Bennett Lake

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Bennett Lake is a popular local fishing resource in Central Park, City of Roseville. The lake is 23 acres in size and has a maximum depth of nine feet. An aeration system located on the east shore prevents winterkill and a fishing pier is located on the west shore. Additionally, there are many points around the lake at which shore anglers can access the lake. The lake is managed for Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Black Crappie and Northern Pike. Fish management consists primarily of stocking panfish and catfish in the spring. Central Park provides many amenities including ballfields, playgrounds, bathrooms, picnic areas, walking paths and a band shell.

Bluegill Sunfish are very abundant and can be readily caught from the fishing pier. The average length of Bluegill sampled in 2016 was 4.8 inches and is smaller than the previous survey (5.6 inches, 2011). Although Bluegill abundance was less than what was observed in 2011 it is still considerably above average for lakes with similar characteristics to Bennett. Bennett Lake is sometimes stocked in the fall with large Bluegill measuring up to 8.5 inches, these stockings are done opportunistically when large Bluegill are available. A few small Black Crappie were sampled in 2016, the average length was 4.8 inches. Historically the Black Crappie catch and size structure has varied greatly from survey to survey and this may represent only a temporary drop in average length for Black Crappie. Northern Pike were the most abundant large predator species seen in this survey with twenty two of them caught that ranged from 13.3 inches up to 28.0 inches in length. Northern Pike are not stocked into Bennett and are sustained through natural reproduction. A total of 1800 Walleye of various size categories have been stocked into Bennett since 2011. Despite these stocking efforts no Walleye were sampled during this survey. Largemouth Bass, which were stocked in 1983 and again in 1990 were found in low numbers, with just one fish caught that measured 13.0 inches. Past surveys have caught Channel Catfish however none were sampled in 2016. Other species sampled in low abundance included Black Bullhead (N=9), Green Sunfish (N=2), Hybrid Sunfish (N=4) and Pumpkinseed Sunfish (N=15).

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