Each year the Windom area fisheries office conducts full lake surveys, fish population assessments and other special assessments to monitor fish populations and other non-fish lake characteristics. Here we have posted some of the 80 lakes in the ten counties we cover that you might like to try based on the data we have collected over the past few years. If you are interested in further information please contact us.
Lakes to try
| County | Lake | Primary Species | Other Species |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | Bean | Walleye | Yellow Perch |
| Cottonwood | Walleye | Northern Pike, Crappie, Bullhead | |
| Des Moines River | Walleye | Channel Catfish, Bullhead | |
| Double | Walleye | Northern Pike, Crappie, Yellow Perch | |
| Mountain | Bluegill | Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie | |
| Talcot | Walleye | Crappie, Channel Catfish, Bullhead | |
| Jackson | Clear | Walleye | Northern Pike |
| Des Moines River | Walleye | Channel Catfish, Bullhead | |
| Fish | Smallmouth Bass | Walleye, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Crappie, Largemouth Bass | |
| Independence | Yellow Perch | Walleye, Bullhead, Sunfish | |
| Little Spirit | Walleye | Largemouth Bass, Bullhead, Crappie | |
| Loon | Walleye | Bullhead, Northern Pike | |
| Pearl | Crappie | Northern Pike, Yellow Perch | |
| Round | Walleye | Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Bass | |
| Lincoln | Benton | Walleye | Northern Pike |
| Dead Coon | Walleye | Northern Pike | |
| Shaokotan | Walleye | Yellow perch, Northern Pike | |
| Lyon | East Goose | Crappie | Walleye |
| East Twin | Smallmouth Bass | Bluegill, Yellow Perch | |
| Martin | Amber | Crappie | Channel Catfish, Yellow Perch |
| Big Twin | Walleye | Crappie, Channel Catfish, Yellow Perch | |
| Budd | Bluegill | Crappie, Yellow Perch | |
| Cedar | Northern pike | Walleye, Crappie, Yellow Perch | |
| Fox | Muskellunge | Crappie, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Yellow Perch, Largemouth Bass | |
| George | Bluegill | Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Crappie | |
| Hall | Walleye | Crappie, Channel catfish | |
| Okamanpeedan (Tuttle) | Northern pike | Walleye, Crappie, Channel catfish | |
| Sisseton | Bluegill | Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish | |
| Murray | Bloody | Yellow Perch | Crappie |
| Buffalo | Northern pike | Yellow Perch, Bullhead | |
| Currant | Walleye |
Yellow Perch, Crappie, Bullhead |
|
| Bluegill | Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Largemouth Bass, Walleye | ||
| Lime | Northern pike | Crappie | |
| Sarah | Walleye | Yellow Perch | |
| Shetek | Walleye | Crappie, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike | |
| Summit | Northern pike | Bullhead, Yellow Perch | |
| Wilson | Walleye | Bullhead, Crappie, Yellow Perch | |
| Nobles | East Graham | Walleye | Northern Pike, Bullhead |
| Indian | Crappie | Bullhead, Walleye | |
| Okabena | Walleye | Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Crappie | |
| Ocheda | Northern pike | Yellow Perch, Bullhead | |
| West Graham | Walleye | Crappie, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike | |
| Watonwan | Kansas | Walleye | Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Bullhead |
| Long | Walleye | Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch | |
| St. James | Bluegill | Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie, Yellow Perch |