Lone Lake

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Lone Lake is a 69-acre lake with a maximum depth of 70 feet located five miles north of the city of Bagley in Clearwater County. There is a County-owned public water access (earthen) on the northwest shore of the lake. Lone Lake is managed for Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie and Northern Pike. The lake basin contains steep shoreline drop offs and little shallow water.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has classified Minnesota lakes into 43 different lake classes based on physical characteristics and the fish community present in the lake. Lone Lake is in lake class 28. The following discussion makes comparisons between Lone Lake and other class 28 lakes in the state. Other Bemidji area lakes in this class include Deep, Walkerbrook and Sandy (near Debs).

The 2015 Bluegill catch rate of 19.89/TN was within the normal range found in similar lakes (5.69/trap net to 40.45/trap net). Bluegill captured had an average size of 6.03 inches in length and 0.20 lbs/fish, which is near the top end of the range for similar lakes (0.12 lbs to 0.24 lbs/fish)Nighttime electrofishing targeting Largemouth Bass resulted in a catch rate of 75.74 bass/hour, which is a high catch rate for the Bemidji area. Largemouth Bass up to 15.04 inches in length were captured during electrofishing, although larger bass are present, with fish up to 19.61 inches captured in gill nets.
The catch rate for Black Crappie (0.44/trap net) was below the normal range found in similar lakes (0.50/trap net to 3.25/trap net). The average size of Black Crappie captured (0.20 lbs.) was near the top end of the range found in similar lakes (0.24 lbs.). Black Crappie up to 11.77 inches in length were captured in the assessment.

Northern Pike numbers have remained stable in Lone Lake over the past twenty years. This is in contrast to a number of area lakes that have seen increases in numbers of Northern Pike and a decline in the proportion of larger fish in the population. The 2015 Northern Pike catch rate of 7/gill net is near the top of the normal range for similar lakes (2.75/gill net to 8.67/gill net). The average size of Northern Pike captured was 21.72 inches in length and 2.39 lbs/fish. Twenty four percent of pike captured were greater than 24 inches in length and the largest pike captured was 33.27 inches in length. Other species of fish captured in the survey were Pumpkinseed Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, and Yellow Perch.