.5 inches with many fish around 25 inches in length. Black crappie gill net catch was also high compared to other similar lakes, however, the black crappie were fairly small with a mean length of 7.3 inches with the largest at 8.5 inches long. Other species captured in the gill nets were caught in low to moderate numbers.

Bluegill comprised the majority of the fish captured in the trap nets and were caught in moderate numbers compared to other similar lakes. Trap net captured bluegills were relatively small with a size range from 3.4 to 7.4 inches with most fish around 4 inches long. Larger bluegills were actually caught in the gill nets with a mean length of 6.3 inches and a maximum length of 8.3 inches. Other species captured in the trap nets were caught a moderate to low numbers.

While the shoreline of Lawrence Lake is fairly well developed with about 117 houses present, most the lakeshore owners have not yet undertaken extensive removal of the riparian terrestrial or aquatic vegetation. Natural vegetation along lakeshores is critical habitat for most aquatic species for at least a portion of their life.

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