Acorn Lake

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Acorn is a 154-acre lake located two miles northwest of Frazee, MN. With a couple of exceptions, shoreline dwellings are limited to the southern half of the lake due to the presence of steep banks along the railroad tracks on the northeast shore and along the U.S. 10 roadway on the northwest shore. Several cold-water springs enter the lake along the west shore and the outlet typically flows year-round. Acorn Lake is moderately productive with floating-leaved vegetation growing throughout much of the lake's nearshore area. On 06/20/2023 a survey was completed in Acorn Lake to assess the fish community.

Northern Pike abundance in 2023 was above average at seven fish per gill net. Lengths of sampled fish ranged from 15 to 31 inches and averaged 25 inches. Sixty-six percent of the Northern Pike that were measured in 2023 were 24 inches or longer. This is almost double the historical average of thirty-four percent.
Gill nets captured an average of four Walleye per net in 2023, which is near the historical average for Acorn Lake. Walleyes averaged 17 inches in length and ranged from 10 to 26 inches. Forty-two percent of the Walleye measured in gill nets were longer than 20 inches. Walleye grew rather slow, reaching an average length of 14 inches in four years.
Gill net catches of Yellow Perch in Acorn Lake have historically been high, averaging 140 fish per net from 10 surveys dating back to 1955. In 2023, gill nets captured an average of 115 perch per net. Perch averaged seven inches in length and ranged in size from 6 to 10 inches. Just over ten percent of the gill net sampled Yellow Perch were 8.0 inches or longer.

Bluegill abundance was below average in 2023, with trap nets catching 28 fish per net. The average length of sampled Bluegills was six inches and Bluegills up to 9 inches were observed. The percent of Bluegills over eight inches in length was only five percent.

For both trap and gill nets, 11 Largemouth Bass, and 23 Black Crappie were captured. The length of Largemouth Bass ranged from six to 18 inches and averaged 12 inches. Black Crappie had an average length of 10 inches with fish up to 13 inches being measured. Other fish species captured were Pumpkinseed Sunfish, Green Sunfish, Bowfin, White Suckers, and Brown and Yellow Bullheads. Cisco have not been sampled since 1983.

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