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Frequently Asked Questions About North Stanchfield Lake, MN
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How big is North Stanchfield Lake?
How deep is North Stanchfield Lake?
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Other fish species in the lake include Common Shiner, Golden Shiner and White Sucker.
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Are there places to stay in the North Stanchfield Lake area?
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Are there places to eat and drink near North Stanchfield Lake?
History & Status of the Fishery
NORTH STANCHFIELD LAKE HAS BEEN SURVEYED FOUR TIMES SINCE 1960 (1974, 1979, 1986, 1991). DURING 1991, THE LAKE WAS ASSESSED WITH THREE GILLNETS, FOUR TRAPNETS, AND THREE SHORELINE AREAS WERE SEINED. THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS DESCRIBE THE GAMEFISH POPULATIONS IN NORTH STANCHFIELD LAKE. THE LAKE IS MANAGED AS A WARMWATER GAMEFISH LAKE. SPAWNING HABITAT FOR PANFISH AND LMB IS FAIR THROUGHOUT THE LAKE WITH THE INLET AND OUTLET PROVIDING FAIR SPAWNING HABITAT FOR NOP. SPAWNING HABITAT FOR WAE IS SEVERELY LIMITED. NORTH STANCHFIELD IS A SHALLOW FERTILE LAKE WHICH FREQUENTLY WINTERKILLS. THE WAE NET CATCH (7.33/ SET) WAS BETWEEN THE LAKE CLASS MEDIAN (4.33/SET) AND THE THIRD QUARTILE (15.67/SET). WAE WERE NOT STOCKED INTO THE LAKE, BUT WERE STOCKED INTO SOUTH STANCHFIELD LAKE (1989 FRY STOCKING) AND MOVED THROUGH THE CHANNEL INTO NORTH STANCHFIELD LAKE. THE WAE WERE TWO YEARS OLD AND RANGED IN LENGTH FROM 11.5 TO 15.9 INCHES WITH A MEDIAN LENGTH GROUP OF 12.0 TO 12.9 INCHES. THE BACK- CALCULATED LENGTH AT ANNULUS TWO (11.39 INCHES) INDICATED A FAST GROWING WAE POPULATION. THE AVERAGE WEIGHT (0.71 POUNDS) WAS BETWEEN THE FIRST QUARTILE (0.68 POUNDS) AND THE LAKE CLASS MEDIAN (1.26 POUNDS). IF THE WAE SURVIVE THE FREQUENT WINTERKILLS, THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN A FAST GROWTH RATE IN THIS VERY FERTILE LAKE. THE NOP NET CATCH (5.33/SET) WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE LAKE CLASS MEDIAN (3.00/SET) WHICH WAS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROM THE 1986 NET CATCH. THE NOP WERE LARGE WITH A LENGTH RANGE OF 21.0 TO 27.9 INCHES AND A MEDIAN LENGTH GROUP OF 23.0 TO 23.9 INCHES. THE AVERAGE WEIGHT (3.08 POUNDS) WAS BETWEEN THE LAKE CLASS MEDIAN (1.95 POUNDS) AND THE THIRD QUARTILE (3.12 POUNDS) AND HAS CONSISTANTLY BEEN BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR POUNDS FOR PREVIOUS SURVEYS.
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More Nearby Lakes To Explore
There's more lake's to explore around North Stanchfield Lake...| DISTANCE | ACRES | MAX DEPTH | |
| South Stanchfield Lake | 1.4 mi | 411 | 17 ft |
| Green Lake | 5.7 mi | 833 | 28 ft |
| Spectacle Lake | 6.1 mi | 243 | 51.5 ft |
| Lory Lake | 6.5 mi | 214 | 21 ft |
| Lewis Lake | 7.6 mi | 179 | 48 ft |
| Adams Lake | 10.1 mi | 11 | 47 ft |
| Little Stanchfield Lake | 10.6 mi | 146 | 12 ft |
| Baxter Lake | 10.7 mi | 88 | 10 ft |
| Lake Francis | 11.9 mi | 270 | 7 ft |
| Long Lake | 11.9 mi | 133 | 14 ft |
