Stanton Lake

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Stanton Lake is a 95 acre reservoir bordering the town of Willow River in Pine County. A campground and boat access is located on the northeast end of the lake in General Andrews State Forest. Minnesota lakes managed for fishing are grouped into classes based on physical, chemical, and biological similarities. Stanton Lake is a small, turbid, shallow lake with a relatively long shoreline, which places it in lake class 42. Historically, fish abundance has been low. The lake's management plan calls for biennial stocking of walleye fry. In order to compare the present fish population to others in the lake class and to assess the stocking protocol, Stanton Lake was netted in June of 2012.

Three gillnet lifts and nine trapnet lifts failed to capture any walleye. Since 1982, catch rates for walleye have ranged from 0.5 to 1.0 per gillnet, below the normal range for the lake class and below the long-range management goal of 2.0 per gillnet.

Catch rates for northern pike and black crappie were also below the lake class norm. Although the yellow perch catch rate reached the normal range for the first time since the 1992 assessment, perch size remains too small to garner much angler interest.

Both largemouth bass and bluegill were more abundant than in previous assessments. Electrofished bass averaged over two pounds while netted bluegill had a mean length near 6.5 inches. These two species currently provide the bulk of the lake's angling opportunity.

Other fish species sampled during the survey included shorthead redhorse, pumpkinseed sunfish, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and brown bullhead.

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